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WGME CBS 13 News, Portland company history timeline

1983

When the radio stations were sold during 1983, the WGAN call letters were sold with them.

1998

WGAN-TV then changed its call code to the current "WGME-TV" on December 15 of that year. It remained the main station of Guy Gannett Communications until 1998, when it was sold with most of the company's television stations to the Sinclair Broadcast Group.

2010

WGME owner Sinclair Broadcast Group and Time Warner Cable disputed the terms of their retransmission consent agreement that expired on December 31, 2010.

2011

An agreement in principle to resolve the dispute followed soon thereafter and was finalized in February 2011.

2016

On January 8, 2016, Sinclair announced that American Sports Network would begin on January 16 as a dedicated digital-multicast network in 10 cities, including Portland on WGME.

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