WAGM-TV (Presque Isle, ME )

WAGM-TV is a Fox-affiliated television station serving Northern Maine and Western New Brunswick, Canada. It is based in Presque Isle, Maine, and broadcasts a high-definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter located on the northern part of Mars Hill Mountain, where wind turbines are also situated. Viewers can watch WAGM on Time Warner Cable channel 12, in high definition on digital channel 704, as well as on Rogers Cable channel 9 and in high definition on digital channel 145. The station is owned by Gray Television and has its studios located on Brewer Road (SR 210) in Presque Isle. Some of the syndicated shows aired by WAGM include Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, Extra, and Family Feud, among others.

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#423177

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#105603

Arts and Entertainment/TV Movies and Streaming

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Sen. Collins Helps Break Ground on $20.5M Airport Upgrade

3 days ago | wagmtv.com | Kelly O'Mara

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - Ground has been broken and construction has begun on the new airport terminal in Presque Isle. The ground breaking itself took place over the weekend. Senator Susan Collins was there to help kick off the construction. I spoke with her and the airport director about what this terminal will mean to the County. It was a wet day, but that didn’t stop the ground breaking of the new airport terminal at the Presque Isle airport from taking place.
Kirsten Purrington Named New President and CEO of Aroostook Partnership

4 days ago | wagmtv.com | Brian Bouchard

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - There is new leadership at the helm of the Aroostook Partnership. After more than a decade in the pharmaceutical industry, Kirsten Purrington made a shift, from corporate science to community service. She says the transition was intentional, and personal. “I am a scientist by training, but I also have my MBA.
Senate bill to allow death penalty for illegal immigrants who kill Americans

1 week ago | wagmtv.com | Stetson Miller

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - A group of U.S. Senators want to subject undocumented immigrants who commit murder to the death penalty. Led by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the bill would make it easier to sentence convicted murders who are in the country illegally to death. “What we are doing here today is announcing a bill that will provide the option of the death penalty to a federal prosecution against an illegal alien for killing an American citizen,” he said.
Woman crawls from wreckage after flipping car during high speed chase with police

1 week ago | wagmtv.com | Matt Johnson

SNELLVILLE, Ga. (WSB) – A dramatic car crash in Georgia was caught on camera after a car going nearly 100 miles an hour flipped over. Sparks flew as a speeding car flipped again and again outside South Gwinnett High School after hitting speeds nearly triple that of the speed limit. The chase began on the same stretch of road where a street racing arrest had happened just days earlier.
Woman overcoming brain injury with music wins Maine’s Got Talent

1 week ago | wagmtv.com | Grace Bradley

LEWISTON, Maine (WABI) - A Lewiston woman’s journey of overcoming a brain injury has led her to a huge win. Last year, we brought you the story of Amy Stacey Curtis. After establishing herself as an award winning artist, she began experiencing scary mental and physical symptoms in 2017 including psychosis and losing the ability to control her muscles and speech.
Police arrest father of 15-year-old student who killed 2 in shooting at Christian school

1 week ago | wagmtv.com | Eliana Schreiber |Juliana Tornabene |Jordan Gartner

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) - The father of a Wisconsin girl who killed two people in the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School has been arrested and faces felony charges. According to the Madison Police Department, Jeffrey Rupnow, 42, was arrested around 3:45 a.m. Thursday. An arrest warrant was unsealed at 1 p.m. Thursday.
Throwback Thursday - Pope in New Brunswick

1 week ago | wagmtv.com | Brian Bouchard

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - History was made today as the Catholic Church elected its first American pope. As the world celebrates this milestone, we look back at another significant papal moment in our region’s history. In this week’s Throwback Thursday, Brian Bouchard revisits Pope John Paul II’s visit to Moncton, New Brunswick. Pope John Paul II was known as “The Pilgrim Pope” visiting over 129 countries in his lifetime. 41 years ago he made a brief in Moncton, New Brunswick.
Father killed, his fiancée seriously injured after being hit by car while changing flat tire

1 week ago | wagmtv.com | Kara Peters

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WXII) – A man was killed and his fiancée was seriously injured when they were hit by a vehicle while changing a tire on the side of a highway in North Carolina. Christopher Hammonds and his fiancée Lisa, whose last name wasn’t given, were changing a flat tire on U.S. 29 in Greensboro on May 2. Police said they were pulled over on the shoulder and had their hazard lights on. Police said another vehicle ran off the roadway and struck the couple and their vehicle.
Maine Chicken-Keeping Bill Refined to Protect Food Sovereignty

1 week ago | wagmtv.com | Brian Bouchard

HODGDON, Maine (WAGM) - What started as a bill to protect backyard chicken keepers quickly flew the coop—drawing heavy criticism from farmers and food sovereignty advocates. LD 1655 - “An Act to Allow the Keeping of Chickens on Private Residential Property” was introduced to protect Mainers’ ability to raise chickens, regardless of local zoning ordinances.
‘I don’t want to die’: Semitruck driver makes 911 call as cab dangles from bridge

1 week ago | wagmtv.com | Kierstin Foote |Jordan Gartner

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE/Gray News) - Kentucky first responders are receiving recognition for helping rescue the driver of a semitruck hanging over an overpass. Members of the Louisville Fire Department and Metro Dispatch stood alongside Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg during his weekly address. The mayor thanked the rescue crews for getting a semitruck driver to safety after the truck was dangling over the Interstate 65 overpass, just south of the Kennedy Bridge.