WVII-TV
Encyclopedia
WVII-TV is the ABC
-affiliated television station
for Central
and Eastern
Maine
licensed to Bangor
. It broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on VHF channel 7 from a transmitter on Black Cap Mountain along the Penobscot
and Hancock
County line. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable
channel 8 and in high definition on digital channel 708. Owned by Rockfleet Broadcasting
, WVII is sister to low-powered primary Fox
and secondary MyNetworkTV
affiliate WFVX-LP
and the two outlets share studios on Target Industrial Circle in West Bangor.
Syndicated
programming on this station includes Wheel of Fortune
, Jeopardy!
, The People's Court
and Judge Judy
among others. Overnight, it airs paid programming
from Jewelry Television
. WVII serves as the default ABC affiliate through cable
for the Presque Isle
market
since the area does not have an affiliate of its own.
. WFVX can also be seen in HD on Time Warner
Cable digital channel 704.
The station signed-on October 15, 1965
with the calls WEMT and aired an analog signal on VHF channel 7. Before this outlet was launched, ABC maintained secondary affiliations with CBS
affiliate WABI-TV
and NBC
affiliate WLBZ
. The current call letters, WVII-TV, were adopted in 1976. The WEMT
call sign is now used on a Fox station in the Tri-Cities
of Northeastern Tennessee
and Southwestern Virginia
. It is the only television station in Bangor to have never switched its network affiliation.
In February 1995, WVII suffered a transmitter failure due to a fire. This knocked it off-the-air during a Bangor Hydro Electric
advertisement. It would not return to full-power broadcasting for two months. However, the station was available on cable and to most of its off-air coverage area through a temporary transmitter. TCI Cable and WVII had facilities sharing a rear property line on Target Industrial Circle. The cable company ran a transmission line from its building to this station allowing it to continue normal operations while it purchased a replacement transmitter. WVII became the second station to broadcast in stereo
in April 1995 as a result of this new addition.
The cause of the fire was never determined other than believed to be electrical in origin. In April 2001, Rockfleet Broadcasting made its first venture into UHF broadcasting by entering into a local marketing agreement
(LMA) with MPBN Plus
repeater W30BF that was locally-owned by James McLeod. Rockfleet then changed the call letters to WCKD-LP
and network affiliation to UPN
. After Portland
's WPXT
dropped Fox for The WB, the company negotiated with Fox to convert WCKD to the network. However, UPN threatened legal action for breach of an affiliation agreement and the plan was abandoned. Despite that, WCKD did air some Fox Sports
programming including Super Bowl XXXVI
. In 2003, Rockfleet purchased a new station assigned the call letters WFVX-LP. This was set up to broadcast an analog signal on channel 22 and became the Fox affiliate for Bangor. WFVX inherited WCKD's syndicated programming.
In October 2006, WVII made national news in a New York Times article quoting General Manager
Michael Palmer saying "when Bar Harbor
is underwater, then we can do global warming
stories. Until then," he added, "no more." Palmer said he wanted no more stories broadcast on global warming because: "a) we do local news, b) the issue evolved from hard science into hard politics and c) despite what you may have heard from the mainstream media, this science is far from conclusive." Palmer said in his e-mail message to his operations manager and two women who served as a news anchor and news reporter he placed "global warming stories in the same category as 'the killer African bee scare' from the 1970s or, more recently, the Y2K scare when everyone's computer was going to self-destruct."
WVII's contract with Time Warner Cable to offer ABC programming in high definition was established at the start of September 2007 and tentatively expired in 2011. In August 2008, WVII and WFVX became part of the New England Patriots
Television Network with the two splitting broadcasts of pre-season games. The latter airs Patriots All Access on Sunday mornings at 11 produced by Boston's WBZ-TV
. On February 17, 2009 after its 11 o'clock newscast, WVII turned-off its analog signal and began broadcasting exclusively in digital. Initially, this remained on the pre-transitional UHF signal on channel 14 but was eventually moved back to the analog channel.
Although WVII has always maintained a news department and aired local newscasts, it has spent most of its history as a distant third place in the Nielsen ratings
behind WABI and WLBZ. In comparison with those outlets and most other big three affiliates
in the country, its news operation is quite small. The station produces weeknight newscasts at 6, 10 (on WFVX), and 11. All three shows are simulcasted on local conservative talk
radio station
WNZS
-AM 1340. Its website offers on demand video of the weekday broadcasts and other stories/features seen on-air.
Unlike most other ABC affiliates, WVII does not air weeknight newscasts at 5 and/or 5:30. Since September 18, 2006, The 10 PM News on Fox Bangor prime time broadcast has been competing with other news seen for thirty minutes on WABI's CW-affiliated second digital subchannel. In mid-October 2006, WVII began taping the late night shows at 10 and 11 (both 35 minutes in length) earlier in the evening. However, the sports report is still seen live featuring game highlights and scores. As of September 2011, WFVX has resumed airing a live prime time newscast at 10.
Although an in-house weather department existed at one point in time, WVII currently contracts with AccuWeather
to produce the station's daily forecasts. The segments are recorded in advance and fed via satellite to Bangor from AccuWeather's headquarters on Science Park Road in State College, Pennsylvania
. As a result, the station may not cover all severe weather events or be too late in doing so when conditions warrant. Meteorologists will sometimes refer to the forecast segments as originating from the "ABC 7 (and Fox Bangor) Weather Center" even though the outsourcing exists.
Until September 7, 2011, this station did not have a full weekday morning show. Instead, there were local weather cut-ins during Good Morning America
seen from 7 until 9 that were also recorded in advance by AccuWeather. It was at this point WVII expanded its news department to include weekday morning news. There is now a half-hour show seen on WVII from 6:30 until 7 (called Your Bangor News This Morning) as well as an hour-long program from 7 to 8 on WFVX (known as The 7 AM News Hour on Fox Bangor). It is the first time the station has ever offered a weekday morning show. The addition is only the second option for local news originating from Bangor since WLBZ simulcasts WCSH
in Portland with regional content.
The first half of the 7 a.m. hour competes with a local show seen on WABI-DT2 (although that is recorded in advanced). The weather forecast segments continue to be taped in advance since there is still no locally-based weather team in Bangor. When providing regional and state coverage, WVII and CBS affiliate WGME-TV
in Portland
often share content and video footage. During the Summer months, the station periodically airs its early evening news at 6 on Fridays from a town selected in advance. This production is known as "Your Bangor News on the Road" and WVII offers a traditional newscast but also explores the town where the show is being broadcasted from.
ABC 7 AccuWeather Meteorologists
Reporters
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
-affiliated television station
Television station
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for Central
Maine Highlands
The Maine Highlands is now a term used in the Maine tourism industry for a centrally located region that constitutes a large portion of the state of Maine. The Highlands are made up of Piscataquis and Penobscot counties...
and Eastern
Down East
In New England, the term Down East is applied in several different ways. In the narrowest sense, Down East refers to the coast of the U.S. state of Maine from Penobscot Bay to the Canadian border....
Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
licensed to Bangor
Bangor, Maine
Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...
. It broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital signal on VHF channel 7 from a transmitter on Black Cap Mountain along the Penobscot
Penobscot County, Maine
Penobscot County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. For U.S. Census statistical purposes, it is part of the Bangor, Maine, New England County Metropolitan Area . As of 2010, the population was 153,923...
and Hancock
Hancock County, Maine
Hancock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of 2010, the population was 54,418. Its county seat is Ellsworth. It was incorporated on June 25, 1789...
County line. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
channel 8 and in high definition on digital channel 708. Owned by Rockfleet Broadcasting
Rockfleet Broadcasting
Rockfleet Broadcasting is a broadcasting company based in New York City. The company has three stations in its family.A fourth station is no longer under Rockfleet ownership. On May 10, 2007, it was announced that Rockfleet Broadcasting was planning to sell Fox affiliate WFQX-TV to Cadillac...
, WVII is sister to low-powered primary Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
and secondary MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
affiliate WFVX-LP
WFVX-LP
WFVX-LP is the primary Fox and secondary MyNetworkTV television station for Central and Eastern Maine licensed to Bangor. It broadcasts a low-powered analog signal on UHF channel 22 from a transmitter on Black Cap Mountain along the Penobscot and Hancock County line. The station can also be seen on...
and the two outlets share studios on Target Industrial Circle in West Bangor.
Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on this station includes Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)
Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin, which premiered in 1975. Contestants compete to solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a large wheel. The title refers to the show's giant carnival wheel that...
, Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!
Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...
, The People's Court
The People's Court
The People's Court is a US television court show in which small claims court cases are heard, though what is shown is actually a binding arbitration....
and Judge Judy
Judge Judy
Judge Judy is an American court show featuring former family court judge Judith Sheindlin arbitrating over small claims cases in small claims court...
among others. Overnight, it airs paid programming
Infomercial
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from Jewelry Television
Jewelry Television
Jewelry Television is an American television network, similar to the Home Shopping Network. It was formerly called "America's Collectibles Network" . The privately-held company was founded in 1993 and broadcasts high definition programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to over 80 million unique...
. WVII serves as the default ABC affiliate through cable
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
for the Presque Isle
Presque Isle, Maine
Presque Isle is the commercial center and largest city in the sparsely populated Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 9,692 at the 2010 census...
market
Media market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
since the area does not have an affiliate of its own.
Digital programming
WFVX does not currently offer a digital signal of its own due to the station's low-powered status. However, there is one provided in high definition on WVII's second digital subchannelDigital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
. WFVX can also be seen in HD on Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
Cable digital channel 704.
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Aspect Aspect ratio The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements,... |
Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | WVII-HD | 720p 720p 720p is the shorthand name for 1280x720, a category of High-definition television video modes having a resolution of 1080 or 720p and a progressive scan... |
16:9 16:9 16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ... |
main WVII programming/ABC (HD) |
| 7.2 | WVII-DT2 | 720p | 16:9 | WFVX-LP (HD) |
History
1965 in television
The year 1965 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1965.For the American TV schedule, see: 1965-66 American network television schedule.-Events:...
with the calls WEMT and aired an analog signal on VHF channel 7. Before this outlet was launched, ABC maintained secondary affiliations with CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate WABI-TV
WABI-TV
WABI-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Central and Eastern Maine licensed to Bangor. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 from a transmitter on Peaked Mountain in Dixmont. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 6 and in high definition...
and NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate WLBZ
WLBZ
WLBZ is the NBC-affiliated television station for Central and Eastern Maine licensed to Bangor. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 2 from a transmitter on Rider Bluff in Holden. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 3 and in high definition on digital...
. The current call letters, WVII-TV, were adopted in 1976. The WEMT
WEMT
WEMT is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Tri-Cities area of Northeastern Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia licensed to Greeneville, Tennessee. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 38 from a transmitter at Rye Patch Knob on Holston Mountain...
call sign is now used on a Fox station in the Tri-Cities
Tri-Cities, Tennessee
In Tennessee and Virginia the name "Tri-Cities" refers to the region comprising the cities of Kingsport, Johnson City and Bristol and the surrounding smaller towns and communities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia...
of Northeastern Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
and Southwestern Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Southwest Virginia, often abbreviated as SWVA, is a mountainous region of Virginia in the westernmost part of the commonwealth. Southwest Virginia has been defined alternatively as all Virginia counties on the Appalachian Plateau, all Virginia counties west of the Eastern Continental Divide, or...
. It is the only television station in Bangor to have never switched its network affiliation.
In February 1995, WVII suffered a transmitter failure due to a fire. This knocked it off-the-air during a Bangor Hydro Electric
Emera
Emera Incorporated is a Halifax, Nova Scotia based energy and services company with 570,000 customers.It operates three utility subsidiaries:* Nova Scotia Power* Bangor Hydro Electric Company* Saint Lucia Electricity Services Limited...
advertisement. It would not return to full-power broadcasting for two months. However, the station was available on cable and to most of its off-air coverage area through a temporary transmitter. TCI Cable and WVII had facilities sharing a rear property line on Target Industrial Circle. The cable company ran a transmission line from its building to this station allowing it to continue normal operations while it purchased a replacement transmitter. WVII became the second station to broadcast in stereo
STEREO
STEREO is a solar observation mission. Two nearly identical spacecraft were launched into orbits that cause them to respectively pull farther ahead of and fall gradually behind the Earth...
in April 1995 as a result of this new addition.
The cause of the fire was never determined other than believed to be electrical in origin. In April 2001, Rockfleet Broadcasting made its first venture into UHF broadcasting by entering into a local marketing agreement
Local marketing agreement
In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...
(LMA) with MPBN Plus
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
The Maine Public Broadcasting Network is a state network of public television and radio stations located in the state of Maine in the United States. It is operated by the Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation, which holds the licenses for all the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public...
repeater W30BF that was locally-owned by James McLeod. Rockfleet then changed the call letters to WCKD-LP
WCKD-LP
WCKD-LP is a low power television station in Bangor, Maine. Its signal originates from a transmitter in East Eddington, Maine, and is seen on UHF channel 30. The station is not carried on any local cable systems.-History:...
and network affiliation to UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
. After Portland
Portland, Maine
Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
's WPXT
WPXT
WPXT is the CW-affiliated television station for Southern Maine and Northern New Hampshire licensed to Portland. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 43 from a transmitter in South Gray along I-95/Maine Turnpike/Gold Star Memorial Highway...
dropped Fox for The WB, the company negotiated with Fox to convert WCKD to the network. However, UPN threatened legal action for breach of an affiliation agreement and the plan was abandoned. Despite that, WCKD did air some Fox Sports
Fox Sports (USA)
Fox Sports is a division of the Fox Broadcasting Company . It was formed in 1994 with Fox's acquisition of broadcast rights to National Football League games...
programming including Super Bowl XXXVI
Super Bowl XXXVI
Super Bowl XXXVI was an American football game played on February 3, 2002 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football League champion following the 2001 regular season. The American Football Conference champion New England Patriots won their first Super...
. In 2003, Rockfleet purchased a new station assigned the call letters WFVX-LP. This was set up to broadcast an analog signal on channel 22 and became the Fox affiliate for Bangor. WFVX inherited WCKD's syndicated programming.
In October 2006, WVII made national news in a New York Times article quoting General Manager
General manager
General manager is a descriptive term for certain executives in a business operation. It is also a formal title held by some business executives, most commonly in the hospitality industry.-Generic usage:...
Michael Palmer saying "when Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor, Maine
Bar Harbor is a town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population is 5,235. Bar Harbor is a famous summer colony in the Down East region of Maine. It is home to the College of the Atlantic, Jackson Laboratory and Mount Desert Island...
is underwater, then we can do global warming
Global warming
Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
stories. Until then," he added, "no more." Palmer said he wanted no more stories broadcast on global warming because: "a) we do local news, b) the issue evolved from hard science into hard politics and c) despite what you may have heard from the mainstream media, this science is far from conclusive." Palmer said in his e-mail message to his operations manager and two women who served as a news anchor and news reporter he placed "global warming stories in the same category as 'the killer African bee scare' from the 1970s or, more recently, the Y2K scare when everyone's computer was going to self-destruct."
WVII's contract with Time Warner Cable to offer ABC programming in high definition was established at the start of September 2007 and tentatively expired in 2011. In August 2008, WVII and WFVX became part of the New England Patriots
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
Television Network with the two splitting broadcasts of pre-season games. The latter airs Patriots All Access on Sunday mornings at 11 produced by Boston's WBZ-TV
WBZ-TV
WBZ-TV, virtual channel 4, is a CBS owned-and-operated television station, located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. WBZ-TV's studios and office facilities, shared with sister station WSBK-TV , are located in the Allston-Brighton section of Boston, and its transmitter is located in Needham,...
. On February 17, 2009 after its 11 o'clock newscast, WVII turned-off its analog signal and began broadcasting exclusively in digital. Initially, this remained on the pre-transitional UHF signal on channel 14 but was eventually moved back to the analog channel.
News operation
Nielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
behind WABI and WLBZ. In comparison with those outlets and most other big three affiliates
Big Three Television Networks
The Big Three Television Networks are the three traditional commercial broadcast television networks in the United States: ABC, CBS and NBC...
in the country, its news operation is quite small. The station produces weeknight newscasts at 6, 10 (on WFVX), and 11. All three shows are simulcasted on local conservative talk
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
WNZS
WNZS
WNZS is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Veazie, Maine, USA, the station serves the Bangor area. The station is currently owned by Waterfront Communications Inc. and features programing from Salem Communications and Talk Radio Network...
-AM 1340. Its website offers on demand video of the weekday broadcasts and other stories/features seen on-air.
Unlike most other ABC affiliates, WVII does not air weeknight newscasts at 5 and/or 5:30. Since September 18, 2006, The 10 PM News on Fox Bangor prime time broadcast has been competing with other news seen for thirty minutes on WABI's CW-affiliated second digital subchannel. In mid-October 2006, WVII began taping the late night shows at 10 and 11 (both 35 minutes in length) earlier in the evening. However, the sports report is still seen live featuring game highlights and scores. As of September 2011, WFVX has resumed airing a live prime time newscast at 10.
Although an in-house weather department existed at one point in time, WVII currently contracts with AccuWeather
AccuWeather
AccuWeather is an American media company that provides for-profit weather forecasting services worldwide.AccuWeather was founded in 1962 by Joel N. Myers, then a Penn State graduate student working on degrees in meteorology. His first customer was a gas company in Pennsylvania. While running the...
to produce the station's daily forecasts. The segments are recorded in advance and fed via satellite to Bangor from AccuWeather's headquarters on Science Park Road in State College, Pennsylvania
State College, Pennsylvania
State College is the largest borough in Centre County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the principal city of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Centre County. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 42,034, and roughly double...
. As a result, the station may not cover all severe weather events or be too late in doing so when conditions warrant. Meteorologists will sometimes refer to the forecast segments as originating from the "ABC 7 (and Fox Bangor) Weather Center" even though the outsourcing exists.
Until September 7, 2011, this station did not have a full weekday morning show. Instead, there were local weather cut-ins during Good Morning America
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
seen from 7 until 9 that were also recorded in advance by AccuWeather. It was at this point WVII expanded its news department to include weekday morning news. There is now a half-hour show seen on WVII from 6:30 until 7 (called Your Bangor News This Morning) as well as an hour-long program from 7 to 8 on WFVX (known as The 7 AM News Hour on Fox Bangor). It is the first time the station has ever offered a weekday morning show. The addition is only the second option for local news originating from Bangor since WLBZ simulcasts WCSH
WCSH
WCSH is the NBC-affiliated television station for Southern Maine and Northern New Hampshire. Licensed to Portland, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 44 from a transmitter on Winn Mountain in Sebago. The station can also be seen on Comcast and Time Warner Cable channel 6...
in Portland with regional content.
The first half of the 7 a.m. hour competes with a local show seen on WABI-DT2 (although that is recorded in advanced). The weather forecast segments continue to be taped in advance since there is still no locally-based weather team in Bangor. When providing regional and state coverage, WVII and CBS affiliate WGME-TV
WGME-TV
WGME-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Southern Maine and Northern New Hampshire that is licensed to Portland. The station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 38 from a transmitter on Brown Hill west of Raymond...
in Portland
Portland, Maine
Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
often share content and video footage. During the Summer months, the station periodically airs its early evening news at 6 on Fridays from a town selected in advance. This production is known as "Your Bangor News on the Road" and WVII offers a traditional newscast but also explores the town where the show is being broadcasted from.
Newscast titles
- NewsPlus 7 (1980s)
- 7 Eyewitness NewsEyewitness NewsEyewitness News is a style of news broadcasting used by local television stations in different markets across the United States. It refers to a particular style of television newscast with an emphasis on visual elements and action video...
(1980s-mid 1990s) - Channel 7 News (mid 1990s-1999)
- News 7 (1999-2002)
- ABC 7 News (2002–2008)
- Your Bangor News (2008–present)
- The 7 AM News Hour on Fox Bangor (2011-present, WFVX)
- The 10 PM News on Fox Bangor (2011-present, WFVX)
Station slogans
- "Maine's Watching WVII-TV" (1990–1992, localized version of ABC's "AmericaUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
's Watching ABC" ad campaign) - "Coverage You Can Count On" (late 1990s-2002)
- "On the Move For You" (2002–2008)
- "News For Bangor, Live From Bangor" (2008-present)
News team
Anchors- Clay Gordon - weekday mornings and reporter
- Nicole Gerber - weekday mornings and reporter
- Cindy Michaels - News DirectorNews DirectorA news director is an individual at a broadcast station or network or a newspaper who is in charge of the news department. In local news, the news director is typically in charge of the entire news staff, including journalists, news presenters, photographers, copy writers, television producers,...
seen weeknights and producer (also news reporter and "Cindy at the Cinema" segment producer) - Tony Consiglio - weeknights and producer
- Brian Sullivan - Sports DirectorSports DirectorA sports director is an individual at a television or radio station who is in charge of the sports department. In local news, the sports director is typically the station's primary sportscaster, and often anchors the primetime newscasts on weekdays. They are in charge of sports programming and...
seen weeknights and Sports Blitz host
ABC 7 AccuWeather Meteorologists
- Jim KosekJim KosekJim Kosek is an American meteorologist who appears on-camera with AccuWeather in State College, Pennsylvania. Kosek primarily forecasts for the Northeast megalopolis, forecasting for New York City; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; and Washington, DC...
- weeknights - Bernie Rayno - weeknight fill-in
- Mark MancusoMark MancusoMark Mancuso is an American meteorologist formerly employed by The Weather Channel in Atlanta, Georgia and now with AccuWeather in State College, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in Meteorology.-Career:Mark was a meteorologist for WITN-TV in Washington,...
- weekday mornings
Reporters
- Aaron Jackson - fill-in sports anchor and Sports Blitz host
- Kate Hoffmann - "Eat Well, Live Well" segment producer
- Dave Cloutier - "Pet Connection" segment producer
- Paul Edwards - "Officer on Duty" segment producer
- David Simpson - Chief Photographer
- David Esch - producer
- Jared Pliner