WGME-TV

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WGME-TV
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Portland, Maine
Branding WGME 13
Slogan Breaking News. Breaking Weather. Breaking Stories.
Channels 13 (VHF) analog,
38 (UHF) digital
Affiliations CBS
Owner Sinclair Broadcast Group
Founded 1954
Call letters meaning We're Gannett of ME
(for former owner Guy Gannett)
Former callsigns WGAN-TV (1954-83)
Transmitter Power 295 kW/462 m (analog)
100 kW/491 m (digital)
Website wgme.com

WGME-TV is a television station based in Portland, Maine. The station is affiliated with CBS and broadcasts on channel 13. Known on-air as WGME 13, the station's transmitter is located on Brown Hill in Raymond, Maine. Its 1,619-foot tower was briefly the tallest structure in the world when it was built in 1959.

The station offers the 24-hour music channel The Tube on its DT2 subchannel and digital cable.

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[edit] History

WGME's first broadcast was on May 16, 1954, under the callsign of WGAN-TV. It was co-owned for many years with WGAN-AM 560, WGAN-FM 103, and the Portland Press-Herald by Guy Gannett Communications (no relation to the much larger Gannett corporation that now owns rival NBC affiliate WCSH), but when the radio stations were sold in 1984 the WGAN call letters went with them. WGAN-TV then changed its call sign to the current WGME. Guy Gannett sold all of its television stations, including WGME, to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in 1998.

[edit] Newscasts

Channel 13's newscasts led the ratings in Portland until the late 1980s at which point WCSH became number one. During the final years of Guy Gannett ownership in the 1990s WGME launched a weekend morning newscast featuring a lot of live shots and in-studio interviews but the effort was abandoned due to poor ratings. The station's weather radar is called "Doppler 4000".

[edit] Weekdays

  • News 13 at Daybreak (4:55-7 AM)
  • News 13 at Noon (12-12:30 PM)
  • News 13 Live at 5 (5-5:30 PM)
  • News 13 at 5:30 (5:30-6 PM)
  • News 13 at 6 (6-6:30 PM)
  • News 13 at 11 (11-11:35 PM)

[edit] Weekends

  • News 13 at 6 (6-6:30 PM)
  • News 13 at 11 (11-11:30 PM)

(no morning news)

[edit] Current Staff

Previous WGME logo, used until April 2006.
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Previous WGME logo, used until April 2006.

News

  • John Hopperstad, (Weekdays 4:55-7 a.m. & Noon)
  • Vivian Bean, (Weekdays 4:55-7 a.m.)
  • Gregg Lagerquist, (Weekdays 5:30 p.m.)
  • Kiley Bennett, (Weekdays 5:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. & 11:00 p.m.)
  • Kim Block, (Weekdays 5:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m.)
  • Doug Rafferty, (Weekdays 6:00 p.m.)
  • Doug Ray, (Weekends 6:00 p.m. & 11:00 p.m.)

Sports

  • Dave Eid, (Weekdays 6:00 p.m. & 11:00 p.m.)
  • Adam Pellerin, (Weekends 6:00 p.m. & 11:00 p.m.)

Storm Team 13 Meteorologists

  • Charlie Lopresti, chief (Weekdays 5:00 , 5:30 , 6:00, & 11:00 p.m.)
  • Sarah Long, (Weekdays 4:55-7 a.m. & Noon)
  • Max Riseman, (Weekends 6:00 p.m. & 11:00 p.m.)

Reporters

  • Cherilee Budrick
  • Lucas Colavecchio
  • Nikita Hairston
  • Diana Ichton
  • Jeff Peterson
  • Amy Sinclair

[edit] See Also

[edit] External Links

Broadcast television in the Portland, Maine market  (Nielsen DMA #74)

WCSH 6 (NBC) - WMTW 8 (ABC) - WCBB 10 / WMEA 26 (PBS/MPBN) - WGME 13 (CBS)(The Tube on DT2) - WLLB-LP 15 (Daystar) - WPFO 23 (Fox) - W27BL 27 (ABC) - WPME 35 (MNTV) - WPXT 51 (The CW)
Local cable television channels

News 9 WMTW
CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Maine

WABI 5 (Bangor) - WAGM 8 (Presque Isle) - WGME 13 (Portland)
See also: ABC, Fox, NBC, PBS, UPN, WB and Other stations in Maine
Sinclair Broadcast Group

Corporate Staff: David D. Smith (COB and President & CEO) | Frederick G. Smith | J. Duncan Smith | Robert E. Smith | Daniel C. Keith | Martin R. Leader | Lawrence E. McCanna | Basil A. Thomas | David B. Amy | Lucy A. Rutishauser | Barry M. Faber | David R. Bochenek | Nat S. Ostroff | Donald H. Thompson | Thomas I. Waters III | Darren Shapiro | Gregg Siegel | Jeff Sleete | M. William Butler | Steven M. Marks | Delbert R. Parks III | Joe DeFeo

ABC Network Affiliates: KDNL | WCHS | WEAR | WGGB | WICD | WICS | WKEF | WLOS | WSYX | WXLV

CBS Network Affiliates: KGAN | WGME

CW Network Affiliates: KOCB | KVCW | WLFL | WNAB4 | WNUV2 | WTTO/WDBB | WUCW | WVTV

Fox Network Affiliates: KABB | KBSI | KDSM | KOKH | WBFF | WDKY | WMSN | WPGH5 | WRGT2 | WRLH | WSMH | WSYT | WTAT2 | WTTE2 | WUHF1 | WUTV | WVAH2 | WYZZ1 | WZTV

NBC Network Affiliate: WPXI6 | WTWC

MyNetworkTV Affiliates: KMYS | KVMY | WABM | WCGV | WDKA3 | WFGX3 | WMMP | WMYA2 | WMYV | WNYO | WNYS3 | WPMY | WRDC | WRLH DT-2 | WSTR | WSYX DT-2 | WTTA3 | WTVZ | WUXP

1Sinclair has ownership interests in these stations, but management capabilities belong to Nexstar Broadcasting Group.

2Sinclair operates these stations owned by Cunningham Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement.
However, Sinclair effectively owns these stations because it controls nearly all of Cunningham's stock.

3Sinclair operates these stations, which are owned by local groups, under a local marketing agreement.
Sinclair also effectively owns WTTA because it is majority-owned by the Smith family, founders of Sinclair.

4Sinclair operates this station owned by Tennessee Broadcasting under an outsourcing agreement.

5Cox Enterprises holds a 10% interest in this station.

6Sinclair holds a 10% interest in this station, of which Cox Enterprises owns the remaining 90%.

Annual Revenue: $1.24 billion USD (2004) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: SBGI| Website: www.sbgi.net
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