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Overview
WIPL is an ION station licensed by the FCC to Lewiston, Maine, part of the Portland-Auburn, ME TV market.
On screen it is channel 35, though WIPL actually transmits on RF channel 24. Digital TVs map the two automatically after a channel scan. The station's subchannels add Court TV, Bounce, Grit, Busted and Game Show Central.
ION Media License Company, LLC holds the station's FCC license. The station dates back to 1997. The current call sign has been in place since March 2018.
The studio address on file with the FCC is 312 Walnut Street Suite 2800, Cincinnati, OH 45202. Schedules and local news are on its website, scrippsnetworks.com.
For young viewers, WIPL reported educational and informational shows such as Science Max, Xploration: Animal Science and Xploration Awesome Planet in its 2025 filing with the FCC.
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Channel and license details
- Call sign
- WIPL
- Network
- ION (subchannels: Court TV, Bounce, Grit, Busted, Game Show Central)
- Virtual channel
- 35
- RF channel
- 24
- City of license
- Lewiston, Maine
- TV market
- Portland-Auburn, ME
- Licensee
- ION Media License Company, LLC
- On the air since
- 1997
- Call sign since
- March 2018
- Studio address
- 312 Walnut Street Suite 2800, Cincinnati, OH 45202
- FCC facility ID
- 48408
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- scrippsnetworks.com
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Location
WIPL at a glance
- Network
- ION
- Channel
- 35 (RF 24)
- Licensed to
- Lewiston, ME
- TV market
- Portland-Auburn, ME
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