WABI-TV (Bangor, ME)

WABI-TV (Bangor, ME)

WABI-TV in Bangor proudly became Maine's first television station when it went live on January 25, 1953. The station was established by Horace A. Hildreth, a former governor of Maine, who had previously obtained the license for the state's oldest radio station, WABI-AM, passing on the same call letters to the new TV station. Initially, WABI-TV was affiliated with multiple networks, including CBS, NBC, ABC, and Dumont. It started out primarily as an NBC affiliate, but after just over a year, it switched to being a primary CBS affiliate while still airing some ABC shows in partnership with WTWO (WLBZ). By 1959, WABI-TV officially became a full-time CBS affiliate.

Local
English
Television

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63
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Global

#88731

United States

#17276

Arts and Entertainment/TV Movies and Streaming

#544

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  • 1 day ago | wabi.tv | Grace Bradley

    ORONO, Maine (WABI) - The University of Maine welcomed institutions from across the country Thursday for the Hazing Prevention Consortium Summit put on by Orono-based organization StopHazing. “StopHazing is a research organization. We’re based out of Orono, Maine, led by Doctor Elizabeth Allan who’s a professor of higher ed at the University of Maine,” explains Meredith Stewart, operations manager at StopHazing.

  • 2 days ago | wabi.tv | Morgan Sturdivant

    BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - A downtown Bangor restaurant has closed, for now. It’s the owner’s third business to close this year. There’s a handwritten sign outside of The Grind House that says they’re closed -- temporarily -- see you soon, with a smiley face. Dave Reesman has owned the business since 2018. According to the Maine Revenue Service, they served the business a revocation and the door was stickered on May 14th.

  • 3 days ago | wabi.tv | Emilie Hillman

    AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has issued an Air Quality Alert for portions of coastal Maine. Meteorologists at the Maine DEP say ozone has been building over the Mid Atlantic region on Tuesday and this air mass is forecast to move into New England on Wednesday. They say ozone levels are expected to reach the “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” category on Wednesday and Thursday along the coast from Kittery to Acadia National Park.

  • 3 days ago | wabi.tv | Grace Bradley

    ORRINGTON, Maine (WABI) - Would you take a pie in the face for a good cause? What about, say, 100? Kids got to learn the power of community all while having some fun at school Tuesday. Since last month, students at Orrington’s Center Drive School have been raising money to help the family of seventh grader Camryn George. After receiving a rare cancer diagnosis, Camryn’s older brother Justyn and his family have been traveling frequently to Boston.

  • 3 days ago | wabi.tv | Grace Bradley

    BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Do you love any restaurant enough to go 500 times? How about travel across the country for it? Meet Mike and Judy McNamara, who have been on a culinary quest to visit every Texas Roadhouse in the United States. On Tuesday, the couple made a stop in Bangor for their 506th Texas Roadhouse.