Diversified Communications

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Diversified Communications is headquartered in Portland, Maine.

Today, Diversified organizes trade shows, publishes magazines, produces digital business and operates broadcast stations.

Under the name, Community Broadcast News, it founded and still owns Maine's first TV station, WABI-TV.

1 History
2 Diversified Communications Today
3 External links
4 References

[edit] History

Diversified was founded as Community Broadcast News in 1949 when Horace A. Hildreth, the former governor of Maine, president of Bucknell University and U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, purchased the license for Maine's first radio station, WABI-AM. In 1953, he launched Maine's first TV station, WABI-TV in Bangor, Maine.

In 1970, Diversified entered the publishing and trade show business with the acquisition of National Fisherman and FISH EXPO Boston. In 1972, it formed New England Cablevision which it sold in 2000.

Throughout the 1980's, Diversified expanded its publishing and trade show business with products in the commercial marine and seafood industries. In 1993, it expanded internationally with the European Seafood Exposition. Diversified continued its international growth with the acquisition of Australia Exhibition Services in 2000, the formation of DBC Canada and the acquisition of UK-based Full Moon Communications in 2002.

[edit] Diversified Communications Today

Today, Diversified operates trade fairs on four continents, produces trade publications, owns several digital businesses and operates two U.S. broadcast stations, WABI-TV and WCJB-TV.