In 1949 he founded Community Broadcasting Service, a company which in 1953 would establish Maine's first television station, WABI-TV.
WBFB, a radio station licensed to Bangor, Maine, United States, which held the call sign WABI-FM from 1961 to 1973
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WABI-TV, a television station licensed to Bangor, Maine, United States
Jack Dorsey, the billionaire founder of Twitter and Square is known to evangelize the Wabi-sabi philosophy of design.
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On 16 March 2009, Marcel Theroux presented "In Search of Wabi Sabi" on BBC Four as part of the channel's Hidden Japan season of programming.
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The King of the Hill episode "The Son Also Roses" references Wabi-sabi.
WABI-TV was the first television station in Maine signing-on January 25, 1953 and aired an analog signal on VHF channel 5.
Diversified was founded as Community Broadcasting Service in 1949 when Horace A. Hildreth, the former governor of Maine, president of Bucknell University and U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, purchased the license for Maine's first radio station, WABI-AM.
Based largely on the ideals and aesthetics of Zen Buddhism and the concept of wabi-sabi (beauty in simplicity), Higashiyama Bunka centered on the development of chadÅ (Japanese tea ceremony), ikebana (flower arranging), Noh drama, and sumi-e ink painting.
Beyond full-length records, Yume Bitsu released two vinyl EPs: a split 12-inch vinyl EP with Andrew Reiger of Elf Power was released in 2002 on Planaria Records and Wabi Morning, a one-sided twelve-inch, was released in 2003 on Burnt Toast Vinyl.