WRID-LP

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WRID-LP
Richmond, Virginia
Channels Analog: 48 (UHF)

Digital: 51 (UHF) (future)
Affiliations Daystar
Owner Word of God Fellowship, Inc. (a Daystar subsidiary)
Founded June 2, 1992
Call letters’ meaning W
RIchmond
Daystar
Former callsigns W48BI (1992-2004)
Former affiliations ShopNBC
Website www.daystar.com

WRID-LP is a low-power religious television station in Richmond, Virginia, broadcasting on channel 48 as a Daystar Television Network affiliate.

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[edit] History

The station signed on June 2, 1992 with translator calls W48BI and was owned by VVILPTV, INC.

[edit] Richmond's next WB affiliate?

When the market's WB affiliate WAWB (now WUPV) became a UPN affiliate in March 1997, Richmond was left without a full-time WB affiliate. In the early 2000, there were several attempts to launch a stand-alone station to carry the network. There was two candidates for the network affiliate. The first candidate is channel 48 and the second is to launch a brand new station on channel 19. WRID declined the offer and channel 19 became an outlet for Charlottesville's CBS affiliate WCAV in 2004. WWBT, Richmond's NBC affiliate, took secondary WB affiliation in 2001 until August 2006. Then UPN affiliate WUPV took secondary WB affiliation for The WB on selected nights until the closing of the network when it merged with the station's primary affiliate to become The CW.

WRLH carried selected Kids' WB programming from 2001 to 2003.

[edit] ShopNBC

In 2003, the staton became a ShopNBC affiliate.

[edit] Daystar

In 2004, the station was bought by Word of God Fellowship, Inc. (a Daystar subsidiary) and change its to calls WRID-LP to reflect its Daystar affiliation.

[edit] Digital TV

On January 12, 2007, the FCC granted Word of God Fellowship request for Low-Power Digital TV (LD) on channel 51. The station got until January 12, 2010 to complete the switch-over. WRID is the second low-power station in Richmond to file a Digital TV application. The first was rival station, TBN affiliate, W39CO owned by National Minority TV, Inc. (a TBN subsidiary).

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Broadcast television in the Richmond/Petersburg market  (Nielsen DMA #59)

WTVR 6 (CBS)  - WRIC 8 (ABC)  - WWBT 12 (NBC), (WX Plus on DT2)  - WXOB 17 (Rel)  - WCVE 23 (PBS)  - WRLH 35 (Fox), (MNTV on DT2)  - W39CO 39 (TBN)  - WZTD 45 (Telemundo)  - WRID 48 (DS) - WCVW 57 (PBS)  - WUPV 65 (The CW)

Past stations:  WFLV 15 (Unknown)   - WFMA 52/28 (silent?)   - WVRN 63 (Ind)
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Other Television Stations in the state of Virginia
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