WMTW (TV)
ABC affiliate in Poland Spring, Maine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WMTW (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Poland Spring, Maine, United States, serving the Portland area as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by Hearst Television alongside CW affiliate WPXT (channel 51). The two stations share studios on Ledgeview Drive in Westbrook; WMTW's transmitter is located in West Baldwin, Maine.
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City | Poland Spring, Maine |
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First air date | September 25, 1954 (69 years ago) (1954-09-25) |
Former call signs | WMTW-TV (1958–2007) |
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DuMont (secondary, 1954–1955) | |
Call sign meaning | Mount Washington (site of station's original transmitter) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 73288 |
ERP | 29.8 kW |
HAAT | 612 m (2,008 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°50′44″N 70°45′41″W |
Translator(s) | 26 (UHF) Portland |
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Website | www |
WMTW also operates a low-power digital fill-in translator on UHF channel 26 (also mapped to virtual channel 8) from the Time and Temperature Building in downtown Portland's Monument Square. The translator serves the immediate part of Portland and some surrounding areas to serve viewers that have difficulty receiving the main signal.
In addition to WPXT, WMTW shares common coverage areas with four other Hearst-owned sister stations in New England: fellow ABC affiliates WCVB-TV in Boston and WMUR-TV in Manchester, New Hampshire; and its duopoly of NBC affiliate WPTZ and CW affiliate WNNE in Vermont.