Presque Isle, Maine United States |
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Branding | WAGM CBS 8 (general) NewsSource 8 (newscasts) WAGM FOX 8.2 (on DT2) |
Slogan |
This Is The Place Northern Maine's and Western New Brunswick's News & Entertainment Leader |
Channels |
Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 8 (PSIP) |
Subchannels | 8.1 Fox 8.2 CBS |
Affiliations | Fox (secondary 1994–1998; primary 2006–present) |
Owner |
Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
First air date | October 13, 1956 |
Call letters' meaning |
Aroostook Garden of Maine |
Former channel number(s) | 8 (VHF analog, 1956–2009) 16 (UHF digital, 2003–2009) |
Former affiliations | CBS (1956, 1959–2006) NBC (1957–2005; secondary from 1959) ABC (secondary, 1957–1998) UPN (secondary, 1995–2006) |
Transmitter power | 10 kW |
Height | 350 m |
Class | DT |
Facility ID | 48305 |
Transmitter coordinates | 46°33′5″N 67°48′34″W / 46.55139°N 67.80944°W |
Website | www |
WAGM-TV is the CBS/Fox-affiliated television station for Northern Maine, United States and Western New Brunswick, Canada. Licensed to Presque Isle, Maine, it broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter on the northern section of Mars Hill Mountain among the wind turbines. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 12 and in 720p high definition on digital channel 1206 and on Rogers Cable channel 9 and in high definition on digital channel 145 (however, regardless of the Cable TV provider, the HD feed is cable-only). Owned by Gray Television, WAGM has studios on Brewer Road (SR 210) in Presque Isle. Syndicated programming on the station includes Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, Extra, and Family Feud among others.