67-457: Cianci is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Buddy Cianci , American politician, attorney, and political commentator Cláudia Cianci , Portuguese tennis player Hugo Cianci , French footballer Pietro Cianci , Italian professional football striker [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Cianci . If an internal link intending to refer to
134-591: A candidate for one of Rhode Island's U.S. Senate seats, aiming to expand the Republican Party's ethnic votership. Cianci clashed behind the scenes with John Chafee over Rhode Island's Republican nomination for the Senate seat. Chafee was elected to the Senate in 1976 and Cianci was re-elected as Mayor of Providence as a Republican in 1978. Cianci ran for governor in 1980, losing out to incumbent J. Joseph Garrahy . After this loss, Cianci drifted away from
201-403: A charismatic and media-savvy politician. Cianci's propensity to attend parades, weddings, public events, and backyard neighborhood barbecues prompted a common joke that Cianci would jump to "attend the opening of an envelope". Cianci was revered by many residents of Providence, credited with the revitalizing of the city's economy and image. In the mid- to late 1970s, Cianci became a rising star in
268-589: A different stylized "10" above the WJAR call letters. This had been in effect for the previous twenty years. The stylized "10" was initially retained after the purchase, but with the NBC peacock attached to the right-hand side and the call letters removed. This was dropped in 2002 in favor of an "NBC 10" logo first used on former sister station WCAU in Philadelphia . A modified version, used on newscasts starting in 2007,
335-722: A funeral mass. The funeral procession then passed through Olneyville and Silver Lake, where Cianci grew up, ending at St. Ann's Cemetery in Cranston for a private burial next to his parents and daughter, Nicole. WJAR WJAR (channel 10) is a television station in Providence, Rhode Island , United States, affiliated with NBC . Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group , the station has studios on Kenney Drive in Cranston, Rhode Island (shared with Telemundo owned-and-operated stations WYCN-LD and WRIW-CD ), and its transmitter
402-647: A job in marketing and sales for the XV Beacon, a luxury hotel in Boston. However, he ultimately chose to return to Rhode Island and began work at the 903 Residences in Providence. On the animated sitcom Family Guy (set in Rhode Island), Chris attended Buddy Cianci Junior High School. One episode released in 2005 was titled " Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High ". On September 20, 2007, Cianci returned to
469-630: A primary NBC affiliate due to WJAR radio's long affiliation with NBC Radio . Despite this, WJAR only carried a little more than half of NBC's program schedule during its early years on the air; WJAR also broadcast about half of the CBS network schedule and a couple of shows each from ABC and DuMont every week. It lost ABC in 1953 when WNET (channel 16, now WNAC-TV on channel 64) signed on, and lost CBS in 1955 when WPRO-TV (now WPRI-TV ) launched. When WNET went dark in 1955, WJAR shared ABC programming with WPRO-TV until WTEV (now WLNE-TV ) signed on in 1963. During
536-406: A song titled "Buddy Cianci" on November 4, 2014. His campaign was unsuccessful and he lost narrowly to Democrat Jorge Elorza , conceding the election on November 4. In January 2014, Cianci was diagnosed with colon cancer. Cianci died on January 28, 2016, at the age of 74. He had been taken to the hospital the previous day after experiencing abdominal pain while filming his television show, On
603-405: A special assistant attorney general in 1969. The position was part-time but prestigious. In 1972, Cianci backed up lead prosecutor Irving Brodsky in the trial of mob boss Raymond L.S. Patriarca . Patriarca was found not guilty, but Cianci won praise as an Italian American fighting "The Mob" , when the film The Godfather painted an unflattering image of Italian Americans. In 1973, he became
670-546: A special election was held to name a replacement. Cianci attempted to run in the election under the rubric that he had been convicted of a felony but received a five-year suspended sentence rather than being sent to prison. After a few weeks, it was decided by the Rhode Island Supreme Court that Cianci could not run in the special election, because the legislative intent was that the convicted incumbent could not succeed himself in office. The special election
737-649: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cianci&oldid=1011597892 " Categories : Surnames Italian-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Buddy Cianci Vincent Albert " Buddy " Cianci Jr. ( / s i ˈ æ n s i / , see- AN -see ; Italian pronunciation: [ˈtʃantʃi] , CHAHN -chee ; April 30, 1941 – January 28, 2016)
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#1732797802181804-514: A tradition in its market: it began broadcasting news on weekdays at 5:30 p.m. with The 5:30 Report (renamed in 1992 as Up-front at 5:30 ), that included the top stories of the day, plus a cooking segment, weather and entertainment news. It was expanded to one hour in January 1995, and was restructured as a conventional newscast. In 2000, WJAR's news opens started off with "Thank you for turning to 10" before opening their newscasts. However, it
871-730: A weekly political segment called Your Attention Please , which was renamed Buddy TV. The timeslot became a daily segment in July 2008, and was renamed The World According to Buddy as of May 2011. His position at WLNE began on November 1, 2007. Cianci also hosted the station's weekend public affairs program On the Record with Buddy Cianci . He began in October 2008 as cohost of the program with WLNE weeknight anchor John DeLuca and became solo host in May 2011. Cianci became eligible to run for mayor again in
938-497: Is multiplexed : In January 2009, WJAR began broadcasting the Retro Television Network on its second digital channel and digital cable. WJAR-DT2 had previously carried NBC Weather Plus . WJAR replaced RTV with MeTV on September 26, 2011, as part of a groupwide affiliation agreement with Media General; the channel replaced RTV on some Media General-owned stations in other markets. On September 1, 2022, MeTV
1005-701: Is located in Rehoboth, Massachusetts . WJAR-TV signed on for the first time on July 10, 1949, broadcasting on channel 11. It was Rhode Island's first television station and the fourth in New England . It was owned by The Outlet Company , a department store chain headquartered in Providence, along with WJAR radio (920 AM, now WHJJ ; and 95.5 FM, now occupied by WLVO ). In 1952, after hearing about repeated instances of interference in Connecticut between WJAR-TV and New York City 's WPIX (also on channel 11),
1072-749: Is planning on to divest) and WTTA in Tampa Bay . WHTM's sale of Media General was explored nearly two months earlier, and it was completed, nearly three months before the Media General/LIN deal was completed. The sale was completed on December 19, marking Sinclair's return to owning a Providence market station after a year and a half, as it owned WLWC from January 2012 until April 2013. WJAR broadcasts 37 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with six hours each weekday, 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours on Saturdays and four hours on Sundays). For most of its history, WJAR has been
1139-521: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s Sixth Report and Order changed the television allocations for Providence and forced the station to move to channel 10, which it did in the spring of 1953. At that time, WJAR's coverage area increased, since the interference with WPIX had been rectified. WJAR-TV initially carried programming from all four networks of the time (NBC, ABC , DuMont , and CBS ), but has always been
1206-800: The Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix , in Burlington County, New Jersey . Cianci appealed the conviction to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit but was unsuccessful. In August 2005, Cianci made a request for early release but was denied. Cianci was released from prison on May 30, 2007, to a halfway house near Northeastern University in Boston . Upon his initial release from federal prison, he had already secured
1273-483: The Irish-American Democratic machine, Cianci won his first election by 709 votes. Cianci became the city's first Italian-American Republican mayor, ending a 150-year "power monopoly" held by Irish Democrats. At the age of 33 years, 10 months and seven days, he was then the city's youngest mayor and the first Republican to lead that heavily Democratic city since 1939. Cianci was well known to be
1340-774: The Pawtucket Red Sox , Providence Friars , Rhode Island Rams , and the Rhode Island Interscholastic League . The launch of YurView New England on the channel adjacent to OSN (channel 4/1004) saw those sports moved there, and the remainder of the channel's life was devoted to replays of WJAR programming. OSN was wound down on April 30, 2024, after the end of Cox's news share agreement with Sinclair, as streaming versions of its stations, including WJAR, began to launch on several ad-supported streaming services, including its existing availability on Sinclair's NewsOn service. The station's signal
1407-821: The Southern New England School of Law . Cianci enlisted in the United States Army on November 29, 1966. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Military Police Corps on April 24, 1967. He served on active duty until 1969 and then in the Army Reserve as a civil affairs officer through 1972. After being admitted to the Rhode Island Bar Association in 1967, Cianci was hired by Rhode Island Attorney General Herbert F. DeSimone as
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#17327978021811474-650: The University of Rhode Island , with Chris Clark calling play-by-play. In the early 1970s, when PC was one of the top teams in the country (and the top college basketball team in New England), their home games at the newly opened Providence Civic Center were often sellouts, despite the fact that WJAR televised many of these home games live. In November 1980, the Outlet Company left the department store business to concentrate on broadcasting. A year earlier,
1541-495: The 4-year period." In 1996, Cianci pushed to create an arts and entertainment district in downtown Providence by offering income and sales tax breaks to attract artists to downtown. Cianci said the tax breaks were part of an arts-centered economic development strategy. The idea was to develop an image of Providence as an "artist-friendly" city; this would attract not only artists but also well-educated workers, high-technology firms, economic development, and tourism. The strategy
1608-637: The 74-year-old Cianci announced his engagement to model and actress Tara Marie Haywood, then in her 30s. At the age of seven, Cianci began appearing regularly on WJAR 's Kiddie Revue Sunday radio broadcast from the Outlet Department Store on Weybosset Street, downtown Providence. After briefly attending public school, Cianci enrolled in Moses Brown School , a private school on the East Side of Providence . There, he became
1675-643: The Fleet Skating Center. He also helped to orchestrate the establishment of the summer weekend festivals known as WaterFire in downtown Providence, which continues to bring up to 100,000 people to the downtown area alone on the summer nights it takes place. In 1995, Cianci launched a brand of tomato sauce, "Mayor's Own Marinara Sauce ." It was claimed that proceeds from sales were "Benefiting Providence School Children" and helped hundreds of students attend college. However, an August 2014 Associated Press report found that "in recent years, no money from
1742-475: The Laurel Hill section of nearby Cranston, Rhode Island . Cianci was the younger child of Dr. Vincent Albert Cianci and Esther Cianci, née Capobianco (whose great-grandfather served as mayor of Benevento, Italy ), who married in 1937. His only marriage, in 1973, was to Sheila Bentley McKenna; the couple divorced in 1983. They had one daughter, Nicole, who died in 2012. Shortly before dying in early 2016,
1809-818: The Providence market in total day viewership, the companies were required to sell either WJAR or WPRI-TV; on August 20, 2014, Media General announced that it would keep WPRI and the LMA with WNAC and sell WJAR, along with WLUK-TV and WCWF in Green Bay and WTGS in Savannah, Georgia , to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in exchange for KXRM-TV and KXTU-LD in Colorado Springs , WHTM in Harrisburg (which Sinclair, on behalf of Allbritton
1876-637: The Record with Buddy Cianci , at the WLNE-TV studio. Thousands of people viewed Cianci's open casket as his body lay in state for two days in Providence City Hall , the first mayor to be so honored since Thomas Doyle in 1886. A horse-drawn carriage carried his casket through the city during a snowstorm on February 8, as it made its way to the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul where Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Joseph Tobin presided over
1943-531: The Republican Party after he was not given an appointment in the Reagan administration despite his support of Ronald Reagan and intimations by Reagan's campaign manager, John Sears . In 1982, he was reelected as Mayor of Providence as an independent. During his first tenure in office, Buddy Cianci often clashed with the Providence City Council over issues such as the municipal budget. Cianci
2010-568: The Sinclair graphics debuted. However, it was dropped again on September 23, 2019, before being reinstated some time later. On September 6, 2022, WJAR introduced an hour-long 4 p.m. newscast, known as NBC 10 News at 4:00 , to act as a replacement for the recently canceled Ellen DeGeneres Show . On May 2, 2012, WJAR partnered with Cox Communications to launch the Ocean State Networks (OSN) (though referred to plurally, there
2077-440: The airwaves on local Providence AM radio station WPRO, hosting a weekday talk show. He said that he had no plans to run for political office again, although he had not entirely ruled it out when pressed on the issue. On October 24, 2007, Cianci appeared on WLNE-TV ABC6 to announce that in addition to his radio show, he was joining the television station as chief political analyst and contributing editor. The work included moderating
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2144-476: The area's second newscast weeknights at 7 joining WLNE. However, it also airs on Saturday nights unlike the other channel's weeknight production. WLNE's newscast was officially canceled in April 2011. WJAR is notable for having employed three Today Show personalities. Former Today hosts Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira worked at WJAR. Vieira started out as a reporter on the station in the late-1970s while Lauer
2211-454: The case: "Clearly, there is a feeling in city government in Providence that corruption is tolerated. In this mayor's two administrations, there has been more corruption in the City of Providence than in the history of this state." Much of the trial was focused around a video tape showing top Cianci aide Director of Administration Frank A. Corrente taking a bribe. NBC reporter Jim Taricani aired
2278-558: The fall of 1974, Cianci narrowly beat incumbent Mayor Joseph A. Doorley Jr. on an anti-corruption campaign. Cianci was helped by a revolt of Democrats upset with Doorley's administration. Cianci presented himself as a visionary reformer, outlining plans to revive an economically troubled downtown, rebuild the waterfront, restore blighted neighborhoods, create parks, and improve schools. Positioning himself as "the Anti-Corruption candidate," an Italian-American candidate taking on
2345-472: The far-and-away ratings leader in the Providence– New Bedford market. WPRI is consistently in second place, while WLNE has usually been a distant third. This can be attributed to WJAR being the state's oldest station, as well as its association with its well established radio sisters. In all four Nielsen ratings periods in 2016, the station was number one in all time slots. In mid-1988, WJAR broke
2412-504: The late 1950s, WJAR-TV was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network . In 1954, WJAR-TV received national attention for its coverage of Hurricane Carol ; newsreel films shot by WJAR cameramen of the storm and its aftermath not only appeared on the station, but also fed to CBS and NBC for use on their evening news programs. For many years in the 1970s, WJAR-TV broadcast men's basketball games of Providence College and
2479-429: The man had been romantically involved with his wife, from whom Cianci was separated at the time. Both DeLeo and Cianci's estranged wife disputed the relationship. Cianci and his driver were charged with kidnaping, beating, and torturing Deleo. Providence municipal regulations prohibit a convicted felon from holding public office. Ironically, Cianci had promulgated that rule a few years earlier. After Cianci's resignation,
2546-404: The national Republican Party . After being introduced by Bob Dole , Cianci made an address at the 1976 Republican convention. There was talk of him being the first Italian-American vice president. Cianci was also seriously considered for a federal Cabinet seat in the second Gerald Ford administration, had Ford been elected in 1976. After Ford's loss to Jimmy Carter , Cianci promoted himself as
2613-695: The old Standard-Times building on Pleasant Street in New Bedford. The Downcity Bureau is on Dorrance Street in Downtown Providence. The station uses a live weather radar feed from the National Weather Service 's Local Forecast Office on Myles Standish Boulevard in Taunton, Massachusetts . In June 2015, after being sold to Sinclair, they brought back the "Thank you for turning to 10" before opening their newscasts when
2680-564: The prosecutor of the Rhode Island Attorney General's Anti-Corruption Strike Force, a position he held until his first election as mayor in 1974. As part of this task force, Cianci was involved in an investigation of Providence Mayor Joseph A. Doorley Jr. Cianci gained a reputation as an anti-corruption crusader. During this time, Cianci gained political experience working on Attorney General Herbert DeSimone's unsuccessful campaigns for governor in 1970 and 1972. In
2747-594: The roommate of Adrian Hendricks, the first Black student to attend the prestigious school. Later, Cianci transferred schools and would earn a bachelor's degree in government at Fairfield University . Cianci earned a master's degree in Political Science at Villanova University and a Juris Doctor at Marquette University Law School in 1966. Cianci also held honorary doctorates awarded by Fairfield University (his alma mater), Johnson & Wales University , Roger Williams University , and, most recently, from
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2814-450: The sauce's sales has been donated to Cianci's charity scholarship fund." From 2009 to 2012, the sauce made a total of $ 3 in income, longtime Cianci adviser Charles Mansolillo told the AP. In 2009, they lost $ 2,200 on the sauce, Mansolillo said. The following year, they made $ 2,974, while in 2011, they lost $ 2,969. In 2012, they made $ 2,198 profit, he said. That adds up to a profit of just $ 3 during
2881-410: The second network-owned station in the market (CBS owned WPRI-TV for parts of 1995 and 1996 before it was forced to sell the station to Clear Channel Communications after CBS and Westinghouse merged due to a significant signal overlap with WBZ-TV ). In April 1997, WJAR began to operate WB affiliate WLWC (which was owned by Fant Broadcasting ) under a local marketing agreement (LMA). Even by
2948-403: The sentencing. Between his sentencing and the start of his jail term, Cianci resumed his radio career hosting a midday show with former Providence radio host (and former director of communications to Governor Don Carcieri ) Steve Kass on AM talk station WPRO . After some legal wrangling, Cianci's lawyers managed to have him sent to prison closer to Rhode Island, and Cianci served his sentence at
3015-565: The station moved its studios from the Outlet Building to a three-story modern production facility next door. The department store remained standing until 1986, when it burned to the ground in a spectacular fire. WJAR cameras perched on the neighboring rooftop captured the most dramatic footage. In April 1993, the station's studios were moved to their current location in an industrial area of Cranston just south of Providence. Three years later, Outlet Communications merged with NBC, making WJAR
3082-414: The station's website won a second national Murrow. In 2011, the station won its third national Murrow in a row, this time in the "Breaking News" category for its coverage of recent historic flooding. In 2012, the station's web site won a regional Edward R. Murrow Award. On May 16, 2011, WJAR became the first station in the Providence market to air newscasts in high-definition. A new set was constructed for
3149-400: The tape on local television station WJAR , and he was sentenced to six months of house arrest for refusing to reveal his sources to the court. Cianci did not maintain a low profile after the indictment but poked fun at the investigation, code-named " Operation Plunder Dome ". Nine people (including Cianci) were convicted in the trials, which were presided over by Judge Ernest C. Torres . Cianci
3216-561: The television show Providence . During Cianci's second run as mayor, beginning in 1991, the city of Providence entered its "Renaissance phase". During his tenure, Providence became visibly cleaner and more tourist-friendly. Cianci brought the Providence Bruins hockey team to Rhode Island from Maine and pushed to further several projects in the city, including new hotels, the Providence Place shopping mall and
3283-607: The time that station signed on, the future of the LMA was in doubt given the fact that NBC, which inherited the arrangement from Outlet, did not want to run stations outside their core owned-and-operated outlets. The network, during this time, pushed Fant to sell WLWC. In September 1997, NBC came up with a three-way swap in which Fant exchanged WLWC and sister station WWHO in Columbus, Ohio , to Paramount / Viacom for that group's NBC affiliate in Hartford, Connecticut , WVIT . WJAR
3350-401: The transition to HD and debuted on NBC 10 News Sunrise that morning. Photos of the set as it was being built were posted on the station's Facebook page. During construction, newscasts were broadcast from a temporary set in the station's Studio B . Several technological upgrades were also made. In addition to its main studios, WJAR operates two news bureaus. The Bay State Newsroom is located at
3417-570: The two companies. The deal was approved by the FCC on June 26. As a result, WJAR became Media General's first television station in New England. For all intents and purposes, this undid the NBC-Outlet merger a decade earlier. In its earliest days, WJAR's logo included a Rhode Island Red rooster, the state bird of Rhode Island. Prior to WJAR's purchase by NBC, it had included various versions of
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#17327978021813484-620: The year 2012, three years after his probation ended (due to the provisions of the 1986 Rhode Island constitutional amendment, aptly named "the Buddy amendment"). The next election in which Cianci would have been eligible to run was the November 2014. In 2010, Cianci was quoted as saying that he was "taking a good look" at running for the U.S. House seat to be vacated by Democrat Patrick J. Kennedy . He did not declare his candidacy. In May 2014, Cianci, after being successfully treated for cancer,
3551-511: Was acquitted of 26 out of 27 charges, including bribery, extortion, and mail fraud, but he was found guilty of racketeering conspiracy, running a corrupt criminal enterprise. In September 2002, Cianci was sentenced to serve five years in federal prison by Judge Torres, who opted for a higher sentence than the minimum required by the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Cianci was forced by law to resign immediately following
3618-516: Was an American politician, attorney, radio talk show host, and political commentator who served as the mayor of Providence, Rhode Island from 1975 to 1984 and again from 1991 to 2002. Cianci was the longest-serving mayor of Providence, having held office for over 21 years. Cianci was twice elected Mayor of Providence. Earlier in his career, he served as a state prosecutor in the Rhode Island Department of Attorney General. Cianci
3685-401: Was cleared by his doctors to run for mayor in the 2014 November election. On June 25, Cianci declared his candidacy for Mayor of Providence as an independent. In August, he named former Cianci staffer Cyd McKenna as his campaign manager and Dee Dee Witman as his finance chair, alongside other former staffers Charles Mansolillo and Beryl Kenyon. Providence hip-hop artist Zumo Kollie released
3752-494: Was co-host of WJAR's version of PM Magazine in the early-1980s. In 2012, former WJAR meteorologist Dylan Dreyer became began doing weekend weather on Today . Other notable alumni include CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour and ESPN anchor Steve Berthiaume . In 2008, WJAR was awarded the National Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence for a small-market television station. In 2010,
3819-474: Was copied as a model by Baltimore and other cities. In 1998 , Cianci ran again for reelection, unopposed on the ballot. The popular Cianci had never lost a mayoral election, until losing to Jorge Elorza in November 2014 . Cianci was indicted in April 2001 on federal criminal charges of racketeering , conspiracy , extortion , witness tampering , and mail fraud . Several other Providence city officials were also indicted. Judge Ronald R. Lagueux said of
3886-426: Was designed and arranged similarly to other Media General station logos. In February 2014, both versions of that logo were replaced with the station's current logo. On March 21, 2014, LIN Media entered into an agreement to merge with Media General in a $ 1.6 billion deal. Because LIN already owned CBS affiliate WPRI and operated Fox affiliate WNAC-TV, and the two stations rank among the four highest-rated stations in
3953-557: Was dropped in 2008. On two occasions, WJAR has produced a prime time newscast at 10. The first began in April 1997 (entitled TV 28 News at 10 ) and was seen weeknights on WLWC in competition to the WPRI-produced show on Fox affiliate WNAC-TV. The broadcast was dropped that September when the LMA with WLWC ended. The second attempt has been airing on weeknights since October 1, 2007, when the station began producing NBC 10 News 10 at 10 on its NBC Weather Plus digital subchannel . It
4020-554: Was first elected mayor as the candidate of the Republican Party . While in office, he declared himself an independent and, as of 2009 , he said that he had no party affiliation. On his radio show in June 2014, Cianci announced that he would run for mayor again. He was defeated by Democratic candidate Jorge Elorza in the 2014 election . Cianci was born on April 30, 1941, in Providence, Rhode Island . His family lived in
4087-469: Was forced to resign from office during both mayoral tenures due to felony convictions. His first administration ended in 1984 when he pleaded no contest to charges brought against him involving kidnapping and torturing a man Cianci believed was romantically involved with his ex-wife. His second stint as mayor ended when he was forced to resign following his conviction for one count of racketeering conspiracy, and he served four years in federal prison. Cianci
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#17327978021814154-523: Was one of four NBC O&Os in smaller markets that were put up for sale on January 9, 2006, along with stations in Columbus, Birmingham, Alabama , and Raleigh, North Carolina . Except for the Birmingham station, these were also once owned by Outlet. On April 6, 2006, NBC Universal and Media General announced that Media General would purchase WJAR as part of a $ 600 million four station deal between
4221-613: Was only one OSN channel), serving as a replacement for NewsChannel 5 (formerly the Rhode Island News Channel), which was co-operated by Cox and WLNE-TV from November 30, 1998, until February 1, 2012. OSN aired rebroadcasts of WJAR's non-network and syndicated programming, including its newscasts, lifestyle show Studio 10 , Special Olympics R.I. and 10 News Conference . Prior to 2017, it also aired Cox Sports programming, including live local high school and collegiate sports events with teams featured on OSN including
4288-506: Was originally a live ten-minute production consisting of top stories of the day along with an updated weather forecast. When WJAR-DT2 switched to RTV, the show expanded to a half-hour and was renamed NBC 10 News 10 at 10 on RTV . A new segment was added called "Flashback" which features vintage footage of past personnel. WLNE occasionally aired news at that time when it operated Cox channel 5 as NewsChannel 5, primarily when sports preempted WNAC's newscast. On September 6, 2010, WJAR began airing
4355-938: Was replaced with Charge! . WJAR discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 10, on February 17, 2009, the original date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 51, using virtual channel 10. This allowed ShopNBC station WWDP to begin operation of its permanent digital facility on channel 10. WJAR has traditionally been available in many other Massachusetts municipalities outside Bristol County, mainly in Plymouth County and Cape Cod . On December 8, 2011, cable operator Comcast had to move WJAR off channel 10 outside Bristol County, due to
4422-416: Was supported by political allies in the Providence City Council's Republican minority. During Cianci's first administration, the Providence City Council tried to create an ordinance for residents of the city to be able to vote their public officials out of office. Cianci was forced by law to resign from office for the first time in 1984 after pleading nolo contendere or "no contest". Cianci claimed that
4489-429: Was won by City Council Chairman, Acting Mayor, and future ambassador to Malta Joseph R. Paolino Jr. Cianci spent the next few years as a radio talk show host on Providence AM station 920 WHJJ and as a television commentator. In 1990, he successfully mounted a reelection campaign with the slogan, "He never stopped caring about Providence." In the early 2000s, Cianci also made several guest appearances as himself on
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