Maine Public Broadcasting Network

Maine Public Broadcasting Network

Branding	Maine Public
Country	United States
First air date	November 13, 1961; 63 years ago (1961-11-13) (WCBB)
Broadcast area	statewide Maine
Owner	Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation
Launch date	September 23, 1963 (original MPBN) July 1, 1992 (current incarnation)
Digital channel(s)	see § Television stations
Affiliation(s)	PBS, APT, NPR, BBC, CBC, PRX, APM
Former affiliations	NET (1961–1970)
Official website	www.mainepublic.org

The Maine Public Broadcasting Network (abbreviated MPBN and branded as Maine Public) is a 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]