Sinclair, the parent company for WJAR, bought the non-license operations for rival station ABC6 Friday. (Logos)
Sinclair Inc., the parent company for Rhode Island’s NBC10 (WJAR,) is taking over the infrastructure and operations for one of its rival market stations, ABC6 (WLNE), Jessica Bellucci, company spokesperson confirmed to Rhode Island Current on Friday morning.
The local market share agreement between Sinclair and ABC6’s parent company, Standard Media Group, lets Sinclair take over the equipment, operations and infrastructure for the second broadcast station, without changing the license ownership. The transaction closed Friday morning, Bellucci said…