WBGR-LP is a low-powered television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 station located in Bangor, Maine

Bangor, Maine

Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...

, licensed to both Bangor and Dedham

Dedham, Maine

Dedham is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,422 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....

. The station is affiliated with the Ion Television, World Harvest

LeSEA

LeSEA Broadcasting , also known as World Harvest Television, is an American Christian television network with over 40 affiliate stations in a number of U.S...

 and Liberty Channel networks, and broadcasts on channel 33 and channel 12 on Time Warner Cable. It is a Class A operation, despite being legally identified with the -LP suffix in its call letters.

History

WBGR first went on the air on August 28, 1995 as Bangor's WB

The WB Television Network

The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...

 affiliate. That relationship ended in 1998 when The WB created a cable-only channel

The WB 100+ Station Group

The WB 100+ Station Group was a group of primarily non-broadcast local cable television outlets for The WB Television Network, for markets below the top 100 television media markets in the United States. Dayparts with no WB programming were programmed by the network...

 for its smaller markets (known as WBAN in Bangor); around the same time, the station added programming from the Pax (now Ion Television) network, which launched at that time. WBGR has also aired local programming from local churches and civic organizations and high school sports at various times during its history. The station also carried late afternoon college football

College football

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 games from CBS

CBS

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, as 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 from a transmitter on Peaked Mountain in Dixmont. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 6 and in high definition...

 chose to preempt football in order to air a local 6 p.m. newscast. Daytime programming is filled with wholesome family programming as well as inspirational teaching from several leading Bible teachers. In 2010 Liberty University's Flames Sports Network began airing live sporting events, as well as convocation services on a daily basis.

Programming

Weekday morning programs are Life Today with James Robison

James Robison

James Robison is an American televangelist and the founder and President of the Christian relief organization Life Outreach International.-Early life and ministry:...

, Precepts for Life with Kay Arthur

Kay Arthur

Kay Arthur is an international Bible teacher, four-time ECPA Christian Book Award winning author, and co-founder of Precept Ministries International. Kay’s exciting, practical approach to the Scriptures has drawn thousands to the knowledge of Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior...

, Through the Bible with Les Feldrick, Liberty University

Liberty University

Liberty University is a private Christian university located in Lynchburg, Virginia. Liberty's annual enrollment is around 72,000 students, 12,000 of whom are residential students and 60,000+ studying through Liberty University Online...

 Convocation, Everyday Life with Joyce Meyer

Joyce Meyer

Joyce Meyer is a Charismatic Christian author and speaker. Meyer and her husband Dave have four grown children, and live outside St. Louis, Missouri. Her ministry is headquartered in the St. Louis suburb of Fenton, Missouri.-Early life:Meyer was born Pauline Joyce Hutchison in south St. Louis in...

, and Kenneth Copeland

Kenneth Copeland

Kenneth Copeland is an American author, public speaker, and televangelist. He is the founder of Kenneth Copeland Ministries, which preaches a “prosperity gospel”: "Prosperity gospel assures followers that the more they give including in the form of tithes to the church, the more they will receive...

. Afternoons feature classic programs such as Green Acres

Green Acres

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and Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

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. Evening programing features shows from ION Television, interrupted occasionally for live sporting events from Liberty University's Flames Sports Network.