WWPI-LD
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| Fort Kent/Presque Isle, Maine United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Fort Kent, Maine |
| Channels | Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 16 |
| Branding | WWPI NBC 16 |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 16.1: NBC |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| WAGM-TV, WCAX-TV, WABI-TV | |
| History | |
First air date | January 7, 2020 |
Call sign meaning | Presque Isle |
| Technical information | |
| 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 |
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[edit]
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);[1] WWPI-LD then fell silent.[2] 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.[3] The station officially signed-on January 7, 2020,[4] 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[edit]
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[edit]
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WWPINBC | Main WWPI-LD programming / NBC |
References[edit]
- ^ "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[edit]
- Facility details for Facility ID 181585 (WWPI-LD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System