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NBC 10 Providence is the on-air branding of WJAR (channel 10), the NBC-affiliated television station serving Providence, Rhode Island, and the broader Southern New England market, which includes Bristol County, Massachusetts . The station was founded on July 10, 1949, as Rhode Island's first television station, originally broadcasting on channel 11, and moved to its current channel position in 1953 . It is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which has owned the station since 2014 after acquiring it from Media General . As a dedicated source for online television, WJAR has studios on Kenney Drive in Cranston, Rhode Island, and its transmitter is located in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, broadcasting on UHF digital channel 25 (virtual channel 10.1) with an effective radiated power of 1,000 kW . The station's call letters WJAR are taken from its former sister radio stations, and its transmitters are shared with other Providence-market broadcasters .

The programming schedule allows viewers to watch live channel coverage of the full NBC network schedule, including prime time series such as The Voice, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago P.D., and Saturday Night Live. The station produces extensive local newscasts under the branding NBC 10 News, broadcasting nearly 40 hours of local news each week. The weekday schedule includes NBC 10 News Sunrise from 4:30 AM to 7:00 AM, NBC 10 News at Noon, NBC 10 News at 4:00 PM, NBC 10 News at 5:00 PM, NBC 10 News at 6:00 PM, and NBC 10 News at 11:00 PM. Weekend newscasts include morning editions at 6:00 AM and 9:00 AM, with evening newscasts at 6:00 PM and 11:00 PM. The news team has historically included anchors Gene Valicenti (weeknights), Patrice Wood (weeknights), Frank Coletta (morning and noon), and Mario Hilario (weekend mornings). In 2025, WJAR underwent a major market restructuring when Sinclair announced it would take over WLNE-TV (ABC6), acquiring the non-licensed assets of the ABC affiliate and consolidating operations, resulting in the layoff of some ABC6 staff including meteorologist Kelly Bates and sports director Nick Coit .

The station's digital signal is multiplexed across several subchannels: 10.1 carries NBC programming in 1080i High Definition, 10.2 broadcasts ABC programming as the new home of ABC6 following the December 2025 relocation of the ABC affiliation from WLNE-TV to WJAR's subchannel, 10.3 airs Charge!, and 10.4 broadcasts Comet TV . The station produces the weekly public affairs program 10 News Conference, hosted by Gene Valicenti, which is Southern New England's longest-running public affairs program, featuring interviews with political leaders, government officials, and newsmakers from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C. . The station was previously owned by Media General from 2006 to 2014, and before that by NBC Universal as an owned-and-operated station from 1996 to 2006 . Notable former staff members include Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent, who began her career at WJAR . The station's coverage area includes Providence, Newport, Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and New Bedford, Fall River, and portions of Bristol County, Massachusetts, serving the 52nd largest designated market area in the United States.

For audiences seeking a reliable live stream of Providence news and NBC programming, WJAR is widely available as a free-to-air service via digital terrestrial television on UHF channel 25 (virtual channel 10.1). The station is carried on DirecTV and Dish Network, as well as major cable providers serving the Providence-New Bedford market, including Cox Communications and Comcast Xfinity. The channel is accessible as tv online via streaming services including DirecTV Stream, fuboTV, Hulu with Live TV, and YouTube TV, as well as through the official WJAR website at turnto10.com and its mobile application for iOS and Android devices, which provide live streaming of local newscasts, breaking news updates, and severe weather coverage. The station is managed locally by President and General Manager Vic Vetters, who oversees both WJAR and WLNE-TV following the 2025 consolidation .

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