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McRadio said:
WPRO TV 12? Did WPRI used to be WPRO? And how come Holland hasn't bid on this yet?
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I actually think it was WPRO Channel 12 when they first signed on. The switch to WPRI was probably in the 1950's or 60's.
 
Skynet74 said:
McRadio said:
WPRO TV 12? Did WPRI used to be WPRO? And how come Holland hasn't bid on this yet?
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I actually think it was WPRO Channel 12 when they first signed on. The switch to WPRI was probably in the 1950's or 60's.
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1959 according to Wikipedia
 
You didn't read the recap properly



WPRO-TV was then sold to Poole Broadcasting (owners of WJRT-TV in Flint) on June 16, 1967. This sale was necessary because Capital Cities Communications had bought KTRK-TV in Houston, which left it one VHF station over the FCC's ownership limit of the time. Poole Broadcasting then changed WPRO-TV's call letters to the present WPRI-TV.
 
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