WABI-TV is the CBS

CBS

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-affiliated television station

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 for Central

Maine Highlands

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 and Eastern

Down East

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 Maine

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 licensed to Bangor

Bangor, Maine

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. It broadcasts a high definition

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 digital signal on VHF channel 13 (PSIP virtual channel

Virtual channel

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 5) from a transmitter on Peaked Mountain in Dixmont

Dixmont, Maine

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. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable

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 channel 6 and in high definition on digital channel 705. As the flagship of Diversified Communications

Diversified Communications

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, the Hildreth family has owned WABI since its inception and its studios are on a street named after them in West Bangor.