WBGR-LD (channel 18) is a low-power television station licensed to both Bangor and Dedham, Maine, United States, affiliated with MeTV. The station is owned by James McLeod, and maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Ohio Street in Glenburn, Maine.
History
WBGR first went on the air on August 28, 1995,[1] as Bangor's WB affiliate.[2] It was the first commercial UHF station in the market and the first new commercial station locally built in over 30 years. In 1998, The WB created a cable-only channel for its smaller markets (known as "WBAN" in Bangor);[3] while WBGR initially retained its WB affiliation, it also added programming from the Pax (now Ion Television) network, which launched at that time.