On June 27, 1977, WPRI swapped affiliations with WTEV and became an ABC station. The station introduced a new logo to go with the switch.
1987–1990[]
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Station ID (Late 1987)
On Screen Bug ID 1987
1990–1998 (primary), 1990–1995 (secondary)[]
Channel 12 Eyewitness News Open (1990)
Channel 12 Eyewitness News Open (1994)
1998–1999 (primary), 1995–1999 (secondary)[]
In 1995, Narragansett Television sold WPRI-TV to CBS, making WPRI-TV a CBS owned-and-operated station, and WLNE-TV reversed the 1977 affiliation switch between the two stations on September 10 of that year; WLNE returned to being an ABC affiliate, while WPRI reunited with CBS after 18 years. After Westinghouse (owner of WBZ-TV in Boston) purchased CBS in 1995, WPRI-TV was sold to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) in 1996.
1Owns a 75% stake of the network, the other 12.5% stake is co-owned between Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery. 2Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery, in which Nexstar owns 31% while Warner Bros. Discovery owns the remaining 69%. 3Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. 4Nexstar operates this station owned by Cunningham Broadcasting. 5Nexstar operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting through an SSA. 6Nexstar operates this station owned by Vaughan Media. 7Predecessor company of LIN Media. 8Nexstar operates this station owned by Londen Media Group.
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