WDIC

WDIC, Virtual channel 34 (UHF channel 29), is a Fox/The CW Plus/MyNetworkTV-affiliate serving Providence, Rhode Island. Owned by DIC Entertainment. The station's transmitters are located in DePasquale Square.

History
WDIC launched the station in 1973 as a television station owned by DIC Audiovision. Originally the station only broadcasted eight hours a day (eleven on Saturdays) from 4 in the afternoon to 12 midnight. Though it's also noted that the station also aired various syndicated children's programming on Saturday morning as well. The strategy, while considered questionable to many, benefited the station's low-budget stigma and kept the station alive. In 1978, the station would later add news programming during the morning as well as a movie on Sunday afternoons.

Later, in 1983, following the debut of Inspector Gadget, WDIC extended its children's programming from Saturdays to weekdays from 12 to 5 PM. This was shown to be a smart move by the company as WDIC would later expand their lineup to include other shows from the DIC library as well as news programming operated by NBC-affiliate WFAY. Though despite this, the move later backfired as in 1987, the station experienced a total loss from viewers and even discontinued their weekday afternoon lineup. So in 1993, WDIC premiered the PTEN network along with the premiere of another DIC Entertainment show: Madeline.

During its affiliation with PTEN, the station later gained a more mature audience and the station became a relatively successful station in the Providence market. So much so, that WDIC announced that they would also pick up various programming from not only UPN, but also The WB, and Fox to fit the weekend afternoon lineups. This move even lead WDIC to change its affiliation from PETN to Fox in 1996 to appeal to a more mature audience.

Following its affiliation with the Fox network, they kept the UPN and The WB programming on the lineup to keep more viewers. Following the addition of a digital signal of WDIC, viewers of the station demanded that UPN or The WB would be added to their lineup. So on July 8, 2001, WDIC formed WDIC-DT2, which was an affiliation of UPN (now The CW Plus), and in 2003, WDIC-DT3 was formed as The WB (Now a duel MyNetworkTV/Ion station).

In 2008, following DIC's merger with Cookie Jar Entertainment Group, WDIC decided to keep their name so that fans of the station won't have to be forced to watch a different name for the network. Though in 2011, the station became WCJE and later WDHX in 2015. Following DIC's acquisition by LandonToei Workshop, the station reverted to its original name and added three new networks: Antenna TV, Red Princess (after WFAY dropped it in 2019), and later, Cartoon Network.