Wabi-tv

WABI-TV

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, including HD carriage. As of October 12, 2012, Dish provides the channel to subscribers outside the Bangor Nielsen Designated Market Area in Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, and Oxford County, Maine. Subscribers in these Portland, ME DMA counties receive WABI-TV on channel 6265. As the flagship of Diversified Communications, the Hildreth family has owned WABI since its inception and the outlet's studios are on a street named after them 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.