Ocean State Media
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| Format | Public radio; news-talk |
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| Owner | Ocean State Media Group |
| WSBE-TV | |
| History | |
First air date | May 1, 1998 |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
Ocean State Media Group, doing business as Ocean State Media (OSM), is an American public broadcasting organization serving Rhode Island and parts of Southeastern Massachusetts. It operates the NPR and PBS member stations for the region, led by WPVD—flagship station of OSM's statewide radio network, and WSBE-TV in Providence, Rhode Island. Its main radio studios and offices are located in the historic Union Station in Downtown Providence.
The organization was formed in 2007 as Rhode Island Public Radio (RIPR), which originally acquired WPVD (then WRNI) from Boston University to give it independence from WBUR after several years of financial uncertainties; WRNI had been Rhode Island's NPR station since 1998. In 2011, RIPR began to acquire additional FM stations to expand its coverage across Rhode Island and surrounding regions. In 2018, the network rebranded as The Public's Radio (TPR) to reflect the expansion of its coverage into Southeastern Massachusetts.
In 2023, RIPR announced its intent to merge with Rhode Island's PBS member station WSBE-TV, which went on the air in 1967; the merger was completed in 2024. In October 2025, the two networks rebranded as Ocean State Media.