WBAN (The CW Plus)

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WBAN-TV
Bangor, Maine
Branding	Eastern and Central Maine's CW
Slogan	CW TV For Me
Channels	Cable 10 analog, WABI-DT 5.2 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	The CW (through The CW Plus)
Owner	Diversified Communications
Founded	1998
Call letters meaning	W BANgor
Former affiliations	The WB (until 2006)
Website	cwtvforme.com

"WBAN-TV" "Eastern and Central Maine's CW" is the CW affiliate for Bangor, Maine. The call letters are fictional as it is a cable-only station. Owned by Diversified Communications and operated by local CBS affiliate WABI-TV, it is a part of The CW Plus, a special CW feed that serves smaller television markets with a DMA rank below 100. WBAN can also be seen on WABI's DT2 subchannel. The station offers The Daily Buzz newscast weekdays from 6 to 9 AM.

[edit] History

WBAN started in 1998, when the WB required over-the-air affiliates above the top 100 markets to be on cable, gradually replacing WBGR-LP as the WB affiliate in Bangor.

Beginning September 18, 2006, The CW debuted on WABI's digital signal when UPN and The WB closed down and merged. UPN network programming was originally provided by nearby WPME from Portland and WSBK on cable from Boston.

On July 28, 2006, an announcement on WABI-TV's website said that Time Warner Cable, which took over coverage in the Bangor area for bankrupt Adelphia, would keep WBAN when The CW commenced programming, as part of a three year deal with WABI, which also keeps the main WABI channel on the system. [1]

[edit] Previous Logos

Former WBAN WB 100+ logo.

[edit] External Links

• Station Website