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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
  • United States
    • CityFort Kent, Maine
    Channels
  • Virtual: 16
    • BrandingWWPI 16
    Programming
    Affiliations16.1: NBC
    Ownership
    Owner
  • (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)

    • Sister stations

    		WAGM-TV
    History

    First air date

    		January 7, 2020
    (4 years ago)     (2020-01-07)

    Call sign meaning

    		Presque Isle
    Technical information[1]

    Licensing authority

    		FCC
    Facility ID181585
    ClassLD
    ERP4.1 kW
    HAAT52.6 m (173 ft)
    Transmitter coordinates46°43′43.0″N 68°00′1.0″W / 46.728611°N 68.000278°W / 46.728611; -68.000278
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    Public license information

    		LMS

    WWPI-LD is the only NBC affiliate in Maine not tied in with the Tegna-owned News Center Maine network (consisting of WCSHinPortland and WLBZinBangor). Prior to WWPI's sign-on as an NBC affiliate, WLBZ served as the default affiliate for Aroostook County.

    History

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    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

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    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

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    Subchannel of WWPI-LD[6]
    Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
    16.1 1080i 16:9 WWPINBC Main WWPI-LD programming / NBC

    References

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    1. ^ "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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