WRID-LD

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WRID-LD

UHF translating repeater of WWBT, Richmond, Virginia, and WUPV, Ashland, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia United States
Channels	Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 12.6, 48, 65.6
Programming
Affiliations	12.6: NBC 48.1: Daystar 65.6: The CW
Ownership
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	WWBT, WUPV
History
First air date	June 2, 1992 (32 years ago) (1992-06-02)
Former call signs	W48BI (1992–2004) WRID-LP (2004–2016)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 48 (UHF, 1998–2016) Digital: 48 (UHF, 2014–2021)
Former affiliations	ShopNBC (2003–2004)
Call sign meaning	Richmond Daystar
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	65116
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	210 m (689 ft)[2]
Transmitter coordinates	37°30′23″N 77°30′11″W / 37.50639°N 77.50306°W / 37.50639; -77.50306
Links
Public license information	LMS

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

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