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WLBZ and WCSH have used the News Center branding for their newscasts since the 1970s, even before consolidating. Additionally, both stations featured Frank Gari 's "Good News" music package from 1986 until October 22, 2008, when it was dropped (except during "Storm Center" coverage) in favor of standardized music and graphics seen on other ...
Together with WLBZ (channel 2) in Bangor, which simulcasts most of WCSH's local newscasts, it is known as News Center Maine. WCSH is the oldest operating television station in Portland, signing on in December 1953.
Area served City of license VC RF Callsign Network Notes Bangor: 2 2 WLBZ: NBC: True Crime Network on 2.2, Ion on 2.3 : 5 13 WABI-TV: CBS: CW on 5.2, Catchy Comedy on 5.3, Circle on 5.4 : 7
As a result, WLBZ's production involvement in the newscast was dropped and refocused to Portland. After a six-year run, the production was eventually canceled altogether. On October 31, 2011, WPXT and WCSH established another news share agreement and debuted an hour-long extension of the big three outlet's weekday morning show.
WLBZ 2 Swapped affiliations with CBS affiliate WLBZ-TV due to WLBZ-TV's association with WCSH-TV, the NBC affiliate in Portland. (WABI-TV had aired CBS programming as a secondary affiliation until WLBZ-TV signed on as WTWO-TV in 1955.) Baton Rouge, Louisiana: WAFB-TV 9 (now WAFB) 1953–1955 (secondary) CBS WVLA 33
WTWO-TV/WLBZ-TV 2 (now WLBZ) 1955-1959 NBC WABI-TV 5 (previously with CBS (secondary) from 1953-1955) Swapped affiliations with NBC affiliate WABI-TV due to WLBZ-TV's association with WCSH-TV, the NBC affiliate in Portland. Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas: KBMT 31 (now on channel 12) 1954-1955 ABC KFDM 6 Lost CBS affiliation upon the sign-on of ...
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). Prior to WWPI's sign-on as an NBC affiliate, WLBZ served as the default affiliate for Aroostook County.
WCSH in Portland, Maine, along with Bangor satellite station WLBZ; WCVB-TV in Boston, using "NewsCenter 5" since its sign on in 1972; KGUN-TV in Tucson, using "NewsCenter 9" during the 1970s and 1980s; KMTV-TV in Omaha, using "NewsCenter 3" in the 1980s and 1990s; KJRH-TV in Tulsa, using "NewsCenter 2" in the 1970s and 1980s