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Maine Public Broadcasting Network

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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network (abbreviated MPBN and branded Maine Public) is a state network of public television and radio stations located in the state of Maine in the United States. [1]

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American Public Television

American Public Television (APT) is the largest syndicator of programming for public television stations in the United States.

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Arthur (TV series)

Arthur is a Canadian/American animated educational television series for children ages 4 to 8, created by Cookie Jar Group (formerly known as Cinar) and WGBH for PBS.

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Augusta, Maine

Augusta is the state capital of the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Kennebec County.

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Bangor Daily News

The Bangor Daily News is an American newspaper covering a large portion of rural Maine, published six days per week in Bangor, Maine.

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Bangor, Maine

Bangor is a city in the U.S. state of Maine, and the county seat of Penobscot County.

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Bates College

Bates College (Bates; officially the President and Trustees of Bates College) is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Bell Aliant

Bell Aliant Inc. (formerly Aliant Telecom Inc.) is a Canadian communications company providing services in various areas throughout Atlantic Canada.

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Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who was the leader of the National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF).

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Bethel, Maine

Bethel is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.

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Biddeford, Maine

Biddeford is a city in York County, Maine, United States.

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Boothbay Harbor, Maine

Boothbay Harbor is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College is a private liberal arts college located in Brunswick, Maine.

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Broadcast relay station

A broadcast relay station, satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), rebroadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio), or complementary station (Mexico) is a broadcast transmitter which repeats, or transponds, the signal of another radio station or television station usually to an area not covered by the signal of the originating station.

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Cable television

Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to paying subscribers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fiber-optic cables.

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Calais, Maine

Calais is a city in Washington County, Maine, United States.

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Call sign

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique designation for a transmitter station.

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Camden, Maine

Camden is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States.

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian federal Crown corporation that serves as the national public broadcaster for both radio and television.

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Channel (broadcasting)

In broadcasting, a channel or frequency channel is a designated radio frequency (or, equivalently, wavelength), assigned by a competent frequency assignment authority for the operation of a particular radio station, television station or television channel.

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City of license

In American, Canadian and Philippine broadcasting, a city of license or community of license is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.

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Classical 24

Classical 24 is a syndicated, satellite-delivered public radio service providing classical music to its carrying stations.

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Colby College

Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine.

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Create (TV network)

Create is an American digital broadcast television network.

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Current (newspaper)

Current is an American trade journal that covers public broadcasting in the United States.

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Digital terrestrial television

Digital terrestrial television (DTTV or DTT) is a technology for broadcast television in which land-based (terrestrial) television stations broadcast television content by radio waves to televisions in consumers' residences in a digital format.

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Durham, New Hampshire

Durham is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States.

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Educational television

Educational television or learning television is the use of television programs in the field of distance education.

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Effective radiated power

Effective radiated power (ERP), synonymous with equivalent radiated power, is an IEEE standardized definition of directional radio frequency (RF) power, such as that emitted by a radio transmitter.

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Emergency Alert System

The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national warning system in the United States put into place on January 1, 1997 (approved by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in November 1994), when it replaced the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS), which in turn replaced the CONELRAD System.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Facility ID

The facility ID number, also called a FIN or facility identifier, is a unique integer number of one to six digits, assigned by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Media Bureau to each broadcast station in the FCC's Consolidated Database System (CDBS).

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Fascism

Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian ultranationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce, which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.

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Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government created by statute (and) to regulate interstate communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.

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Fibe (Bell Aliant)

Fibe (formerly FibreOP) is the brand name used by Bell Aliant for its suite of fiber to the home (FTTH) unified communication services, including Internet access, IPTV, and home telephone service, available in much of Atlantic Canada and previously in some regions of Ontario and Quebec.

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Fort Kent, Maine

Fort Kent is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.

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Fryeburg, Maine

Fryeburg is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Governor of Maine

The Governor of Maine is the chief executive of the State of Maine.

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Harrison, Maine

Harrison is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.

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HD Radio

HD Radio is a trademarked term for iBiquity's in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio technology used by AM and FM radio stations to transmit audio and data by using a digital signal embedded "on-frequency" immediately above and below a station's standard analog signal, providing the means to listen to the same program in either HD (digital radio with less noise) or as a standard broadcast (analog radio with standard sound quality).

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Height above average terrain

Height above average terrain (HAAT) (or less popularly, EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain) is a measure of how high an antenna site is above the surrounding landscape.

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John Baldacci

John Elias Baldacci (born January 30, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 73rd Governor of Maine from 2003 to 2011.

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JUCE TV

JUCE TV is a youth-oriented Christian television network owned and operated by the Trinity Broadcasting Network.

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Lewiston, Maine

Lewiston (officially the City of Lewiston, Maine) is the second largest city in Maine and the most central city in Androscoggin County.

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Maine

Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Maine Legislature

The Maine Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine.

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Maine Public Broadcasting Network

The Maine Public Broadcasting Network (abbreviated MPBN and branded Maine Public) is a state network of public television and radio stations located in the state of Maine in the United States.

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Margaret Spellings

Margaret M. LaMontagne Spellings (née Dudar; born November 30, 1957) is an education administrator and American politician.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Mein Kampf

Mein Kampf (My Struggle) is a 1925 autobiographical book by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler.

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Metre

The metre (British spelling and BIPM spelling) or meter (American spelling) (from the French unit mètre, from the Greek noun μέτρον, "measure") is the base unit of length in some metric systems, including the International System of Units (SI).

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Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts

The Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts are a regular series of weekly broadcasts on network radio of full-length opera performances.

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Milbridge, Maine

Milbridge is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States at the mouth of the Narraguagus River.

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National Educational Television

National Educational Television (NET) was a United States educational broadcast television network that was owned by the Ford Foundation and later co-owned by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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New Brunswick

New Brunswick (Nouveau-Brunswick; Canadian French pronunciation) is one of three Maritime provinces on the east coast of Canada.

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New England

New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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New Hampshire PBS

New Hampshire PBS (NHPBS), known as New Hampshire Public Television (NHPTV) prior to October 1, 2017, is a television company and public broadcasting state network in New Hampshire, licensed to New Hampshire Public Broadcasting (NHPB), an organization which holds the licenses to all of the PBS member stations licensed in the state, and is part of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).

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Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; Akamassiss; Newfoundland Irish: Talamh an Éisc agus Labradar) is the most easterly province of Canada.

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia (Latin for "New Scotland"; Nouvelle-Écosse; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh) is one of Canada's three maritime provinces, and one of the four provinces that form Atlantic Canada.

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NPR

National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.

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Orono, Maine

Orono is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.

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Paul LePage

Paul Richard LePage (born October 9, 1948) is an American businessman and politician who is the 74th and current Governor of Maine.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.

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PBS Kids

PBS Kids is the brand for most of the children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States.

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Portland Press Herald

The Portland Press Herald (and Maine Sunday Telegram; collectively known as The Portland Newspapers) publish daily newspapers in the city of Portland, Maine, in the United States.

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Portland, Maine

Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine, with a population of 67,067 as of 2017.

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Postcards from Buster

Postcards from Buster is a children's television series for children containing both animation and live-action that originally aired on PBS.

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Presque Isle, Maine

Presque Isle is the commercial center and largest city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.

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Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island (PEI or P.E.I.; Île-du-Prince-Édouard) is a province of Canada consisting of the island of the same name, and several much smaller islands.

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Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada are the sub-national governments within the geographical areas of Canada under the authority of the Canadian Constitution.

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Public broadcasting

Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service.

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Public Radio International

Public Radio International (PRI) is an American public radio organization.

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St. Francis, Maine

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State network

A state network in the United States broadcasting industry is a quasi-regional network of television stations, composed of a designated flagship station that originates the programming and several full-power satellite stations and low-power translators that relay a full-time or part-time simulcast of the main station's content throughout sections if not the entirety of a U.S. state and, in some cases, portions of adjoining states.

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Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)

The Sun Journal is a newspaper published in Lewiston, Maine, US, and covers the west of Maine.

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Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable (TWC) was an American cable television company.

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Ultra high frequency

Ultra high frequency (UHF) is the ITU designation for radio frequencies in the range between 300 megahertz (MHz) and 3 gigahertz (GHz), also known as the decimetre band as the wavelengths range from one meter to one decimeter.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Secretary of Education

The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the U.S. Department of Education.

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University of Maine System

The University of Maine System (UMS) is a network of public universities in the U.S. state of Maine.

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Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Very high frequency

Very high frequency (VHF) is the ITU designation for the range of radio frequency electromagnetic waves (radio waves) from 30 to 300 megahertz (MHz), with corresponding wavelengths of ten to one meter.

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Vice president

A vice president (in British English: vice-president for governments and director for businesses) is an officer in government or business who is below a president (managing director) in rank.

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Waterville, Maine

Waterville is a city in Kennebec County of the U.S. state of Maine, United States, on the west bank of the Kennebec River.

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Watt

The watt (symbol: W) is a unit of power.

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WBQA

WBQA is a non-commercial FM classical music radio station located at 96.7, owned by Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation and licensed to Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

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WBQE

WBQE (93.7 MHz) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Milbridge, Maine owned by the Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation.

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WCKD-LP

WCKD-LP is a low power television station licensed to serve Bangor and Dedham, Maine affiliated with JUCE TV.

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WGBH-TV

WGBH-TV, virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 19), is a PBS member television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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WMEA (FM)

WMEA (90.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Portland, Maine.

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WMED (FM)

WMED (89.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Calais, Maine.

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WMEF

WMEF (106.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Fort Kent, Maine.

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WMEH

WMEH (90.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Bangor, Maine.

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WMEM (FM)

WMEM (106.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Presque Isle, Maine.

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WMEP

WMEP (90.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Camden, Maine.

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WMEW

WMEW (91.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Waterville, Maine.

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World (TV channel)

World (previously PBS World) is a United States over-the-air digital subchannel showing public TV non-fiction, science, nature, news, public affairs and documentaries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_Public_Broadcasting_Network

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