WWPI-LD
NBC affiliate in Fort Kent, Maine
46°43′43.0″N 68°00′1.0″W / 46.728611°N 68.000278°W / 46.728611; -68.000278Public license information
WWPI-LD (channel 16) is a low-power television station licensed to Fort Kent, Maine, United States, serving the Presque Isle, Maine, area as an affiliate of NBC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside 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.
WWPI-LD is the only NBC affiliate in Maine not tied in with the Tegna-owned News Center Maine network (consisting of WCSH in Portland and WLBZ in 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] which 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.
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.
Subchannel
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WWPINBC | Main WWPI-LD programming / NBC |
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 TV Query for WWPI". www.rabbitears.info.
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Broadcast television in Northern Maine and western New Brunswick, including Presque Isle, Caribou, Houlton, Edmundston and Woodstock
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
| Maine Highlands | |
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| New Brunswick Eastern Quebec |
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- Spectrum Community
- "WBPQ" Presque Isle CW (CW+, cable-only)
- W51AG (51 TBN)
- Adjacent areas
- Portland-Augusta, ME
- Bangor-Machias, ME
- Fredericton-Moncton-Saint John, NB
- Quebec (provincial)
