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Overview
Licensed to Bangor, Maine, WABI-TV carries CBS programming for viewers in the Bangor, ME market.
Key facts
- Call sign
- WABI-TV
- Network
- CBS (subchannels: The CW, Catchy Comedy, Outlaw, Ion Television, Grit)
- Virtual channel
- 5
- RF channel
- 13
- City of license
- Bangor, Maine
- TV market
- Bangor, ME
- Licensee
- Gray Television Licensee, LLC
- Owner
- Diversified Communications
- On the air since
- 1953
- Call sign since
- December 1980
- FCC facility ID
- 17005
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- www.wabi.tv
Viewers find it on channel 5. That is the virtual channel your TV displays; the signal itself goes out on RF channel 13, which is why a rescan sometimes matters. Beyond the main channel, WABI-TV also airs The CW, Catchy Comedy, Outlaw, Ion Television and Grit on its subchannels.
Subchannels
| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 5.1 | CBS |
| 5.2 | The CW |
| 5.3 | Catchy Comedy |
| 5.4 | Outlaw |
| 5.5 | Ion Television |
| 5.6 | Grit |
According to FCC records, the licensee is Gray Television Licensee, LLC. WABI-TV is owned by Diversified Communications. WABI-TV has been on the air since 1953. It has used the WABI-TV call letters since December 1980.
Its website is www.wabi.tv.
Among the core children's programs WABI-TV reported to the FCC for 2025: Jack Hanna's Into the Wild, Live Life and Win and Ocean's Mysteries with Jeff Corwin.
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WABI-TV at a glance
- Network
- CBS
- Channel
- 5 (RF 13)
- Licensed to
- Bangor, ME
- Subchannels
- The CW, Catchy Comedy, Outlaw, Ion Television, Grit
- TV market
- Bangor, ME
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