WPFO

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WPFO

ATSC 3.0 station
Waterville–Portland, Maine United States
City	Waterville, Maine
Channels	Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 23
Branding	Fox 23
Programming
Affiliations	23.1: Fox for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Cunningham Broadcasting (Portland (WPFO-TV) Licensee, Inc.)
Operator	Sinclair Broadcast Group via LMA
Sister stations	WGME-TV
History
Founded	June 1, 1998
First air date	August 27, 1999 (25 years ago) (1999-08-27)
Former call signs	WBDJ (1998) WMPX-TV (1998–2003)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 23 (UHF, 1999–2009) Digital: 23 (UHF, 2009–2019)
Former affiliations	Pax (1999–2003)
Call sign meaning	Portland's Fox
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	84088
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	479 m (1,572 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	43°55′29″N 70°29′27″W / 43.92472°N 70.49083°W / 43.92472; -70.49083
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	fox23maine.com

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. However, Sinclair effectively owns WPFO as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. The two stations share studios on Northport Drive in the North Deering section of Portland; WPFO's transmitter is located on Brown Hill west of Raymond.