In 2018, some Rhode Islanders took issue with Channel 10's news coverage and launched a website and a boycott against the station, targeting its advertisers.
Media General is selling WJAR-TV to Sinclair Broadcast Group.
The sale was announced Wednesday by Media General and LIN Media. The two broadcast companies are combining.
WJAR serves the greater Providence market. The station's studios are located in Cranston...
WJAR/Channel 10 in Providence says it has leased space in Downtown New Bedford to open a news bureau there.
According to a press release from the Mayor's Office, the bureau will be located in the former Standard Times building on Pleasant Street.
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A scathing report on Freetown Building Inspector Paul Bourgeois featured on WJAR-TV last night has people talking. The investigative feature painted Bourgeois as a sort of bully, with at least two local business owners backing up the described behavior.