WMTW-TV
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Poland Spring - Portland - Lewiston, Maine United States |
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| City | Poland Spring, Maine |
| Branding | WMTW Channel 8 (general) WMTW News 8 (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Maine's Total Weather & News |
| Channels | Digital: 8 (VHF/PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 8.1 ABC 8.2 Heroes & Icons |
| Translators | 26 (UHF) Portland |
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Hearst Television (Hearst Properties Inc.) |
| First air date | September 25, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning |
MounT Washington (site of station's original transmitter) |
| Former channel number(s) | 8 (VHF analog, 1954–2009) 46 (UHF digital, –2009) |
| Former affiliations | DuMont (secondary, 1954–1955) |
| Transmitter power | 29.8 kW |
| Height | 605 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 73288 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°50′44.2″N 70°45′40.8″W / 43.845611°N 70.761333°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
WMTW, channel 8, is an ABC-affiliated television station, licensed to Poland Spring, Maine, United States, and serving the Portland, Maine television market. WMTW is owned by the broadcasting subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation and has its studios in Westbrook, Maine (the building shared with CW affiliate WPXT and MyNetworkTV outlet WPME) and transmitter in West Baldwin, Maine. WMTW also operates a low-powered digital fill-in translator (on UHF channel 26 or virtual channel 8.1 via PSIP) 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.
WMTW shares common coverage areas with three other Hearst-owned sister stations in New England: fellow ABC affiliates WCVB-TV in Boston and WMUR-TV in Manchester, New Hampshire; and NBC affiliate WNNE in Hartford, Vermont (a semi-satellite of WPTZ in Plattsburgh, New York).
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