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Maine Public Broadcasting Network

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Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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Channels
  • Digital:
    WCBB 10 (VHF)
    WMEA-TV 36 (UHF)
    WMEB-TV 9 (VHF)
    WMED-TV 10 (VHF)
    WMEM-TV 10 (VHF)
BrandingMaine Public
Programming
Subchannelsx.1 PBS
x.2 Create
x.3 World
x.4 PBS Kids
AffiliationsPBS, APT, NPR, BBC, CBC, PRX, APM
Ownership
OwnerMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
November 13, 1961 (WCBB)
September 23, 1963 (original MPBN)
July 1, 1992 (current incarnation)
NET (1961–1970)
Technical information
Transmitter coordinatessee table below
Links
Websitewww.mainepublic.org
"WCBB" redirects here. Not to be confused with WCVB-TV.

The Maine Public Broadcasting Network (abbreviated MPBN and branded as Maine Public) is a state network of public television and radio stations located in the U.S. state of Maine. It is operated by the Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation, which holds the licenses for all the PBS and NPR stations licensed in the state. MPBN has studios and offices in Portland, Lewiston and Bangor.

MPBN's television network shows a block of standard PBS programming, as well as many documentaries including nature programs and other science programs. MPBN's radio network airs news and talk programming from NPR, locally produced news programming, jazz and classical music.

MPBN's television and radio signals reach virtually all of the populated portions of Maine, and nearby parts of New Hampshire and Massachusetts as well as the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec. MPBN Television is also carried on cable television in parts of Quebec and most of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador, particularly via Bell Aliant Fibe TV.[1]

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Maine

Maine

Maine is the easternmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, respectively. The largest state by total area in New England, Maine is the 12th-smallest by area, the 9th-least populous, the 13th-least densely populated, and the most rural of the 50 U.S. states. It is also the northeasternmost among the contiguous United States, the northernmost state east of the Great Lakes, the only state whose name consists of a single syllable, and the only state to border exactly one other U.S. state. Approximately half the area of Maine lies on each side of the 45th parallel north in latitude. The most populous city in Maine is Portland, while its capital is Augusta.

NPR

NPR

National Public Radio is an American nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States. It differs from other non-profit membership media organizations such as the Associated Press, in that it was established by an act of Congress.

Lewiston, Maine

Lewiston, Maine

Lewiston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the most central city in Androscoggin County. The city lies halfway between Augusta, the state's capital, and Portland, the state's most populous city. It is one-half of the Lewiston-Auburn Metropolitan Statistical Area, commonly referred to as "L/A." or "L-A." Lewiston exerts a significant impact upon the diversity, religious variety, commerce, education, and economic power of Maine. It is known for an overall low cost of living, substantial access to medical care, and a low violent-crime rate. In recent years, the City of Lewiston has also seen a spike in economic and social growth. While the dominant language spoken in the city is English, it is home to a significant Somali population as well as the largest French-speaking population in the United States while it is second to St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, in percentage of speakers.

Bangor, Maine

Bangor, Maine

Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's third-largest settlement, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121).

Jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

Classical music

Classical music

Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also applies to non-Western art music. Classical music is often characterized by formality and complexity in its musical form and harmonic organization, particularly with the use of polyphony. Since at least the ninth century it has been primarily a written tradition, spawning a sophisticated notational system, as well as accompanying literature in analytical, critical, historiographical, musicological and philosophical practices. A foundational component of Western Culture, classical music is frequently seen from the perspective of individual or groups of composers, whose compositions, personalities and beliefs have fundamentally shaped its history.

New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. Of the 50 U.S. states, New Hampshire is the fifth smallest by area and the tenth least populous, with slightly more than 1.3 million residents as of the 2020 census. Concord is the state capital, while Manchester is the largest city. New Hampshire's motto, "Live Free or Die", reflects its role in the American Revolutionary War; its nickname, "The Granite State", refers to its extensive granite formations and quarries. It is well known nationwide for holding the first primary in the U.S. presidential election cycle, and for its resulting influence on American electoral politics.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States, exceeding 7 million residents at the 2020 United States census, its highest decennial count ever. The state borders the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to its south, New Hampshire and Vermont to its north, and New York to its west. Massachusetts is the 6th smallest state by land area but is the 15th most populous state and the 3rd most densely populated, after New Jersey and Rhode Island. The state's capital and most populous city, as well as its cultural and financial center, is Boston. Massachusetts is also home to the urban core of Greater Boston, the largest metropolitan area in New England and a region profoundly influential upon American history, academia, and the research economy. Originally dependent on agriculture, fishing, and trade, Massachusetts was transformed into a manufacturing center during the Industrial Revolution. During the 20th century, Massachusetts's economy shifted from manufacturing to services. Modern Massachusetts is a global leader in biotechnology, engineering, higher education, finance, and maritime trade.

New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and French as its official languages.

Cable television

Cable television

Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables. This contrasts with broadcast television, in which the television signal is transmitted over-the-air by radio waves and received by a television antenna attached to the television; or satellite television, in which the television signal is transmitted over-the-air by radio waves from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth, and received by a satellite dish antenna on the roof. FM radio programming, high-speed Internet, telephone services, and similar non-television services may also be provided through these cables. Analog television was standard in the 20th century, but since the 2000s, cable systems have been upgraded to digital cable operation.

Bell Aliant

Bell Aliant

Bell Aliant is a brand name used by Bell Canada for telecommunications services in Atlantic Canada.

Fibe (Bell Aliant)

Fibe (Bell Aliant)

Fibe is the brand name used by Bell Aliant for its suite of fiber to the home (FTTH) unified communication services, including Internet access, IPTV, and home telephone service, available in much of Atlantic Canada and previously in some regions of Ontario and Quebec. The Fibe service covers an entire urban area with a fibre optic network.

History

What is now Maine Public dates from the 1992 merger of WCBB, the PBS member station for most of southern Maine, with the original MPBN radio and television stations operated by the University of Maine System.[2][3]

On November 13, 1961, WCBB signed on the air, based in Lewiston, as the first educational television station in Maine and the third in New England, after WGBH-TV in Boston and WENH-TV in Durham, New Hampshire. Licensed to Augusta, it was a joint venture of Colby College, Bates College, and Bowdoin College.[4] Two years later, WMEB-TV began broadcasting from the University of Maine campus in Orono, near Bangor.[5] Over the next decade, UMaine signed on three other stations across the state, as well as several translators. These stations formed the original MPBN network. One of them was WMEG-TV in Biddeford, near Portland (now WMEA-TV). However, it was practically unviewable over the air in Portland itself and mainly served communities from South Portland to York. The coverage area was improved when the station moved its digital channel on March 11, 2020.[6]

The University of Maine System brought public radio to the state in 1970, when WMEH signed on from Bangor. Five other stations signed on over the next decade.

MPBN logo from 2005 to 2016
MPBN logo from 2005 to 2016

The two groups merged on July 1, 1992, to form the community-licensed Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation. MPBN's Bangor stations, WMEB-TV and WMEH (FM), became the flagship stations. The television stations adopted the on-air name "Maine Public Television", but dropped this in favor of "Maine PBS" in 1998. The radio stations became known as "Maine Public Radio". In 2005, both radio and television reverted to the "MPBN" moniker. On September 20, 2016, MPBN rebranded as "Maine Public".[7]

Following the merger, WMEA-TV became the flagship station for a secondary PBS service, Maine Public Television Plus;[8] unlike the main network, this service expanded its over-the-air reach through the use of low-power repeaters—W39BQ in Lewiston, which signed on January 1, 1994,[9] and W30BF in Bangor, which launched on April 16, 1994.[10] Cuts in federal funding led to the elimination of MPT Plus on June 30, 1996;[11] WMEA and W30BF then reverted to carrying the primary Maine Public Television service[12] (though the latter station was sold in 1999[13] and became Positiv affiliate WCKD-LP), while W39BQ eventually ceased operations.

Radio programming

MPBN's radio service carries a mixed format of news and information from NPR, PRX (including programs from PRI before it merged with PRX), and other sources. Local programming includes Maine Calling, an interactive radio program hosted primarily by Jennifer Rooks and produced by Jonathan Smith. Various guests, often from Maine, are invited to participate in the discussion and audience members are encouraged to participate through calling in or through other forms of media. Accompanying NPR's All Things Considered, is Maine Things Considered, Maine's only daily statewide news program.

In May 2016, the Maine Public Classical service was launched on the HD2 channels of the primary stations, as well as several new transmitters. The main network was eliminating classical music programming, with a three-hour weekday block between 9 a.m. and noon switching to news and talk shows. But the new network was aimed at giving listeners who enjoyed classical music a channel devoted to it, along with some jazz and other musical genres not usually heard on commercial radio stations.[14]

Television programming

MPBN's television service carries the basic PBS program schedule, along with a handful of local programs, such as The Maine Experience (a feature magazine series), Maine Watch (a weekly public-affairs program), and live coverage of the annual Maine state high-school basketball playoffs.

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Lewiston, Maine

Lewiston, Maine

Lewiston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the most central city in Androscoggin County. The city lies halfway between Augusta, the state's capital, and Portland, the state's most populous city. It is one-half of the Lewiston-Auburn Metropolitan Statistical Area, commonly referred to as "L/A." or "L-A." Lewiston exerts a significant impact upon the diversity, religious variety, commerce, education, and economic power of Maine. It is known for an overall low cost of living, substantial access to medical care, and a low violent-crime rate. In recent years, the City of Lewiston has also seen a spike in economic and social growth. While the dominant language spoken in the city is English, it is home to a significant Somali population as well as the largest French-speaking population in the United States while it is second to St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, in percentage of speakers.

Educational television

Educational television

Educational television or learning television is the use of television programs in the field of distance education. It may be in the form of individual television programs or dedicated specialty channels that is often associated with cable television in the United States as Public, educational, and government access (PEG) channel providers. There are also adult education programs for an older audience; many of these are instructional television or "telecourse" services that can be taken for college credit, such as the Open University programs on BBC television in the UK.

Boston

Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the Northeastern United States. The city boundaries encompass an area of about 48.4 sq mi (125 km2) and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Worcester, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States.

Durham, New Hampshire

Durham, New Hampshire

Durham is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 15,490 at the 2020 census, up from 14,638 at the 2010 census. Durham is home to the University of New Hampshire.

City of license

City of license

In U.S., Canadian, and Mexican broadcasting, a city of license or community of license is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.

Augusta, Maine

Augusta, Maine

Augusta is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Kennebec County.

Colby College

Colby College

Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, then renamed Waterville College after the city where it resides. The donations of Christian philanthropist Gardner Colby saw the institution renamed again to Colby University before settling on its current title, reflecting its liberal arts college curriculum. Approximately 2,000 students from more than 60 countries are enrolled annually. The college offers 54 major fields of study and 30 minors.

Bates College

Bates College

Bates College is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. Anchored by the Historic Quad, the campus of Bates totals 813 acres (329 ha) with a small urban campus which includes 33 Victorian Houses as some of the dormitories. It maintains 600 acres (240 ha) of nature preserve known as the "Bates-Morse Mountain" near Campbell Island and a coastal center on Atkins Bay. With an annual enrollment of approximately 1,800 students, it is the smallest college in its athletic conference. As a result of its small student body, Bates maintains selective admit rates and little to no transfer percentages.

Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. When Bowdoin was chartered in 1794, Maine was still a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The college offers 34 majors and 36 minors, as well as several joint engineering programs with Columbia, Caltech, Dartmouth College, and the University of Maine.

Bangor, Maine

Bangor, Maine

Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's third-largest settlement, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121).

Biddeford, Maine

Biddeford, Maine

Biddeford is a city in York County, Maine, United States. It is the principal commercial center of York County. Its population was 22,552 at the 2020 census. The twin cities of Saco and Biddeford include the resort communities of Biddeford Pool and Fortunes Rocks. The town is the site of the University of New England and the annual La Kermesse Franco-Americaine Festival. First visited by Europeans in 1616, it is the site of one of the earliest European settlements in the United States. It is home to Saint Joseph's Church, the tallest building in Maine.

Digital terrestrial television

Digital terrestrial television

Digital terrestrial television is a technology for terrestrial television in which land-based (terrestrial) television stations broadcast television content by radio waves to televisions in consumers' residences in a digital format. DTTV is a major technological advance over the previous analog television, and has largely replaced analog which had been in common use since the middle of the 20th century. Test broadcasts began in 1998 with the changeover to DTTV beginning in 2006 and is now complete in many countries. The advantages of digital terrestrial television are similar to those obtained by digitising platforms such as cable TV, satellite, and telecommunications: more efficient use of limited radio spectrum bandwidth, provision of more television channels than analog, better quality images, and potentially lower operating costs for broadcasters.

Controversies

Metropolitan Opera cancellation

In 2000, the live Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts on Saturday afternoons, which had been a mainstay of classical music broadcasting for more than twenty years, was discontinued. Despite Maine Public Broadcasting's claims that the opera was being dropped due to lack of popularity among listeners, a citizens' protest forced the state network to reinstate the Saturday afternoon opera a few months later.[15][16]

In the course of 24 months in 2000 and 2001, in what appeared to be a plan to significantly reduce local music programming, longtime classical music hosts Victor Hathaway, Virgil Bissett, Helen York and Dave Bunker left the station. Bissett retired, Bunker moved to southern Maine after his wife gained employment there. Despite Bunker's willingness to continue his popular morning music show from the Portland studios of MPBN, he was let go and Leitha Christie hired in his place. York resigned in protest.[17]

The "Sugartime!" episode of Postcards from Buster

In May 2005, Maine Public Broadcasting joined a few other PBS stations in showing the controversial "Sugartime!" episode of Postcards from Buster. The program (a spinoff of Arthur) is about a cartoon rabbit named Buster Baxter, who travels the country with his father and interacts with children from different cultures and in different family structures. PBS headquarters had pulled the episode from its national broadcast schedule after receiving a critical letter from newly installed Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, who was upset that Buster was visiting a Vermont family headed by two women.[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] WGBH, the Boston-based PBS affiliate and original producer of the program, subsequently made the episode available to stations that still wished to air it on an individual basis.[26]

The Humble Farmer

Maine humorist Robert Skoglund was host of a weekly jazz and humor program called The Humble Farmer on MPBN starting in 1978.[27] The show was canceled in 2007 after a series of disagreements over whether some of Skoglund's comments were in violation of the station's policy of neutrality on political issues.[28] In 2003, in what came to be known as the War Rant, Skoglund spoke about a "weasely-faced war monger from way down south who didn't even get most of the popular vote," identifying the person as the author of Mein Kampf.[27][29][30] In 2006, he read passages from Encyclopædia Britannica about Fascism under Mussolini.[27][31] MPBN management regarded these to be veiled comparisons to then-President George W. Bush and admonished Skoglund to refrain from political commentary.[27] On November 3, 2006, Skoglund submitted a prerecorded program in which he read a letter from a Maryland listener who described the effects of tax cuts in that state.[27][32] MPBN regarded this as advocating a position on Maine's upcoming Taxpayer Bill of Rights referendum question and chose to not air the program.[29] MPBN VP for Programming, Charles Beck, then sent Skoglund a letter outlining guidelines and warning him that further comments perceived as political would lead to the show's cancellation.[27][33] Arguing that the strict guidelines were setting him up to fail,[27] Skoglund discontinued all commentaries, speaking only to identify songs and musicians.[27][28][29] In 2007, MPBN required on-air staff to sign a revised policy agreement on political neutrality. Skoglund refused to sign and his program was cut June 13, 2007.[28]

Transmitter shutdowns

In December 2008, due to the economic crisis and a lack of state funding, MPBN announced plans on temporarily closing down WMED-TV and -FM in Calais, and WMEF FM in Fort Kent, for at least six months, beginning January 2009.[34][35] In addition, MPBN's radio and television stations would leave the air for five hours each night, as an energy saving measure.[36] However, many viewers and listeners complained to MPBN for their actions. Another concern is for MPBN's role as the state's primary carrier for the Emergency Alert System, which will be hampered during the times it is not on the air, as well as in areas where aerial service has been discontinued.[36]

In part of the response from viewers and listeners in the affected regions, MPBN delayed their closures until February 28, 2009, at earliest.[37] On February 12, 2009, MPBN officially rescinded plans to close down the transmitters, after responses from its viewers and listeners, as well as stakeholders, legislators, and then-Governor John Baldacci.[38]

Appropriateness of state funding

In 2012, then-Governor Paul LePage proposed eliminating all state funding for MPBN from the budget, referring to such aid as "corporate welfare".[39] The Republican-controlled Legislature rejected this proposal and instead passed a budget directing MPBN funding be changed to a fee-for-service model instead of a general appropriation over the next five years.[40]

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Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts

Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts

The Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts are a regular series of weekly broadcasts on network radio of full-length opera performances. They are transmitted live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. The Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network airs the live performances on Saturday afternoons while the Met is in season, typically beginning the first Saturday in December, and totaling just over 20 weekly performances through early May. The Met broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical music program in radio history, and the series has won several Peabody Awards for excellence in broadcasting.

Arthur (TV series)

Arthur (TV series)

Arthur is an animated edutainment television series for children ages 4 to 8, developed by Kathy Waugh for PBS, and produced by WGBH. The show is set in the fictional U.S. city of Elwood City, and revolves around the lives of Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other.

Margaret Spellings

Margaret Spellings

Margaret M. LaMontagne Spellings is an American government and non-profit executive who has been serving as President and CEO of Texas 2036 since 2019. She previously served as the eighth United States secretary of education from 2005 to 2009. After leaving the government, Spellings served as president of the University of North Carolina System, overseeing the seventeen campus system from 2016 to 2019.

Mein Kampf

Mein Kampf

Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926. The book was edited first by Emil Maurice, then by Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess.

Encyclopædia Britannica

Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general knowledge English-language encyclopædia. It is published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.; the company has existed since the 18th century, although it has changed ownership various times through the centuries. The encyclopaedia is maintained by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 contributors. The 2010 version of the 15th edition, which spans 32 volumes and 32,640 pages, was the last printed edition. Since 2016, it has been published exclusively as an online encyclopaedia.

Fascism

Fascism

Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation and race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.

Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian dictator and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party (PNF). He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 1943, as well as "Duce" of Italian fascism from the establishment of the Italian Fasces of Combat in 1919 until his summary execution in 1945 by Italian partisans. As dictator of Italy and principal founder of fascism, Mussolini inspired and supported the international spread of fascist movements during the inter-war period.

George W. Bush

George W. Bush

George Walker Bush is an American retired politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party and the Bush family, he previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.

Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. With a total land area of 12,407 square miles (32,130 km2), Maryland is the 8th smallest state by land area, but with a population of over 6,177,200, it ranks as the 18th most populous state and the 5th most densely populated. Baltimore is the largest city in the state, and the capital is Annapolis. Among its occasional nicknames are Old Line State, the Free State, and the Chesapeake Bay State. It is named after Henrietta Maria, the French-born queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, who was known then in England as Mary.

Emergency Alert System

Emergency Alert System

The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national warning system in the United States designed to allow authorized officials to broadcast emergency alerts and warning messages to the public via cable, satellite, or broadcast television, and both AM/FM and satellite radio.

John Baldacci

John Baldacci

John Elias Baldacci is an American politician who served as the 73rd Governor of Maine from 2003 to 2011. A Democrat, he also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003.

Governor of Maine

Governor of Maine

The governor of Maine is the head of government of the U.S. state of Maine. Before Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts and the governor of Massachusetts was chief executive.

Television stations

MPBN operates five full-power television stations:

Station City of license
(other cities served) 		Channels
(VC / RF) 		First air date Call letters'
meaning 		ERP HAAT
(Digital) 		Facility ID Transmitter coordinates Public license information
WCBB1 Augusta
(Lewiston, Portland) 		10
10 (VHF; to move to 20, UHF) 		November 13, 1961 (61 years ago) (1961-11-13) Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin (original owners) 30 kW
43 kW (application)
1,000 kW (CP) 		304 m (997 ft) 39659 44°9′15″N 70°0′35″W / 44.15417°N 70.00972°W / 44.15417; -70.00972 (WCBB) Profile
LMS
WMEA-TV2 Biddeford (Portland) 26
36 (UHF) 		March 15, 1975 (47 years ago) (1975-03-15) Maine Educational 149 kW 231 m (758 ft) 39656 43°25′0.3″N 70°48′15.2″W / 43.416750°N 70.804222°W / 43.416750; -70.804222 (WMEA-TV) Profile
LMS
WMEB-TV (flagship) Orono
(Bangor) 		12
9 (VHF; to move to 22, UHF) 		September 23, 1963 (59 years ago) (1963-09-23) Maine Educational Broadcasting 15 kW
1000 kW (CP) 		375 m (1,230 ft)
293 m (961 ft) (CP) 		39648 44°42′11.6″N 69°4′45.1″W / 44.703222°N 69.079194°W / 44.703222; -69.079194 (WMEB-TV)
44°45′45″N 68°33′56″W / 44.76250°N 68.56556°W / 44.76250; -68.56556 (WMEB-TV) (CP) 		Profile
LMS
WMED-TV Calais 13
10 (VHF) 		September 15, 1965 (57 years ago) (1965-09-15) Maine Educational Down East 3.5 kW 133 m (436 ft) 39649 45°1′45.2″N 67°19′22.9″W / 45.029222°N 67.323028°W / 45.029222; -67.323028 (WMED-TV) Profile
LMS
WMEM-TV Presque Isle 10
10 (VHF) 		February 17, 1964 (59 years ago) (1964-02-17) Maine Educational Media 14.5 kW 353 m (1,158 ft)
322 m (1,056 ft) (application) 		39662 46°33′6.1″N 67°48′36″W / 46.551694°N 67.81000°W / 46.551694; -67.81000 (WMEM-TV)
46°33′2.5″N 67°48′31.8″W / 46.550694°N 67.808833°W / 46.550694; -67.808833 (WMEM-TV) (application) 		Profile
LMS

Notes:

  • 1. WCBB used the call sign WPTT during its construction permit from 1956 to 1961.[41]
  • 2. WMEA-TV used the callsign WMEG-TV from its 1975 sign-on until 1984.
  • 3. All main MPBN stations shut down their analog signals on January 11, 2009, over a month ahead of the original February 17 transition date,[42] causing many of MPBN's viewers to lose the signal.[43]

Translators

Callsign City of license Translating Channel ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter coordinates
W03AM-D Harrison WCBB 10 3 0.007 kW 48 m (157 ft) 39660 44°05′58.2″N 70°40′20.20″W / 44.099500°N 70.6722778°W / 44.099500; -70.6722778 (W03AM-D)
W04BS-D Bethel WCBB 10 4 0.022 kW 2 m (7 ft) 39647 44°25′42.0″N 70°46′44.0″W / 44.428333°N 70.778889°W / 44.428333; -70.778889 (W04BS-D)
W05DD-D St. Francis WMEM 10 5 0.097 kW 130 m (427 ft) 39652 47°10′08.1″N 68°51′45.1″W / 47.168917°N 68.862528°W / 47.168917; -68.862528 (W05DD-D)
WMEB-TV (DRT) Bangor WMEB-TV 12 25 15 kW 293.5 m (962.9 ft) 39648 44°45′45″N 68°33′56″W / 44.76250°N 68.56556°W / 44.76250; -68.56556 (WMEB-TV (DRT))

Subchannels

The digital signals of MPBN's television stations are multiplexed:

MPBN multiplex[44]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
xx.1 1080i 16:9 MPBN-HD Main MPBN programming / PBS
xx.2 480i CREATE Create
xx.3 WORLD MPBN World
xx.4 PBSKids PBS Kids

On October 27, 2010, MPBN added PBS World programming to its .3 subchannel and in late 2014 replaced its SD feed on its .2 subchannel with Create. Both had been offered for several years on Time Warner Cable, which is available to a large number of subscribers throughout Maine. For the 2013 and 2014 Maine Legislature sessions, Maine Capitol Connection was on the .4 subchannel, replacing the PBS Kids children's programming.

Repack

Out of the five full power signals operated by MPBN, WMEA-TV was the only one required to change channels as part of the repack. The only UHF full power signal changed from RF channel 45 to channel 36 on March 13, 2020.[45]

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City of license

City of license

In U.S., Canadian, and Mexican broadcasting, a city of license or community of license is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.

Channel (broadcasting)

Channel (broadcasting)

In broadcasting, a channel or frequency channel is a designated radio frequency, assigned by a competent frequency assignment authority for the operation of a particular radio station, television station or television channel.

Digital terrestrial television

Digital terrestrial television

Digital terrestrial television is a technology for terrestrial television in which land-based (terrestrial) television stations broadcast television content by radio waves to televisions in consumers' residences in a digital format. DTTV is a major technological advance over the previous analog television, and has largely replaced analog which had been in common use since the middle of the 20th century. Test broadcasts began in 1998 with the changeover to DTTV beginning in 2006 and is now complete in many countries. The advantages of digital terrestrial television are similar to those obtained by digitising platforms such as cable TV, satellite, and telecommunications: more efficient use of limited radio spectrum bandwidth, provision of more television channels than analog, better quality images, and potentially lower operating costs for broadcasters.

Call signs in North America

Call signs in North America

Call signs are frequently still used by North American broadcast stations, in addition to amateur radio and other international radio stations that continue to identify by call signs around the world. Each country has a different set of patterns for its own call signs. Call signs are allocated to ham radio stations in Barbados, Canada, Mexico and across the United States.

Effective radiated power

Effective radiated power

Effective radiated power (ERP), synonymous with equivalent radiated power, is an IEEE standardized definition of directional radio frequency (RF) power, such as that emitted by a radio transmitter. It is the total power in watts that would have to be radiated by a half-wave dipole antenna to give the same radiation intensity as the actual source antenna at a distant receiver located in the direction of the antenna's strongest beam. ERP measures the combination of the power emitted by the transmitter and the ability of the antenna to direct that power in a given direction. It is equal to the input power to the antenna multiplied by the gain of the antenna. It is used in electronics and telecommunications, particularly in broadcasting to quantify the apparent power of a broadcasting station experienced by listeners in its reception area.

Height above average terrain

Height above average terrain

Height above average terrain (HAAT), or effective height above average terrain (EHAAT), is the vertical position of an antenna site is above the surrounding landscape. HAAT is used extensively in FM radio and television, as it is more important than effective radiated power (ERP) in determining the range of broadcasts. For international coordination, it is officially measured in meters, even by the Federal Communications Commission in the United States, as Canada and Mexico have extensive border zones where stations can be received on either side of the international boundaries. Stations that want to increase above a certain HAAT must reduce their power accordingly, based on the maximum distance their station class is allowed to cover.

Facility ID

Facility ID

The facility ID number, also called a FIN or facility identifier, is a unique integer number of one to six digits, assigned by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Media Bureau to each broadcast station in the FCC Consolidated Database System (CDBS) and Licensing and Management System (LMS) databases, among others.

Augusta, Maine

Augusta, Maine

Augusta is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Kennebec County.

Colby College

Colby College

Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, then renamed Waterville College after the city where it resides. The donations of Christian philanthropist Gardner Colby saw the institution renamed again to Colby University before settling on its current title, reflecting its liberal arts college curriculum. Approximately 2,000 students from more than 60 countries are enrolled annually. The college offers 54 major fields of study and 30 minors.

Bates College

Bates College

Bates College is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. Anchored by the Historic Quad, the campus of Bates totals 813 acres (329 ha) with a small urban campus which includes 33 Victorian Houses as some of the dormitories. It maintains 600 acres (240 ha) of nature preserve known as the "Bates-Morse Mountain" near Campbell Island and a coastal center on Atkins Bay. With an annual enrollment of approximately 1,800 students, it is the smallest college in its athletic conference. As a result of its small student body, Bates maintains selective admit rates and little to no transfer percentages.

Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. When Bowdoin was chartered in 1794, Maine was still a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The college offers 34 majors and 36 minors, as well as several joint engineering programs with Columbia, Caltech, Dartmouth College, and the University of Maine.

Biddeford, Maine

Biddeford, Maine

Biddeford is a city in York County, Maine, United States. It is the principal commercial center of York County. Its population was 22,552 at the 2020 census. The twin cities of Saco and Biddeford include the resort communities of Biddeford Pool and Fortunes Rocks. The town is the site of the University of New England and the annual La Kermesse Franco-Americaine Festival. First visited by Europeans in 1616, it is the site of one of the earliest European settlements in the United States. It is home to Saint Joseph's Church, the tallest building in Maine.

Radio stations

MPBN operates ten radio transmitters and four translators. Seven transmitters broadcast an FM signal and HD1 and HD2 channels. FM on those seven channels and HD1 is Maine Public Radio programming. HD2, WBQF, WBQE, WBQA and the four translators are dedicated to Maine Public Classical, which contains a large amount of Classical 24 and other classical and music programming.

Call sign Frequency City of license Facility ID Class ERP
(W) 		HAAT Transmitter coordinates Founded[a] Program
WBQA 96.7 FM Boothbay Harbor 4090 B1 15,500 127 m (417 ft) 44°1′31.3″N 69°34′15.2″W / 44.025361°N 69.570889°W / 44.025361; -69.570889 (WBQA) 1984 (acquired in 2017) Maine Public Classical
WBQE 93.7 FM Milbridge 84096 B 27,000 204 m (669 ft) 44°38′33.3″N 68°10′16.1″W / 44.642583°N 68.171139°W / 44.642583; -68.171139 (WBQE) 2005 (acquired in 2016) Maine Public Classical
WBQF 91.7 FM Fryeburg 174153 C3 250 551 m (1,808 ft) 43°51′30″N 70°42′39″W / 43.85833°N 70.71083°W / 43.85833; -70.71083 (WBQF) 2016 Maine Public Classical
WMEA 90.1 FM Portland 39655 C 24,500 578 m (1,896 ft) 43°51′30.3″N 70°42′39.2″W / 43.858417°N 70.710889°W / 43.858417; -70.710889 (WMEA) April 1974 Maine Public Radio (also on HD) + Maine Public Classical (on HD2)
WMED 89.7 FM Calais 39646 C2 30,000 160 m (525 ft) 45°1′45.3″N 67°19′24″W / 45.029250°N 67.32333°W / 45.029250; -67.32333 (WMED) June 22, 1984 Maine Public Radio (also on HD) + Maine Public Classical (on HD2)
WMEF 106.5 FM Fort Kent 39653 C3 7,400 92 m (302 ft) 47°15′30.1″N 68°33′28.1″W / 47.258361°N 68.557806°W / 47.258361; -68.557806 (WMEF) September 15, 1994 Maine Public Radio (also on HD) + Maine Public Classical (on HD2)
WMEH 90.9 FM Bangor 39650 B 13,500 246 m (807 ft) 44°45′45.3″N 68°33′56.1″W / 44.762583°N 68.565583°W / 44.762583; -68.565583 (WMEH) 1970 Maine Public Radio (also on HD) + Maine Public Classical (on HD2)
WMEM 106.1 FM Presque Isle 39661 C 100,000 327 m (1,073 ft) 46°33′6.1″N 67°48′36″W / 46.551694°N 67.81000°W / 46.551694; -67.81000 (WMEM) 1978 Maine Public Radio (also on HD) + Maine Public Classical (on HD2)
WMEP 90.5 FM Camden 92566 B 2,000 371 m (1,217 ft) 44°12′40.2″N 69°9′14.1″W / 44.211167°N 69.153917°W / 44.211167; -69.153917 (WMEP) February 4, 2002[46] Maine Public Radio (also on HD) + Maine Public Classical (on HD2)
WMEW 91.3 FM Waterville 39645 A 3,000 91 m (299 ft) 44°29′23.2″N 69°39′3.1″W / 44.489778°N 69.650861°W / 44.489778; -69.650861 (WMEW) August 30, 1984 Maine Public Radio (also on HD) + Maine Public Classical (on HD2)

Translators

Call sign Frequency
(MHz) 		City of license Facility ID Class ERP
(W) 		HAAT Transmitter coordinates Rebroadcasts Founded[a] Program
W259BY 99.7 Waterville 142052 D 190 118 m (387 ft) 44°29′21.2″N 69°39′5.2″W / 44.489222°N 69.651444°W / 44.489222; -69.651444 (W259BY) WMEW-HD2 2015 Maine Public Classical
W272CG 102.3 Sanford 148888 D 250 212 m (696 ft) 43°25′0.3″N 70°48′15.2″W / 43.416750°N 70.804222°W / 43.416750; -70.804222 (W272CG) WMEA-HD2 2007 (acquired 2019) Maine Public Classical
W281AC 104.1 Portland 87718 D 250 49 m (161 ft) 43°40′13.2″N 70°15′2.1″W / 43.670333°N 70.250583°W / 43.670333; -70.250583 (W281AC) WMEA-HD2 2016 Maine Public Classical
W291CO 106.1 Bangor 139337 D 250 270 m (886 ft) 44°45′45.3″N 68°33′56.1″W / 44.762583°N 68.565583°W / 44.762583; -68.565583 (W291CO) WMEH-HD2 2015 Maine Public Classical

Notes:

  1. ^ a b Exact dates reflect the date on which the FCC issued a license for the station. The station will normally have been operating under program test authority for some months prior.

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Classical 24

Classical 24

Classical 24 is a syndicated, satellite-delivered public radio service providing classical music to its carrying stations. It generally airs overnights on many non-commercial and a handful of commercial classical music stations. However, the service is operated 24 hours a day and is used by some stations during the day to augment their schedules. It was co-created by a partnership between Minnesota Public Radio and Public Radio International to fulfill the need for a comprehensive classic music service for stations to supplement their schedules. As part of this partnership, the service is produced by American Public Media and since 2018, is distributed by Public Radio Exchange. It began operation on December 1, 1995.

Call signs in North America

Call signs in North America

Call signs are frequently still used by North American broadcast stations, in addition to amateur radio and other international radio stations that continue to identify by call signs around the world. Each country has a different set of patterns for its own call signs. Call signs are allocated to ham radio stations in Barbados, Canada, Mexico and across the United States.

Frequency

Frequency

Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time. It is also occasionally referred to as temporal frequency for clarity, and is distinct from angular frequency. Frequency is measured in hertz (Hz) which is equal to one event per second. The period is the interval of time between events, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency.

City of license

City of license

In U.S., Canadian, and Mexican broadcasting, a city of license or community of license is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.

Facility ID

Facility ID

The facility ID number, also called a FIN or facility identifier, is a unique integer number of one to six digits, assigned by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Media Bureau to each broadcast station in the FCC Consolidated Database System (CDBS) and Licensing and Management System (LMS) databases, among others.

Effective radiated power

Effective radiated power

Effective radiated power (ERP), synonymous with equivalent radiated power, is an IEEE standardized definition of directional radio frequency (RF) power, such as that emitted by a radio transmitter. It is the total power in watts that would have to be radiated by a half-wave dipole antenna to give the same radiation intensity as the actual source antenna at a distant receiver located in the direction of the antenna's strongest beam. ERP measures the combination of the power emitted by the transmitter and the ability of the antenna to direct that power in a given direction. It is equal to the input power to the antenna multiplied by the gain of the antenna. It is used in electronics and telecommunications, particularly in broadcasting to quantify the apparent power of a broadcasting station experienced by listeners in its reception area.

Boothbay Harbor, Maine

Boothbay Harbor, Maine

Boothbay Harbor is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,027 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of Bayville, Sprucewold, and West Boothbay Harbor. During summer months, the entire Boothbay Harbor region is a popular yachting and tourist destination. The ZIP Code is 04538, and the community is served by the 633 telephone exchange in area code 207.

Fryeburg, Maine

Fryeburg, Maine

Fryeburg is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,369 at the 2020 census. Fryeburg is home to Fryeburg Academy, a semi-private preparatory school, and the International Musical Arts Institute. The town is also site of the Fryeburg Fair, which each October attracts approximately 300,000 visitors.

Calais, Maine

Calais, Maine

Calais is a city in Washington County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 3,079, making Calais the third least-populous city in Maine. The city has three Canada–US border crossings over the St. Croix River connecting to St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada.

Fort Kent, Maine

Fort Kent, Maine

Fort Kent is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States, situated at the confluence of the Fish River and the Saint John River, on the border with New Brunswick, Canada. The population was 4,067 in the 2020 census. Fort Kent is home to an Olympic biathlete training center, an annual CAN-AM dogsled race, and the Fort Kent Blockhouse, built in reaction to the Aroostook War and in modern times designated a national historic site. Principal industries include agriculture and textiles. Fort Kent is the northern terminus of U.S. 1 and the ending point of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail.

Bangor, Maine

Bangor, Maine

Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's third-largest settlement, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121).

Camden, Maine

Camden, Maine

Camden is a resort town in Knox County, Maine. The population was 5,232 at the 2020 census. The population of the town more than triples during the summer months, due to tourists and summer residents. Camden is a summer colony in the Mid-Coast region of Maine. Similar to Bar Harbor, Nantucket and North Haven, Camden is well known for its summer community of wealthy Northeasterners, mostly from Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia.

Source: "Maine Public Broadcasting Network", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 14th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_Public_Broadcasting_Network.

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