WPME

WPME is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Southern Maine and Northern New Hampshire licensed to Lewiston, Maine. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 35 from a transmitter in South Gray along I-95/Maine Turnpike/Gold Star Memorial Highway. Owned by Ironwood Communications, LLC, it is the sister station to CW affiliate WPXT and the two share studios on Ledgeview Drive in Westbrook. Syndicated programming on WPME includes Cougar Town, How I Met Your Mother, and Friends among others.

Digital channels

History

The station signed on August 13, 1997 under a time brokerage agreement. It was owned by New England Television as a sister to then-Fox affiliate WPXT. Prior to WPME's sign-on, Portland, Maine, viewers that wanted to watch UPN had to view it on cable via WSBK-TV. Pegasus Communications purchased WPME outright in February 2001. The station maintained primary affiliation with UPN and secondary affiliation with The WB. It aired WB prime time on a tape delay starting at 10. When WPXT switched its affiliation from Fox to The WB, this secondary affiliation was dropped. WPME aired Boston Celtics and Bruins games in the late 1990s and Red Sox baseball until 2002. The Red Sox, owning half of cable sports network NESN, moved the games to that network.