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History

The station first took to the air on October 15, 1965, under the callisign of WEMT-TV. The current call letters were adopted in 1978. WVII is the only television station in Bangor to have never switched its network affiliation. It is also one of only two stations in Bangor to broadcast in Stereo. Jump to: navigation, search October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1999-The Bomb 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

In 2000 WVII made its first venture into UHF broadcasting, leasing channel 30, a former secondary PBS station. The station changed its call letters to WCKD and its network to UPN. In 2003 WCKD was returned to it's owner and Rockfleet purchased a new station, Fox affiliate WFVX, signed on on channel 22. Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ... This article is about the radio frequency. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search WCKD is a low power television station origionating from a transmitter in East Eddington, Maine. ... Jump to: navigation, search UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) is a television network in the United States, owned by Viacom Inc. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search WFVX is a low-powered television station located in Bangor, Maine. ...

Programming

WVII has always had local newscasts, but they have not had the same level of success as the two older stations in the market, WABI and WLBZ. Until major upgrades in recent years, WVII was frequently derided for having cheap production values; especially among residents of the Canadian Maritimes where WVII was carried on cable until the early 1990s. In 2005, WVII was the only station of the 3 main network affiliates to show an increase in their Nielsen ratings for the 6pm news. WVII has closed the gap on WLBZ since Gannett decimated the Bangor newsroom and relies heavily on Portland news. In 2002 the station cut it's weather department, and enlisted the services of AccuWeather. Meteorologist Jim Kosek is the primary on-air talent for WVII and was awarded Best Weathercast by the Maine Association of Broadcasters in 2005, proving that it was irrelevant where the weather services originate. It should be noted that the award is based on talent, rather then accuracy. Jump to: navigation, search WABI-TV is a CBS-affiliated television station in Bangor, Maine, broadcasting on channel 5. ... WLBZ is the callsign of the NBC television affiliate broadcasting on channel 2 and digital channel 25 in Bangor, Maine. ... The Maritimes or Maritime provinces are a region of Canada on the Atlantic coast, consisting of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...

See also

Circle 7 logo The Circle 7 logo is one of the most classic and familiar television station logos in the United States. ...

External links

• WVII website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WVII-TV