please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message wpfo waterville portland maine united states branding fox 23 general fox 23 news newscasts slogan more funny fox 23 on your side newscasts channels digital 23 uhf subchannels 23.1 fox 23.2 grit 23.3 comet owner corporate media consultants group power television international 51 % max media 49 % ; sale to cunningham broadcasting pending ; to remain operated by sinclair thereafter . cmcg portland license llc operator sinclair broadcast group first air date august 27 1999 call letters meaning we re portland s fox sister station s wgme tv former callsigns wmpx tv 1999 2003 former channel number s 23 uhf analog 1999 2009 former affiliations pax 1999 2003 transmitter power 390 kw height 331 m facility id 84088 transmitter coordinates 44 9 15.3 n 70 0 35.2 w 44.154250 n 70.009778 w 44.154250 ; 70.009778 website fox23maine.com wpfo is a fox affiliated television station whose signal covers some parts of southern maine and northern new hampshire ; it is licensed to waterville maine . it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on uhf channel 23 from a transmitter on oak hill in litchfield near the androscoggin kennebec county line . owned by corporate media consultants group itself 51 % owned by power television international and 49 % owned by max media the station is operated by sinclair broadcast group owner of wgme tv . wpfo s studios are co located with wgme at northport business park in portland maine . contents 1 digital channels 2 history 3 programming 4 news operation 5 references 6 external links digital channels edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 23.1 720p 16 9 wpfo hd main wpfo programming fox 23.2 480i 4 3 grit tv grit 23.3 comet t comet history edit original on air hourly id for wmpx used from 1999 until early 2003 . the station began broadcasting on august 27 1999 as wmpx tv and was a pax now ion television affiliate owned by paxson communications . paxson sold the channel in december 2002 to corporate media consultants group who changed the call sign to the current wpfo . the new calls reflected an affiliation change to fox which took place in april 2003 filling a gap created in fall 2001 when wpxt switched to the wb . in july 2007 this station debuted a new logo and updated website . the website s design was outsourced to fox interactive media which also develops websites for fox s owned and operated stations . wpfo switched website providers to broadcast interactive media in march 2010 . currently wpfo s website provider is sinclair interactive media . from its sign on until april 12 2003 the station was branded on air as pax 23 . in addition to pax programming wmpx carried a small amount of local programming . as wpfo in addition to fox prime time sports and syndicated programming the station produces and airs local paid programming under the titles fox 23 lifestyle and your hometown . it was announced by the maine lottery on april 16 2010 that starting may 11 wpfo would begin airing the mega millions lottery drawings tuesday and friday nights at 11 following the hour long 10 o clock newscast . maine joined the mega millions lottery on may 9 starting ticket sales on that date . on october 31 2013 sinclair broadcast group acquired the non license assets of wpfo from corporate media consultants group for 13.6 million ; the deal made it a sister station to wgme tv which already produced a newscast for the station . 2 on november 20 it was announced that cunningham broadcasting will acquire the license assets for 3.4 million . 3 the sale of the license assets remains pending . programming edit syndicated programming on wpfo includes two and a half men the office hot in cleveland family feud and seinfeld . news operation edit news at ten for a time in the early 2000s wmpx re aired some newscasts from wcsh and wlbz as part of a larger deal between paxson communications and gannett . this station also operated from wcsh s downtown portland studios at congress square and sold air time jointly with wcsh and wlbz under a time brokerage agreement . 4 in 2003 a three hour long weekday morning talk show with a call in format called so goes the nation began airing . it was hosted by alan silberberg and former wvom host charlie horne from the studios of bangor s fox affiliate wfvx lp . originally seen only on wfvx simulcasts were later added on wpfo and area radio station wlob . so goes the nation was canceled in september 2004 . from november 9 2005 until march 27 2009 wpfo simulcasted wlob s weekday morning show known as the fox morning news hosted by ray richardson and ted talbot . there were short features and news stories from fox news and weather forecasts with former wgme tv meteorologist paul cousins during breaks in the show . the program was more of a conservative talk show than newscast and featured live call ins from viewers and listeners . it was replaced by the nationally syndicated morning show the daily buzz . wlob s program moved to mynetworktv affiliate wpme as the ray richardson show and aired from 6 30 to 7 30 until june 2013 . on february 5 2007 wgme began producing a nightly 10 o clock newscast on wpfo known as news 13 on fox after a news share agreement was established between the two . it is aired from a secondary set at wgme s studios on the corner of washington avenue and northport drive in the north deering section of portland . starting april 5 2010 the weeknight 10 o clock broadcast was expanded to an hour . the newscast features national content from cbs cnn and sinclair . the newscast was renamed fox 23 news at ten on january 30 2014 . a morning show was launched on wpfo called good day maine also produced by wgme . it is a talk entertainment news weather and sports program that airs from 7 to 8 . the show is the only local morning broadcast during the time slot and competes against cbs this morning on wgme good morning america and today . this newscast airs from the secondary set at wgme s facilities which received an update along with a new secondary weather set while also using the main weather center outside of wgme s cbs this morning cut ins to deliver weather reports . there is also a live interview desk that was previously used on wgme during news headline updates on that station s weekday morning show and a new light story room which includes a nighttime backdrop of the portland skyline along with several couches and armchairs . wpfo s website hosted video from both of the wgme produced newscasts through april 2013 ; subsequently viewers were directed to a third party website where individual segments could be purchased for a fee . launched as a two hour broadcast good day maine was shortened to one hour by october 2013 . on september 15 2014 wpfo launched fox 23 news at 6 30 a half hour weekday newscast scheduled directly against the evening news on the big three television networks . all wgme produced newscasts on wpfo were made available in high definition format starting on february 8 2012 ; the newscasts are presented in widescreen letterboxed format on wpfo s standard definition feed . references edit http www.rabbitears.info market.php request station search & callsign wpfo station malone michael november 6 2013 . sinclair acquires wpfo portland me assets for 13.6 million . broadcasting & cable . retrieved november 6 2013 . application for consent to assignment of broadcast station construction permit or license federal communications commission retrieved 20 november 2013 fybush scott october 23 2000 . wnss gets funny utica gets buggy dodge gets arrested . north east radiowatch . retrieved march 16 2010 . external links edit official website wgme tv website query the fcc s tv station database for wpfo v t e broadcast television in southern maine and co s 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 qvc over the air wfyw lp 41 3abn wpxt 51.1 the cw 51.2 metv 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 v t e fox network affiliates in new england massachusetts wfxt 25 boston wggb 40.2 springfield maine wagm 8 presque isle wfvx ld 22 bangor wpfo 23 waterville portland new hampshire wpfo 23 portland ; serving coos and carroll counties wfxt 25 boston wfff tv 44 burlington ; serving grafton and sullivan counties vermont wfff tv 44 burlington wfxt 25 serving windham county rhode island wnac tv 64 providence connecticut wtic tv 61 hartford new haven see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in new england v t e max media stations radio stations kcgq fm kezs fm kfco kgir kgks kjez kjhm kklr fm klsc kmal ksim kwoc kzim wcil wcil fm wcms fm wcxl wgh wgh fm wjpf wooz fm wuez wvbw wvht wvsp fm wxlt television stations wmei wqqz cd retrotv tuff tv 1 wost wwkq lp accuwx 1 wnky nbc cbs wpfo fox 1 2 1 these stations are owned by corporate media consultants group which max media holds a 49 percent stake in . 2 this station owned by cmcg is operated by sinclair broadcast group . sale to cunningham broadcasting pending fcc approval . v t e sinclair broadcast group sorted by primary channel network affiliations abc katu katv kdnl tv khgi tv kwnb tv khgi cd komo tv ktul ktvo kvii tv kvih tv wbma ld wchs tv wear tv wgtu wgtq1 wham tv1 wicd wics wkef wjla tv wlos wpde tv wset tv wsyx wtvc wxlv tv cbs kbak tv kboi tv kdbc tv keye tv kfdm kgan kgbt tv khqa tv kima tv kepr tv klew tv kmeg1 krcg ktvl kutv kval tv kcby tv kpic wgfl1 wgme tv whp tv wkrc tv wpec wrgb wsbt tv wtvh1 wwmt the cw kfdm kfre tv kmys1 kocb kvcw kxvo1 kyuu ld wbui1 wbsf1 wcwf wcwn wfli tv1 wlfl wnab1 wnuv1 wstq lp wswb1 wtlf1 wtto wdbb wtvx wucw wvtv wwho1 wwmb1 fox kabb kbfx cd kbsi kbtv tv1 kdsm tv kfox tv kfxa1 kfxl tv kmph tv kokh tv kpth kptm krxi tv ksas tv kuqi wach wbff wdky tv wdsi tv1 wfxl wgxa wluk tv wmsn tv wolf tv1 wpfo2 wpgh tv wrgt tv1 wrlh tv wrsp tv wccu1 wsmh wtat tv1 wtgs wtte1 wuhf wutv wvah tv1 wyzz tv1 wztv mynetworktv kame tv1 kdbc tv kmtw1 kmyu ktov lp kutv kvcw dt2 wabm wciv wcgv tv wdka1 wfgx wmya tv1 wmyg lp1 wmyv wnyo tv wpnt wqmy1 wrdc wstr tv1 wtcn ca wtvz tv wutb1 wuxp tv nbc kmtr kmcb ktcw1 krnv dt kenv dt3 ksnv weyi tv1 wjac tv wjar wnbw dt1 wnwo tv woai tv wpbn tv wtom