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| History | |
First air date | June 2, 1992 (1992-06-02) |
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| ShopNBC (2003–2004) | |
Call sign meaning | Richmond Daystar |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 65116 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15kW |
| HAAT | 210 m (689 ft)[2] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°30′23″N77°30′11″W / 37.50639°N 77.50306°W /37.50639; -77.50306 |
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Public license information | LMS |
WRID-LD (RF channel 36) is alow-power television station inRichmond, Virginia, United States. Owned byGray Media, it serves as atranslating repeater of the main channels of its twosister stations—NBC affiliateWWBT (channel 12) andCW affiliateWUPV (channel 65). WRID-LD's transmitter is located behind Gray's Richmond studio onMidlothian Turnpike (US 60), sharing the same tower with WWBT (WUPV transmits from west ofEnfield, northeast of Richmond).
As an artifact of its former ownership, the station continues to carryDaystar on its virtual channel of 48; WWBT and WUPV otherwise identify as alternativedigital subchannels of their own channel positions using WRID-LD's spectrum.
The station signed on June 2, 1992, as W48BI, owned by VVILPTV, Inc. Because of a lack of stations in the market after WUPV, then known as WAWB, droppedThe WB forUPN in 1998, it was thought that W48BI was in position to become the market's WB affiliate after the emptychannel 19 allocation originally intended for Richmond was moved toCharlottesville, but the network instead shifted to WWBT's overnight hours from 1999 until 2006 out of fear of lack of cable carriage for their programming, even in a non-prime time period, and providers resistant to carrying the network via its cable-onlyWB 100+ service.Fox affiliateWRLH-TV (channel 35) carried selectKids' WB programs from 1998 to 2001. W48BI continued to program minor networks and brokered local programming until 2003, when it took an affiliation withShopNBC.
In 2004, the station was purchased byDaystar's commercial station arm, Word of God Fellowship, changing their call letters to WRID-LP (later WRID-LD), carrying the national network feed without any local deviation outside requiredstation identification.
On August 27, 2021, Gray Television filed to purchase WRID-LD from Daystar for $630,000.[3] The sale was completed on January 4, 2022.[4] It soon became a UHF repeater of the main channels of WWBT and WUPV within the inner ring of the Richmond market, mainly serving the few viewers who had lost access to either station during the digital transition and did not have access to cable, satellite or streaming. Both WWBT and WUPV broadcast on VHF and are currently unable to shift to the UHF band. As with all Daystar station sales to other broadcasters, Daystar will retain control of one WRID-LD subchannel indefinitely to continue serving as the market's outlet for their network.
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 12.6 | 1080i | 16:9 | NBC | NBC (WWBT) |
| 48.1 | 480i | Daystar | Daystar | |
| 48.2 | Outlaw | Outlaw | ||
| 65.6 | 1080i | CW | The CW (WUPV) |
On January 12, 2007, the FCC granted Word of God Fellowship's request for permission toflash-cut to a digital transmitter on channel 51, extending the request several times with a transfer to channel 48 until it went on the air on November 8, 2014, though the FCC did not issue a final digital license for the station until December 5, 2016.
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| Independent | ||
| PBS | ||
| Religious | ||
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