WWPI-LD
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| City | Fort Kent, Maine |
| Channels | |
| Branding | WWPI NBC 16 (general) NewsSource 8 on NBC 16 (newscasts) |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 16.1: NBC |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WAGM-TV, WCAX-TV, WABI-TV | |
| History | |
First air date | January 7, 2020 |
Call sign meaning | WW Presque Isle |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 181585 |
| Class | DT |
| ERP | 4.1 kW |
| HAAT | 52.6 m (173 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 46°43′43.0″N 68°00′1.0″W / 46.728611°N 68.000278°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
WWPI-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 16, is a low-powered NBC-affiliated television station serving Presque Isle, Maine, United States that is licensed to Fort Kent. Owned by Gray Television, it is a sister station to CBS/Fox/CW+ affiliate WAGM-TV (channel 8). The two stations share studios on Brewer Road in Presque Isle, where WWPI-LD's transmitter is also located. There is no separate website for WWPI-LD; instead, it is integrated with that of sister station WAGM-TV.
The station is the only NBC affiliate in Maine not tied in with the Tegna-owned News Center Maine network (consisting of WCSH Portland and WLBZ Bangor). Prior to WWPI's sign-on as an NBC affiliate, WLBZ served as the default affiliate for Aroostook County.
History
On June 3, 2019, Gray Television changed the call letters of W16DA-D in Fort Kent, previously a translator of WAGM-TV, to WWPI-LD, after having filed with the FCC on May 21 for a construction permit to move the translator's city of license from Fort Kent to Presque Isle (the FCC granted that CP on August 7);[2] WWPI-LD then fell silent.[3] On June 24, 2019, Gray announced that WWPI-LD would be converted into an NBC affiliate by the end of 2019; however, this was delayed pending completion of the station's new transmitter.[4] The station officially signed-on January 7, 2020.[5] WWPI-LD's sign-on leaves ABC as the only network to not have an over-the-air affiliate in Presque Isle; that network's programming is carried on cable via WVII-TV from the adjacent Bangor market.
Digital channel
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[6] |
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| 16.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WWPI-HD | Main WWPI-LD programming / NBC |
News operation
WWPI-LD mostly simulcasts all of WAGM-TV's weekday newscasts, airing the 6 p.m. newscast an hour later at 7 p.m. WWPI-LD does not air newscasts on weekends, opting for syndicated programming.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WWPI-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "FCCdata.org - powered by REC". fccdata.org.
- ^ "RabbitEars.Info". www.rabbitears.info.
- ^ "WAGM announces launch of NBC Affiliation". WAGM-TV. Gray Television. June 24, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ^ "WAGM-TV". www.facebook.com.
- ^ "RabbitEars.Info". www.rabbitears.info.
External links
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