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2 unusual facts about Maine Public Broadcasting Network


Donna M. Loring

Held in March 2002 and attended by tribal chiefs, the event was broadcast live on Maine Public Television and Radio.

Ralph W. 'Bud' Leavitt Jr.

Leavitt's last show on local Maine television was taped in 1973, but in 1978 the Maine Public Broadcasting Network asked the sportswriter to host a new show.


Connecticut Public Television

It was the fourth educational television station in New England, following WGBH-TV in Boston, WENH-TV in Durham, New Hampshire (now part of New Hampshire Public Television), and WCBB in Augusta, Maine (now part of the Maine Public Broadcasting Network).

TWC TV

TWC TV also acts as an overflow feed for MPBN during the aforementioned high school basketball tournament and for New England Sports Network when the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins are playing at the same time.


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