WWPI-LD
{{Short description|Television station in Fort Kent, Maine}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WWPI-LD
| city = Fort Kent, Maine
| logo = WWPI logo 2023.svg
| logo_upright = .8
| branding = WWPI 16
| digital = 16 (UHF)
| virtual = 16
| affiliations = 16.1: NBC
| airdate = {{start date and age|2020|1|7|p=y|br=y}}
| location = Fort Kent–Presque Isle, Maine
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning = Presque Isle
| owner = Gray Media
| licensee = Gray Television Licensee, LLC
| sister_stations = WAGM-TV
| erp = 4.1 kW
| haat = {{convert|52.6|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class = LD
| facility_id = 181585
| coordinates = {{coord|46|43|43.0|N|68|00|1.0|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| website = {{URL|wagmtv.com/}}
}}
WWPI-LD (channel 16) is a low-power television station licensed to Fort Kent, Maine, United States, serving the Presque Isle area as an affiliate of NBC. 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). Prior to WWPI's sign-on as an NBC affiliate, WLBZ served as the default affiliate for Aroostook County.
History
On June 3, 2019, Gray Television changed the call letters of W16DA-D in Fort Kent, previously a translator of WAGM-TV, to WWPI-LD, after having filed with the FCC on May 21 for a construction permit to move the translator's city of license from Fort Kent to Presque Isle (the FCC granted that CP on August 7);{{Cite web|url=https://fccdata.org/?facid=181585|title=FCCdata.org - powered by REC|website=fccdata.org}} WWPI-LD then fell silent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WWPI-LD#station|title=RabbitEars.Info|website=www.rabbitears.info}} On June 24, 2019, Gray announced that WWPI-LD would be converted into an NBC affiliate by the end of 2019; however, this was delayed pending completion of the station's new transmitter.{{cite news|title=WAGM announces launch of NBC Affiliation |url=https://www.wagmtv.com/content/news/WAGM-announces-launch-of-NBC-Affiliation-511731462.html |work=WAGM-TV |publisher=Gray Television |date=June 24, 2019 |access-date=June 28, 2019 |language=en-US}} The station officially signed-on January 7, 2020,{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/wagmtv/posts/10163019339920078|title=WAGM-TV|website=www.facebook.com}} which leaves ABC as the only network to not have an over-the-air affiliate in Presque Isle; that network's programming is carried on cable via WVII-TV from the adjacent Bangor market.
News operation
WWPI-LD mostly simulcasts all of WAGM-TV's weekday newscasts, airing the 6 p.m. newscast an hour later at 7 p.m. WWPI-LD does not air newscasts on weekends, opting for syndicated programming.
Subchannel
| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannel of WWPI-LD{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WWPI-LD#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WWPI|website=www.rabbitears.info}} ! Channel ! Res. ! Aspect ! Short name ! Programming |
| scope = "row" | 16.1
| 1080i || 16:9 || WWPINBC || Main WWPI-LD programming / NBC |
|---|
References
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{{Presque Isle TV}}
{{NBC New England}}
{{Gray TV}}