The four-year struggle to establish WRNI in Providence, R.I., as an independent public radio service for the state crossed a long-awaited threshold last month, when its aspiring licensee announced the ...

New England pubcasters are preparing for a major expansion of public radio services in Rhode Island through partnerships with schools that have frequencies but limited resources for running them.

WRNI-AM 1290, an NPR member station in Providence, Rhode Island and owned by Rhode Island Public Radio, is negotiating a deal with The Wheeler School and Latino Public Radio to swap their dial spots.

Longtime members of the foundation that helped bring public radio to Rhode Island are considering their options in order to keep WRNI(AM) as a public station, according to the Providence Journal. RW ...