WABI-TV

WABI-TV
Channels
Branding
  • WABI-TV 5
  • Eastern and Central Maine's CW (5.2)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
January 25, 1953 (1953-01-25)
Former channel numbers
  • Analog: 5 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • Digital: 19 (UHF, 2002–2010)
  • Translator: W61AO Calais
  • NBC (1953–1959)
  • CBS (secondary, 1953–1955)
  • DuMont (secondary, 1953–1955)
  • ABC (secondary, 1953–1965)
  • NTA (secondary, 1956–1961)
Call sign meaning
taken from former radio sister
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID17005
ERP12 kW
HAAT391.4 m (1,284 ft)
Transmitter coordinates44°42′12.5″N 69°4′45.4″W / 44.703472°N 69.079278°W / 44.703472; -69.079278
Translator(s)
  • W19FA-D Bangor
  • W36FM-D Etna
Links
Public license information
Website

WABI-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Bangor, Maine, United States, affiliated with CBS and The CW Plus. Owned by Gray Media, the station has studios on Hildreth Street in West Bangor, and its transmitter is atop Peaked Mountain in Dixmont.

Prior to 2017, WABI-TV was the flagship station of its founding owner Diversified Communications, which was owned by the Hildreth family of Bangor.