WPMT (Maine)

However, a third proposal was heard by the commission: one to put the station on Mount Washington, the highest point in the northeastern United States, where it could serve as many as 1.5 million people.[12] WPMT made its debut on August 30 and became Maine's second television station in operation (WABI-TV in Bangor was already in service) but its first with live network programming.[15] The Lewiston–Auburn station bowed on Thanksgiving Day, November 26; at the outset, there was no studio equipment at Lewiston, and almost all programming—including the scheduled dedication show for WLAM-TV—had to originate in Portland.It ceased broadcasting on December 15, 1954; in its final program, Hoy announced that the assets would be assigned to Carrell K. Pierce, employed by a Portland securities house, to be liquidated, and noted that he had attempted to find a potential educational use for the facility but met with no takers.[25] The liquidation of Portland Telecasting concluded in early 1956; general creditors received 2.5 cents on the dollar after back taxes and administrative fees were paid, with $16,000 raised in an attempt to satisfy $200,000 in total claims.
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The Columbia Hotel, shown in this circa 1930s postcard, was home to WPMT.
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