WBGR-LD

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WBGR-LD
WBGR-LP logo.png
WBGR-LP's Alternative-Me-TV Logo.png
Channels
BrandingWBGR
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • James McLeod
  • (Maine Family Broadcasting, Inc.)
History
First air date
August 28, 1995(28 years ago) (1995-08-28)
Former call signs
  • W33BD (1992–1995)
  • WBGR-LP (1995–2019)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 33 (UHF, 1995–2019)
  • Virtual: 33 (2019–2022)
Call sign meaning
IATA airport code for Bangor International Airport
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 33959
Class LD
ERP 1 kW
HAAT 68 m (223 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 44°52′44″N68°52′55.7″W / 44.87889°N 68.882139°W / 44.87889; -68.882139
Links
Public license information
LMS

WBGR-LD (channel 18) is a low-power television station licensed to both Bangor and Dedham, Maine, United States, affiliated with MeTV. The station is owned by James McLeod, and maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Ohio Street in Glenburn, Maine.

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History

Former logo of the television station WBGR former logo.png
Former logo of the television station

WBGR first went on the air on August 28, 1995 as Bangor's WB affiliate to become the first commercial UHF station in the market and the first new commercial station locally built in over 30 years. That relationship ended in 1998 when The WB created a cable-only channel for its smaller markets (known as WBAN in Bangor); around the same time, the station added programming from the Pax (now Ion Television) network, which launched at that time.

WBGR has aired local programming from local churches, civic organizations and high school sports at various times during its history. The station also carried late afternoon college football games from CBS, as WABI-TV (channel 5) chose to preempt football in order to air a local 6 p.m. newscast. WBGR also aired Boston Red Sox baseball games in 2002, syndicated from WFXT. Daytime programming was filled with family-oriented programming as well as religious programming from several leading Bible teachers. In 2010, Liberty University's Flames Sports Network [1] began airing live sporting events, as well as daily convocation services.

In April 2014, WBGR-LP became an affiliate of MeTV. [2]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WBGR-LD [3]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
33.1 480i 4:3 WBGRMain WBGR-LD programming / MeTV
33.2 H&I & Antenna TV
33.3[Blank]
33.4
33.5
33.6
33.7
33.8

The station was issued its license for digital operation on March 12, 2015. By early September 2019, WBGR-LD commenced digital operations, adding Heroes & Icons and Antenna TV programming to their second digital subchannel. By November of that year, RabbitEars.Info listed six new feeds (LD3 through LD8) for WBGR-LD, those new feeds remaining blank at first.

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References

  1. Flames Sports Network
  2. "Me-TV Adds Affils In Anchorage, Bangor". TVNewsCheck. April 2, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  3. RabbitEars TV Query for WBGR-LD