WQRI

*Not related to the real-life college radio station in Bristol, Rhode Island.
WQRI is a CBS affiliate licensed to serve the Quahog, Rhode Island area. The station signed on the air on January 27, 1951 as an affiliate of NBC, before swapping affiliations with then-CBS affiliate WQHG as apart of the 1995 United States broadcast television realignment. The station is owned by Confection Broadcasting.
== As an NBC affiliate (1951-1995) ==
WQRI signed on the air on January 27, 1951 as an affiliate of the National Broadcasting Company. The station was successful from the start, and was the home of Donahue, a popular talk show which had not been picked up in Quahog prior to the launch of channel 2.
In September 1986, the station got The Oprah Winfrey Show, airing in the 10 a.m. timeslot. This boosted the ratings even further.
By January 1989, the station had earned enough money to begin a news operation. 2 News was broadcast at 6 a.m., noon, 6 p.m., and 11 p.m. on weekdays, with an 11 p.m. weekend edition being added in 1990. The station consistently tied with 6 News, the ABC affiliate's news operation in Quahog, for number one; WQHG was always in third place.
==As a CBS affiliate (1995-present)==
WQRI and WQHG were two of the many stations affected by the 1994-1996 broadcast realignment. At 1 a.m. on August 14, 1995, the stations swapped affiliations, with WQRI becoming a CBS affiliate. The morning newscast was also expanded to begin at 5:30 a.m. 
In 2001, the show acquired syndication rights to Family Guy, a show set in Quahog. The show currently airs at 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. weekdays on WQRI.
==Syndicated programming and news operation==
Syndicated programming on WQRI includes the aforementioned Family Guy, Grace Under Fire, Hot Bench, and, beginning in August 2021, The Six.
The station's morning newscast, Sunrise Quahog, airs from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m., with a half-hour extension at 9 a.m. as the lead-in to Family Guy. Additionally, a noon, 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 11 p.m. newscast air on weekdays. 
==Quahog Thanksgiving Day Parade coverage== 
WQRI covers the Quahog Thanksgiving Day parade live every Thanksgiving morning. Sunrise Quahog is anchored live from the street that day as well.
Category:Quahog
Category:Rhode Island
Category:Former NBC affiliates
Category:CBS network affiliates
Category:Confection Broadcasting
Category:Channel 2