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WGME-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Portland, Maine, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group , which provides certain services to Waterville -licensed Fox affiliate WPFO (channel 23) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Cunningham Broadcasting .
Area served City of license VC RF Callsign Network Notes Bangor: 5 19 W19FA-D: CBS: CW on 5.12, Catchy Comedy on 5.13, Circle on 5.14, Ion on 5.15, Grit on 5.16 : 13 5 WEXZ-LD Retro TV
WPFO (channel 23) is a television station licensed to Waterville, Maine, United States, serving the Portland area as an affiliate of the Fox network. It is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, which maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of CBS affiliate WGME-TV (channel 13), for the provision of certain services.
CBS is an American broadcast television network owned and operated by Paramount Global, which originated as a radio network in September 1927, and expanded into television in July 1941.
Sinclair Broadcast Group, a publicly traded American telecommunications conglomerate, owns or operates 294 television stations across the United States in 89 markets ranging in size from as large as Washington, D.C. to as small as Ottumwa, Iowa/Kirksville, Missouri. [1]
For most of its history, WMTW's newscasts ranked third in the ratings behind longtime dominant WCSH and runner-up WGME-TV. However, in more recent years, the station has waged a spirited battle with WGME for second place and has beaten WGME in several key sweeps periods.
While the station typically trailed WGAN-TV/WGME in the news ratings for most of its history, this changed in February 1986 when WCSH surpassed WGME at 11 p.m. and tied channel 13 in the vital 6 p.m. news slot. [31] Later that year, the station would surpass WGME at 6 and proceed to do so for at least the next 16 years. [32]
Frank Fixaris (May 6, 1934 in Torrington, Connecticut – January 13, 2006 in Falmouth, Maine) was an American sportscaster, anchor, reporter, and disc jockey, spending the majority of his career at WGME-TV in Portland, Maine. He also, along with partner Dave "Shoe" Schumacher, co-hosted a morning radio show on WJAB after his television run ...