Rhode Island Radio and TV Station Photos from the John in Arizona Collection

The photos in the Rhode Island section are listed in alphabetical order by call letters. All photos are the property of John C Johnson / John In Arizona / johninarizona and may not be used in any form elsewhere.



Welcome to Rhode Island sign - 2019.


WARV: 1590 Radio Warwick started out in 1959 as WYNG. Calls were changed to WARV in 1967. Their transmitter and three towers are located on Knight Street as seen in the photo from 2019.



WARV Radio 1590 Warwick 3 towers on Knight Street - 2019.


WBLQ: 1230 Radio Westerly started out in 1949 as WERI. The calls were changed to WXNI in 1999 and then to WBLQ in 2009. Their transmitter and tower are on Margin Street in the Westerly Marina area as seen in the photo from 2019.



WBLQ Radio 1230 Westerly tower on Margin Street - 2019.


WHJJ: This facility started out in 1922 as WPRI. In 1980 WPRI 920 Radio changed calls to WHJJ. WHJJ's former studio location on Eastern Avenue is currently being renovated as seen in the photos from 2019. Their transmitter and tower site is located on Wampanoag Trail as seen in the photos from 2019. Please excuse the quality of these photos, there was a very heavy rain downpour when we were at the site.



WHJJ Radio 920 old studio site on Eastern Avenue - 2019.



WHJJ Radio 920 old studio site on Eastern Avenue - 2019.



WHJJ Radio 920 transmitter site on Wampanoag Trail - 2019.

WHJJ Radio 920 towers on Wampanoag Trail - 2019.


WJAR TV: John has quite a few photos of WJAR TV Channel 10 Providence. There is a seperate page for the WJAR TV. Click on the photo to go to that page.




WPMZ: 1110 Radio Providence started out in 1947 as WKID, in 1992 the calls were changed to WWRX. In 1993 they were changed to WHIM and then in 1995 to WPMZ. Their transmitter and tower side is located near Eastern Avenue as seen in the photos from 2019. These towers are also being used by WWBB FM 101.5, WLVO FM 95.5, W235CN, and W249DZ.



WPMZ Radio 1110 Providence tower site on Eastern Aveue - 2019.



WPMZ Radio 1110 Providence tower site on Eastern Aveue - 2019.



WPMZ Radio 1110 Providence left tower top - 2019.



WPMZ Radio 1110 Providence right tower top - 2019.


WPRI TV: John has quite a few photos of WPRI TV Channel 12 Providence. There is a seperate page for the WPRI TV. Click on the photo to go to that page.




WPRO: This facility has quite a history in the area starting with WKBF in 1924. Calls were changed to WDWF in 1925 and in 1932 to WPAW. In 1934 the station moved to 630 with the calls WPRO. Currently studios, transmitter, and towers are located at 1502 Wampandag Trail as seen in the photos from 2019. This building is also studios for WPRV 790, WPRO FM 92.3, WWKX FM 106.3, WWLI FM 105.1, and WEAN FM 99.7. See below for more information on WPRV 790.



WPRO Radio 630 Providence 1502 Wampanoag Trail studios - 2019.



WPRO Radio 630 Providence 1502 Wampanoag Trail studios - 2019.



WPRO Radio 630 Providence vehicles - 2019.



WPRO Radio 630 Providence 1502 Wampanoag Trail towers - 2019.


WPRV: This facility also has quite a history in the area starting with WEAN in 1922. Calls were changed to WWAZ, WLKW, WSKO then WPRV. The WPRV transmitter and towers are located on Dexter Road as seen in the photo from 2019. The WPRV studios are located at 1502 Wampandag Trail along with WPRO and others (see WPRO above).



WPRV Radio 790 Providence Dexter Road towers - 2019.


WSTL: 1220 Radio Providence started out in 1947 as WRIB. Calls were changed to WSTL in 2006. The photo of their tower was taken from I-195 in 2019.



WSTL Radio 1220 Providence tower as seen from I-195 - 2019.


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