WAGM-TV

WAGM-TV
Channels
Branding
  • WAGM 8; NewsSource 8
  • WAGM Fox 8 (DT2)
  • The County's CW 8.3 (DT3)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WWPI-LD
History
First air date
October 13, 1956
(68 years ago)
 (1956-10-13)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 8 (VHF, 1956–2009)
  • Digital: 16 (UHF, 2003–2009)
  • NBC (primary 1957–1959, secondary 1959–2005)
  • ABC (secondary, 1957–1998)
  • Fox (secondary, 1994–1998)
  • UPN (secondary, 1995–2006)
Call sign meaning
Aroostook Garden of Maine
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID48305
ERP10 kW
HAAT350 m (1,148 ft)
Transmitter coordinates46°33′4.1″N 67°48′32″W / 46.551139°N 67.80889°W / 46.551139; -67.80889
Links
Public license information
Website

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 Television alongside Fort Kent–licensed low-power NBC affiliate WWPI-LD (channel 16). The two stations share studios on Brewer Road in Presque Isle; WAGM-TV's transmitter is located on the northern section of Mars Hill Mountain among the wind turbines.

WAGM-TV has been the only full-power commercial television station transmitting in Northeast Maine since the station was founded in 1956.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAGM-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.