WRID-LD

WRID-LD is a low-power religious television station in Richmond, Virginia, broadcasting on digital channel 48 as a Daystar owned-and-operated station.

History

The station signed on June 2, 1992 with translator calls W48BI and was owned by VVILPTV, INC.

Richmond's next WB affiliate?

When the market's WB affiliate WAWB (now WUPV) became a UPN affiliate in March 1997, Richmond was left without a full-time WB affiliate. In the early 2000, there were several attempts to launch a stand-alone station to carry the network. W48BI was one of two possible candidates for the network affiliate which declined the offer or launch a brand new station on channel 19 that later became an outlet for Charlottesville's CBS affiliate WCAV in 2004. WWBT, the market's NBC affiliate took secondary WB affiliation from 2001 to August 2006 during the early morning hours. WUPV took secondary WB affiliation for The WB on selected nights until the closing of that network when it merged with the station's primary affiliate to become The CW.