I was just in Cape Cod a few days ago, and it would appear that WPRI has disappeared from the Xfinity channel lineup. WJAR and WLNE still remain. I know that for awhile WPRI was still available in certain areas, but not others. Do you know if any other systems outside Bristol county still have WPRI? I find it very interesting, because when I was younger, I always got the impression that Cape Cod was part of the Providence/New Bedford DMA, because if you bought TV guide in the store on the Cape, I think it was always the Providence edition.
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Is WPRI still on any cable systems outside Bristol county?
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I remember when me and my brother stayed overnight in Worcester one night in 1997. WJAR-TV (NBC) channel 10 was on the hotel's cable lineup. Then there was a night at the Sheraton in Springfield in 2011. Channel 20 (CW) and 30 (NBC) from Connecticut were on the lineup. I don't know if anything was blacked out. I do know Saturday Night Live was going through on channel 30 like usual.
WJAR is still carried on Charter/Spectrum throughout much of Worcester county, as well as most Xfinity systems in southern Worcester county, and southeastern Massachusetts, although it’s on channel 97, making it almost impossible to find. There seems to be something about WPRI. It makes me wonder if WBZ wanted it taken off of there. I know there was a Charter system in southern Worcester county, the towns of Douglas, Millville, Sutton, and Uxbridge that still had it for awhile, but I’m not sure if they still do.
Even Marion and Mattapoisett (the first two towns in Plymouth County along I-195) don't get WPRI, but they do get WNAC (and WLNE, WJAR, and WSBE)! (source: https://tvlistings.zap2it.com/api/p...19-11-03T02:00Z&dstOffset=-240&stdOffset=-300)
I wonder if the Cape Cod area was in the Providence market at one time then switched to Boston recently.
Charter Spectrum Uxbridge still carries WPRI (as well as WJAR and WSBE: https://tvlistings.zap2it.com/api/p...19-11-03T02:00Z&dstOffset=-240&stdOffset=-300).
Uxbridge is in the Worcester metropolitan area, while Marion and Mattapoisett are in the Boston metropolitan area. That may have something to do with it
I wonder if the Cape Cod area was in the Providence market at one time then switched to Boston recently.
Charter Spectrum Uxbridge still carries WPRI (as well as WJAR and WSBE: https://tvlistings.zap2it.com/api/p...19-11-03T02:00Z&dstOffset=-240&stdOffset=-300).
Uxbridge is in the Worcester metropolitan area, while Marion and Mattapoisett are in the Boston metropolitan area. That may have something to do with it
Also, Comcast on Martha's Vineyard still carries WPRI (as well as WJAR, WLNE, and WSBE): https://tvlistings.zap2it.com/api/p...19-11-03T02:00Z&dstOffset=-240&stdOffset=-300
Same on Nantucket (and here, WPRI is still cable 12!): https://tvlistings.zap2it.com/api/p...19-11-03T02:00Z&dstOffset=-240&stdOffset=-300
Same on Nantucket (and here, WPRI is still cable 12!): https://tvlistings.zap2it.com/api/p...19-11-03T02:00Z&dstOffset=-240&stdOffset=-300
The lineups on Zap2it aren’t always up to date. They still list WPRI for the area I was just in, but it’s not on there. I’m sure if you go to the Xfinity website you’ll find something different. However, I did go on the Charter/Spectrum website and looked up Uxbridge and did see WPRI listed there.
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