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MPBN
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10 Augusta/Presque Isle<br>12 Orono<br>13 Calais (all VHF )<br>26 Biddeford ( UHF )
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9 Orono<br>10 Calais (both VHF)<br>17 Augusta<br>20 Presque Isle<br>45 Biddeford (all UHF)
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PBS
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1961 (WCBB)<br> 1964 (original MPBN)<br> 1992 (current incarnation)
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Augusta / Presque Isle / Orono / Biddeford / Calais, Maine
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Augusta: '''C'''olby College/'''B'''ates College/'''B'''owdoin College<br>Others: '''ME''' = postal code for Maine
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Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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MPBN shows a block of
PBS Kids ,
PBS , and
PBS Kids GO! shows as well as many
Documentaries including
Nature programs and other
Science programs.
MPBN's television and radio signals reach virtually all of the populated portions of Maine, and adjoining parts of
New Hampshire and
Massachusetts . MPBN's television network is also carried on
Cable in most of the
Canadian province of
New Brunswick .
Maine had two public broadcasting organizations for several years: WCBB-TV in
Augusta and
Portland , a combined venture of
Colby College ,
Bates College , and
Bowdoin College ; and the original MPBN television and radio network broadcasting from the
University Of Maine in
Orono . In
1992 they merged their operations to form the Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation, using the on-air names and '''Maine Public Radio'''. In
2005 the stations returned to using the MPBN name. WMEA Channel 26 was the flagship station for the now-defunct MPBN Plus, a secondary PBS service launched in the mid-1990's.
MPBN operates 5 televison
Transmitter s:
Digital Channels:
Analog Channels (with sign-on dates):
MPBN operates 7 radio transmitters:
Maine Public Broadcasting joined a few other PBS stations in showing the controversial ''Sugartime'' episode of
Postcards From Buster .
