WJAR

WJAR
Programming


Providence, Rhode Island New Bedford, Massachusetts United States
City	Providence, Rhode Island
Channels	Digital: 25 (UHF) Virtual: 10
Branding	10.1: NBC 10 10.2: Coastal ABC
Affiliations	10.1: NBC 10.2: ABC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group (WJAR Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	WLNE-TV
History
Founded	1949
First air date	July 10, 1949 (1949-07-10)
Former call signs	WJAR-TV (1949–1986)
Former channel numbers	Analog: 11 (VHF, 1949–1953), 10 (VHF, 1953–2009) Digital: 51 (UHF, 2000–2015), 50 (UHF, 2015–2019)
Former affiliations	All secondary: CBS (1949–1955) DuMont (1949–1956) ABC (1949–1953, 1955–1963) The WB (1995–1997)
Call sign meaning	taken from WJAR radio
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	50780
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	302 m (991 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°51′55.4″N 71°17′12.7″W / 41.865389°N 71.286861°W / 41.865389; -71.286861
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	10.1: turnto10.com 10.2: coastalabc.com

WJAR (channel 10) is a television station in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, affiliated with NBC and ABC. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group and operated alongside WLNE-TV (channel 6). The two stations share transmitter facilities in Rehoboth, Massachusetts; WJAR's studios are located on Kenney Drive in Cranston, Rhode Island (shared with Telemundo owned-and-operated stations WYCN-LD and WRIW-CD).