Topcor returned channel 64 to the air in December 1981, originally operating from studios adjacent to its transmitter located on Pine Street in Rehoboth. It was the first general-entertainment independent station in Rhode Island. Initially, it was only on the air for four hours a day, the minimum required to cover the license. Its schedule consisted of public domain movies, public domain film shorts, and business news programming from the Financial News Network. Soon after, it added several religious shows (like "The 700 Club" and "The PTL Club") and expanded to about seven hours a day. In the fall of 1982, WSTG began signing-on at noon with religious shows, adding classic and recent cartoons starting at 3:00 pm, some low-budget drama shows starting at 6:00 pm, a prime-time movie at 8:00 pm, and more religious shows at 10:00 pm, finally signing-off by 1:00 am. Topcor sold the station to Providence TV Ltd. in 1983. In January 1984, WSTG began signing on at 6:00 am, expanding its broadcast day to 19 hours.