WNAC-TV
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Providence, Rhode Island/ New Bedford, Massachusetts United States |
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| City | Providence |
| Branding | Fox Providence (general) Eyewitness News (newscasts) MyRITV (on DT2) Laff (on DT3) |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On |
| Channels |
Digital: 12 (VHF) Virtual: 64 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | Super Towers, Inc. (WNAC, LLC) |
| Operator | Nexstar Media Group |
| First air date | September 5, 1981 (current incarnation) August 29, 1953 (original incarnation) |
| Last air date | August 6, 1956 (original incarnation) |
| Call letters' meaning | former calls of WHDH-TV |
| Sister station(s) | WPRI-TV, WCTX, WTNH, WWLP/WFXQ-CD |
| Former callsigns | WNET-TV (1953–1956) WSTG-TV (1981–1986) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 16 (UHF, 1953–1956) 64 (UHF, 1981–2009) Digital: 54 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: ABC/DuMont (1953–1956) Dark (1956–1981) Independent (1981–1986) FNN (1981–1985) Secondary: UPN (1995–1997) MyNetworkTV (2006–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 30 kW |
| Height | 305 m |
| Facility ID | 73311 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°52′36″N 71°16′57″W / 41.87667°N 71.28250°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | FoxProvidence.com |
WNAC-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts licensed to Providence. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 12 from a transmitter on Homestead Avenue in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Owned by Super Towers, the station is operated through a local marketing agreement (LMA) by Nexstar Media Group as sister to CBS affiliate WPRI-TV. Although the two share studios on Catamore Boulevard in East Providence, master control and some traffic responsibilities are based in hub facilities at NBC affiliate WWLP in Chicopee, Massachusetts.
The station also operates the area's MyNetworkTV affiliate on its second digital subchannel, which carries the branding MyRITV.
Although WNAC's current incarnation dates to September 5, 1981, its analog license was one of the oldest active UHF licenses in New England. It first signed on August 29, 1953 as WNET-TV, the second television station in Rhode Island. At that time, it was located on channel 16 and affiliated with ABC. It also shared DuMont programming with NBC station WJAR-TV.
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