WWPI-CD

WWPI-CD

Fort Kent–Presque Isle, Maine United States
City	Fort Kent, Maine
Channels	Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 16
Branding	WWPI 16
Programming
Affiliations	16.1: NBC
Ownership
Owner	Gray Media (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	WAGM-TV
History
First air date	January 7, 2020 (2020-01-07)
Former call signs	WWPI-LD (2020–2025)
Call sign meaning	Presque Isle
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	181585
Class	CD
ERP	4.1 kW
HAAT	52.6 m (173 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	46°43′43.0″N 68°00′1.0″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	wagmtv.com

WWPI-CD (channel 16) is a low-power, Class A 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-CD's transmitter is also located.

WWPI-CD 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); WWPI-LD then fell silent. 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. The station officially signed-on January 7, 2020, 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-CD mostly simulcasts all of WAGM-TV's weekday newscasts, airing the 6 p.m. newscast an hour later at 7 p.m. WWPI-CD does not air newscasts on weekends, opting for syndicated programming.

Subchannel

Subchannel of WWPI-CD

Channel	Res.	Short name	Programming
16.1	1080i	WWPINBC	NBC