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WABI-TV (Bangor,ME)

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WABI-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Central and Eastern Maine licensed to Bangor. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 (or virtual channel 5.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Peaked Mountain in Dixmont. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 6 and in high definition on digital channel 705. DirecTV and Dish Network also carry the station. As of October 12,2012,Dish also carries WABI-TV in Franklin,Kennebec,Knox,and Oxford counties,in the Portland market,on channel 6265. It is the flagship station of Diversified Communications,which is owned by the Hildreth family of Bangor. Its studios are located on Hildreth Street in West Bangor. Syndicated programming on WABI includes How I Met Your Mother,The Big Bang Theory,The Ellen DeGeneres Show,and The Dr. Oz Show among others.