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WAGM-TV (channel 8) is a television station in Presque Isle, Maine, United States, affiliated with CBS, Fox, and The CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Media alongside Fort Kent –licensed low-power NBC affiliate WWPI-LD (channel 16).
It is owned by Gray Media 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 is the only NBC affiliate in Maine not tied in with the Tegna-owned News Center Maine network (consisting of WCSH in Portland and WLBZ in Bangor).
The news that is on Wednesday at 6:00 will likely be on at 6:00 five years from now. News at WAGM-TV NEWSSource 8 is an important part of this television station and what it is WIDELY known for across the United States, especially in the broadcast industry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Medicinematt (talk • contribs)
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WAGM radio was sold for $235,000 in 1981 to Colonial Broadcasting Company, a group of three men with Presque Isle real estate interests. [8] The television station kept the call letters, and Colonial chose to rename its station WKZX, effective May 25.
WEGP signed on the air on June 24, 1960. [4] It was started by Edward G. Perrier. WEGP gets its name from its founder's initials. At the time, Perrier was the owner-publisher of the Presque Isle Star-Herald, [5] mistakenly taken for the engineer for WAGM-TV (channel 8).
WAGM-TV 8: 1994-1998 (secondary); 2006-2017 (primary) CBS WAGM-DT2 8.2 Initially a secondary affiliate, with CBS as its primary affiliation, WAGM-TV carried Fox Sports coverage of NFL games from the NFC until 1998 when WAGM-TV's primary affiliation with CBS acquired the television rights to broadcast NFL games from the AFC.
This changed in 2020, [2] however, with the sign-on of NBC affiliate WWPI-LD by CBS/Fox/CW+ affiliate (and sister station of rival WABI-TV) WAGM-TV. [3] In addition to its main signal, WLBZ operates low-power digital repeater WGCI-LD on VHF channel 4. Licensed to Skowhegan, this station has a transmitter in Norridgewock's Larone section.