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{{Short description|Television station in Richmond, Virginia}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WRID-LD
| above = {{ubl|[[UHF]] [[Broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translating repeater]] of|[[WWBT]], [[Richmond, Virginia]], and|[[WUPV]], [[Ashland, Virginia]]}}
| logo = [[File:WWBT 12 On Your Side logo.svg|200px|class=skin-invert-image]]
| image = WUPV 2024.svg
| image_size = 160px
| digital = 36 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 12.6, 48, 65.6
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''[[WWBT|12.6]]:''' [[NBC]]|'''48.1:''' [[Daystar Television Network|Daystar]]|'''[[WUPV|65.6]]:''' [[The CW]]}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1992|6|2|p=y}}
| location = [[Richmond, Virginia]]
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning = Richmond Daystar
| owner = [[Gray Television]]
| licensee = Gray Television Licensee, [[LLC]]
| sister_stations = [[WWBT]], [[WUPV]]
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|W48BI (1992–2004)|WRID-LP (2004–2016)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 48 (UHF, 1998–2016)|'''Digital:''' 48 (UHF, 2014–2021)}}
| former_affiliations = [[ShopNBC]] (2003–2004)
| erp = 15 [[kW]]
| haat = {{convert|210|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="wridcp">{{cite web | url=https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=&fileno=&state=&city=&chan=0.0&cha2=51&serv=&type=&facid=&asrn=1015246&list=0&ThisTab=Results+to+This+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9 | title=TV Query Results -- Video Division (FCC) USA }}</ref>
| class = [[low-power broadcasting#Television|LD]]
| facility_id = 65116
| coordinates = {{coord|37|30|23|N|77|30|11|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
}}

'''WRID-LD''' (RF channel 36) is a [[low-power television station]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]], United States. Owned by [[Gray Media]], it serves as a [[Broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translating repeater]] of the main channels of its two [[sister station]]s—[[NBC]] affiliate [[WWBT]] (channel 12) and [[The CW|CW]] affiliate [[WUPV]] (channel 65). WRID-LD's transmitter is located behind Gray's Richmond studio on [[U.S. Route 60 in Virginia|Midlothian Turnpike (US 60)]], sharing the same tower with WWBT (WUPV transmits from west of [[Enfield, Virginia|Enfield]], northeast of Richmond).

As an artifact of its former ownership, the station continues to carry [[Daystar Television Network|Daystar]] on its virtual channel of 48; WWBT and WUPV otherwise identify as alternative [[digital subchannel]]s of their own channel positions using WRID-LD's spectrum.

==History==
===Early history===
The station signed on June 2, 1992, as W48BI, owned by VVILPTV, Inc. Because of a lack of stations in the market after WUPV, then known as WAWB, dropped [[The WB]] for [[UPN]] in 1998, it was thought that W48BI was in position to become the market's WB affiliate after the empty [[WCAV|channel 19 allocation]] originally intended for Richmond was moved to [[Charlottesville]], but the network instead shifted to WWBT's overnight hours from 1999 until 2006 out of fear of lack of cable carriage for their programming, even in a non-prime time period, and providers resistant to carrying the network via its cable-only [[WB 100+]] service. [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[WRLH-TV]] (channel 35) carried select [[Kids' WB]] programs from 1998 to 2001. W48BI continued to program minor networks and brokered local programming until 2003, when it took an affiliation with [[ShopNBC]].

===Daystar ownership===
In 2004, the station was purchased by [[Daystar Television Network|Daystar]]'s commercial station arm, Word of God Fellowship, changing their call letters to WRID-LP (later WRID-LD), carrying the national network feed without any local deviation outside required [[station identification]].

===Gray ownership===
On August 27, 2021, Gray Television filed to purchase WRID-LD from Daystar for $630,000.<ref name="wridtogray">{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/assignmentDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076f9179b50fd20179be11b06f068d&id=25076f9179b50fd20179be11b06f068d|title=Assignments|work=Licensing and Management System|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=August 27, 2021|accessdate=August 28, 2021}}</ref> The sale was completed on January 4, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/consummationDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff37dda7617017e2586cb9d0801&id=25076ff37dda7617017e2586cb9d0801&goBack=N|title=Notification of Consummation|work=Licensing and Management System|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=January 4, 2022|accessdate=January 26, 2022}}</ref> It soon became a UHF repeater of the main channels of WWBT and WUPV within the inner ring of the Richmond market, mainly serving the few viewers who had lost access to either station during the digital transition and did not have access to cable, satellite or streaming. Both WWBT and WUPV broadcast on VHF and are currently unable to shift to the UHF band. As with all Daystar station sales to other broadcasters, Daystar will retain control of one WRID-LD subchannel indefinitely to continue serving as the market's outlet for their network.

==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WRID-LD<ref>[https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=65116  Digital TV Market Listing for WRID-LD]</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | [[WWBT|12.6]] 
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=4| [[16:9]] || style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"|NBC || style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"|[[NBC]] ([[WWBT]])
|-
! scope = "row" | 48.1 
| rowspan=2| [[480i]] || Daystar || [[Daystar (TV network)|Daystar]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 48.2 
| Outlaw|| [[Free TV Networks|Outlaw]] 
|-
! scope = "row" | [[WUPV|65.6]] 
| 1080i || style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"|CW || style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"|[[The CW]] ([[WUPV]])
|}
{{legend|#E6FFF7|Simulcast of subchannels of another station}}

===Analog-to-digital transition===
On January 12, 2007, the FCC granted Word of God Fellowship's request for permission to [[flash-cut]] to a digital transmitter on channel 51, extending the request several times with a transfer to channel 48 until it went on the air on November 8, 2014, though the FCC did not issue a final digital license for the station until December 5, 2016.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Richmond TV}}
{{NBC Virginia}}
{{CW Virginia}}
{{Daystar stations}}
{{Gray TV}}

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[[Category:Daystar Television Network stations]]
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[[Category:Television stations in Richmond, Virginia|RID-LD]]