WBAE (AM)
WBAE (1490 AM) is a radio station that serves the city of Portland, Maine and its suburbs. WBAE is owned by Saga Communications.
Until 1999, WBAE had the WPOR call sign. It first went on the air in March 1946 and was for much of its history associated with country music. When co-owned station 101.9 WPOR-FM debuted in October 1967, the two stations were the primary source of country music in the Portland radio market. The AM and FM stations were mostly simulcast, although for a time 1490 WPOR aired a satellite-delivered syndicated country music format while WPOR-FM featured local announcers and locally-programmed country music. WPOR-FM continues as a country station but in 1999, WPOR-AM switched its call letters to WBAE.
The original format for WBAE was adult standards, initially provided by the Music of Your Life network, and later Dial Global's Adult Standards (America's Best Music) service. WBAE was later simulcast with 1400 WVAE Biddeford, Maine to give listeners in York County, Maine a better signal. WBAE and WVAE had an affiliation with ABC News Radio, and were the local outlets for Paul Harvey, Portland Pirates and the Portland Sea Dogs. (The Sea Dogs have moved to WPEI 95.9 and WPPI 95.5; Paul Harvey died in 2009, and the Pirates have since moved to 1300 WLOB).
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WBAE (The CW Plus)
"WBAE" is the CW-affiliated television station for Alpena, Michigan. The call letters are fictional as it is a cable-only station. It broadcasts exclusively on cable as part of The CW Plus which is a special CW feed that broadcasts on cable and/or over-the-air on a digital signal. The station is operated by Charter and can be seen on the system on channel 21. Known on-air as Alpena CW, it is based out of the company's offices on M-32 in the city.
Like all CW Plus affiliates in the Eastern Time Zone, it offers the nationally syndicated morning show The Daily Buzz on weekday mornings from 6 to 9. Before becoming a CW affiliate, the station was a WB affiliate via The WB 100+ and was branded as "Alpena's WB 21". The WB 100+ was a similar cable-only operation as the current CW Plus service. On September 18, 2006, WBAE switched to The CW after UPN and The WB closed down and merged. On The CW's local station website, it lists Alpena as having a CW affiliate and directs viewers to check local television listings.
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