WPMT (Maine)
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| Owner | Portland Telecasting Corporation |
| History | |
First air date | August 30, 1953 |
Last air date | December 15, 1954 (1 year, 107 days) |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 17,400 watts |
| HAAT | 260 feet (79 m) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°39′13″N 70°15′56.5″W / 43.65361°N 70.265694°W |
| Satellite station — WLAM-TV | |
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| WLAM | |
| History | |
First air date | November 26, 1953 |
Last air date | March 15, 1955 (1 year, 109 days) |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 15,800 watts |
| HAAT | 370 feet (110 m) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 44°9′13″N 70°16′36″W / 44.15361°N 70.27667°W |
WPMT (channel 53) was a television station in Portland, Maine, United States. It operated from August 30, 1953, to December 15, 1954, and was the first television station in Portland. Much of its programming was also rebroadcast on WLAM-TV (channel 17) in Lewiston–Auburn, which broadcast from November 26, 1953, to March 25, 1955; the two stations were known as the Maine Television Network. Like many early UHF television stations, the arrival of VHF stations—in this case WCSH-TV, WGAN-TV, and WMTW-TV—took away network programming and economic viability from the UHF outlets.