WCSH
 
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Portland, Maine United States |
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| Branding | WCSH 6 (general) News Center (newscasts) |
| Slogan | This is Home |
| Channels |
Digital: 44 (UHF) Virtual: 6 () |
| Subchannels | 6.1 NBC 6.2 Justice Network 6.3 Antenna TV |
| Owner |
Tegna Media (Pacific and Southern, LLC) |
| First air date | December 20, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | Congress Square Hotel |
| Sister station(s) | WLBZ |
| Former callsigns | WCSH-TV (1953–1997) |
| Former channel number(s) | 6 (VHF analog, 1953–2009) |
| Former affiliations | NBC Weather Plus (DT2, 2005–2008) |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 587.9 m |
| Facility ID | 39664 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°51′30.2″N 70°42′38.8″W / 43.858389°N 70.710778°W |
| Website | www.wcsh6.com |
WCSH is the NBC-affiliated television station for Southern Maine as well as Eastern and Northern New Hampshire. Licensed to Portland, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 44 (PSIP virtual channel 6) from a transmitter on Winn Mountain in Sebago. Owned by Tegna, WCSH has studios at Congress Square in Downtown Portland.
WCSH is the sister station to Maine's other NBC affiliate, WLBZ in Bangor. For all intents and purposes, WLBZ is a semi-satellite of WCSH. It simulcasts most of WCSH's newscasts and clears most of its syndicated programming (though in some cases at different times). There are also programs that only air on WLBZ while some are only seen on WCSH. WLBZ also airs separate station identifications and commercials. Although WCSH and WLBZ are based in different locations and technically serve separate markets, the two essentially operate as one station. With their combined resources, the stations provide statewide coverage not offered by any other outlet in Maine.
WCSH airs two digital subchannels from its transmitter, the Justice Network on Channel 6.2, a network that specializes in crime and investigation reality shows and Antenna TV on Channel 6.3, a network that airs classic TV shows.
WCSH-TV signed on December 20, 1953, from studios at the Congress Square Hotel in downtown Portland. The station was owned by the Rines family through their Maine Broadcasting System; the family had built the hotel in 1896, and established WCSH radio (970 AM, now WZAN) on the top floor in 1925. It has always been an NBC affiliate, although during the late-1950s, the station was also briefly associated with the NTA Film Network. In 1958, the Rines family acquired WTWO in Bangor from Murray Carpenter, and renamed it WLBZ-TV (after WLBZ radio, now WZON, which the family had owned since 1944). Although the two television stations were now sister stations, they remained completely separate entities. At various points, the Maine Broadcasting System also included WRDO radio in Augusta and KMEG in Sioux City, Iowa, with WCSH-AM-TV as its flagship.
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