WABI-TV BANGOR, ME

Display Channel	Physical Channel	Video	Audio	Call Sign	Network/Programming	Nickname	Notes
05-1	13.3	1080i	DD5.1	WABI TV	CBS	"WABI-TV 5"
05-2	13.4	720p	DD5.1	THE CW	CW+	"Eastern and Central Maine's CW"
05-3	13.5	480i (w)	DD2.0	DECADES	Catchy Comedy
05-4	13.6	480i (w)	DD2.0	CIRCLE	Outlaw		(Soon)
05-5	13.7	480i (w)	DD2.0	ION	ION
05-6	13.8	480i (w)	DD2.0	GRIT	Grit

Licensing

FAC-ID: 17005

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DTV-LIC:

Granted

Channel 13

BANGOR, ME

BLCDT-20101215AIS (a55f2ed111874207ab53cf6212b6c0ea) - App

1284' 12 kW ND (C) (Vertical ERP: 12 kW)
(3.1 kW + 5.88 dB gain = 12 kW ERP)
62.1 mile contour / 12122.6 sq. mi. area / Est. Pop. 472,583
480' AGL; 1660' AMSL; (1035339)
1.25° Elec Beam Tilt; Full Service Filter Dielectric THV-9A13/CP-R O4
NAD83: N 44° 42' 12.5", W 69° 4' 45.4" (44.703472, -69.079278) Peaked Mountain (ME)

Streams

TSID: 1433 (0x0599)
Bitrate Allocation: Variable

Digital Channel	Display Channel	Call Sign	Src ID	PMT PID	Video	Dimensions	Aspect Ratio	Video PID	Video (Mbps)	PCR PID	Audio Type	Audio PID	Audio Bitrate
13.3	05-1	WABI TV	1	0x0030	1080i	1920x1080	16:9	0x0031	7.15Mbps	0x0031	DD5.1	0x0034	384kbps
13.4	05-2	THE CW	2	0x0040	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0041	7.7Mbps	0x0041	DD5.1	0x0044	384kbps
13.5	05-3	DECADES	3	0x0050	480i	528x480	16:9	0x0051	2.15Mbps	0x0051	DD2.0	0x0054	192kbps
13.6	05-4	CIRCLE	4	0x0060	480i	528x480	16:9	0x0061	0.5Mbps	0x0061	DD2.0	0x0064	192kbps
13.7	05-5	ION	7	0x0070	480i		16:9	0x0071	0Mbps	0x0071	DD2.0	0x0074	192kbps
13.8	05-6	GRIT	8	0x0080	480i		16:9	0x0081	0Mbps	0x0081	DD2.0	0x0084	192kbps

TSReader Data: HTML Export (01/31/2020)

Ownership/Historical

Operator:	Gray Television
Licensee:	GRAY TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC
Sisters:	W19FA-D, W36FM-D
DTV Transition:
Certification :	Analog channel 5. Digital channel 19.
Elected Round 1 :	Elected channel 19. (Approved)
Final Channel :	Channel 19.
Petitioned For :	Channel 12 (1319' 11.98 kW ND), which was dismissed: 08-153
Petitioned For :	Channel 13 (1319' 12 kW ND), which was approved: 09-122
Last Analog:
Channel 5 :	1319' 39.8 kW ND

Call Sign History:
00/00/0000	WABI
12/15/1980	WABI-TV

Translators

Translators:

Call Sign	Ch	Location	TSReader Data
W19FA-D	19	BANGOR, ME
W36FM-D	36	ETNA, ME
W21EO-D	33	ORONO, ME

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