WGBI-LP

WGBI-LP
Farmington, Maine United States
Channels	Digital: 21 (UHF)
Affiliations	Retro TV
Owner	Global Broadcast Network, Inc.
First air date	June 1995
Former callsigns	W21BI (1995-2006)
Former channel number(s)	21 (UHF analog, 1995-2010)
Former affiliations	TBN
Transmitter power	14 kW
Class	Low-power television station
Facility ID	14334

WGBI-LP is a low-power television station licensed to Farmington, Maine. It is currently an affiliate of the Retro Television Network. The station broadcasts on UHF channel 21.

History

The station first signed on in June 1995 as W21BI, an owned-and-operated satellite repeater of the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Global Broadcast Network purchased the station in 2006, and changed the call letters to the current WGBI-LP. Upon flash-cutting to digital broadcasting on November 6, 2010, WGBI affiliated with RTV.

External links

Query the FCC's TV station database for WGBI-LP

Broadcast television in Southern Maine and Coös County, New Hampshire, including Portland, Augusta, Berlin, and Rockland

Local stations	WCSH (6.1 NBC, 6.2 Justice, 6.3 Antenna TV) WMTW (8.1 ABC, 8.2 H&I) WCBB / WMEA (10.1/26.1/10.2/26.2 PBS / MPBN, 10.3/26.3 World, 10.4/26.4 Maine Capitol Connection) WGME (13.1 CBS, 13.2 GetTV, 13.3 ASN) WLLB-LD (15.1 Daystar) WGBI-LP (21.1 Retro TV) WPFO (23.1 Fox) WPME (35.1 MNTV, 35.2 Movies!, 35.3 Laff) WFYW-LP (41 3ABN) WPXT (51.1 The CW, 51.2 MeTV, 51.3 Escape)

New Hampshire	WENH / W26CQ / W34DQ-D (11.1/26 PBS / NHPTV Prime, 11.2 NHPTV Explore, 11.3 World, 11.4 Create, Durham / Colebrook / Pittsburg) W27BL (27 ABC, Berlin, via WMUR-TV)

Cable channels	Create (via MPBN) NECN NESN CSN New England TWC TV

Quebec stations available in region	CBMT 6 (CBC, Montreal) CHLT 7 (TVA, Sherbrooke) CKSH 9 (Ici Radio-Canada, Sherbrooke)

Maine television Bangor Portland Presque Isle See also Boston Champlain Valley TV

Other television stations in New England

Boston, Mass.

Spanish	WFXZ-CD 24 (Azteca America) WUNI 27 (Univision) WCEA-LD 58 (Independent) WNEU 60 (Telemundo) WUTF-DT 66 (UniMás)

Home shopping	WWDP 46 (EVINE Live)

Other stations	WHDT-LD 6 (Deutsche Welle) WBTS-LD 8 (Independent/Cozi TV)* WYDN 48 (Daystar) WMFP 62 (SBN) WBPX-TV 68 / WDPX-TV 58 (ION)

*: Station will become a NBC owned-and-operated station on January 1, 2017.

Springfield, Mass.

WFXQ-CD 28* WTXX-LP 34 (AMGTV) WHTX 43 (Univision) WDMR-LP 51 (Telemundo)

*: Station is currently simulcasting NBC affiliate WWLP. Future plans are undecided.

Vermont

WYCX-CD 2 (Outside, Manchester)
W16AL 16 (Unknown, Burlington)
W14CK 47 (Unknown, Newport)

Connecticut

WRNT-LP (32.1 AMGTV, 32.2 Diya)

Rhode Island

WRIW-CD 50 (Telemundo)

Maine

WLLB-LD 15 (Daystar, Portland)
WGBI-LP 21 (RTV, Farmington)
WCKD-LP 30 (JUCE TV, Bangor/Dedham)
WBGR-LP 33 (Me-TV, Bangor)
WFYW-LP 41 (3ABN, Waterville)

New Hampshire

WYCN-CD 13 (FamilyNet, Nashua)
WYCU-LD 26 (Outside, Charlestown)
WBIN 50 (Independent, Derry)

Defunct

WVBQ-LP 47 (Outside, Newport-Charlestown)
WNHX-LP 51 (IND, New Haven)

See also: ABC; CBS; CW; Fox; Ion; MyNetworkTV; NBC; PBS; Other stations in New England

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