WBGR-LD


WBGR-LD is a low-power television station licensed to both Bangor and Dedham, Maine, United States. The station is affiliated with the MeTV network, and broadcasts on UHF digital channel 18 over the air and channel 12 on Charter Spectrum.

History

WBGR first went on the air on August 28, 1995 as Bangor's WB affiliate to become the first commercial UHF station in the market and the first new commercial station locally built in over 30 years. That relationship ended in 1998 when The WB created a cable-only channel for its smaller markets ; around the same time, the station added programming from the Pax network, which launched at that time.
WBGR has aired local programming from local churches, civic organizations and high school sports at various times during its history. The station also carried late afternoon college football games from CBS, as WABI-TV chose to preempt football in order to air a local 6 p.m. newscast. Daytime programming is filled with family-oriented programming as well as religious programming from several leading Bible teachers. In 2010, Liberty University's Flames Sports Network began airing live sporting events, as well as daily convocation services.
In April 2014, WBGR-LP became an affiliate of MeTV.

Digital television

Digital channel

The station was issued its license for digital operation on March 12, 2015. By early September 2019, WBGR-LD commenced digital operations, adding Heroes & Icons and Antenna TV programming to their second digital subchannel. By November of that year, RabbitEars.Info listed six new feeds for WBGR-LD, those new feeds remaining Blank at first.

Programming

Weekday morning religious programs include Life Today with James Robison, Precepts for Life with Kay Arthur, Through the Bible with Les Feldrick, Liberty University Convocation, Enjoying Everyday Life with Joyce Meyer, and Believers' Voice of Victory with Kenneth Copeland. Afternoons feature classic programs such as Green Acres and Little House on the Prairie. Afternoon and evening programming features shows from the Retro Television Network, interrupted occasionally for live sporting events from Liberty University's Flames Sports Network. Prior to carrying RTN programming, WBGR carried Ion Television during the afternoon and evening hours.