South Portland filmmaker’s Civil War drama heads to TV SOUTH PORTLAND — As a documentary filmmaker, Lisa Wolfinger has had the chance to do what many haven’t: immerse herself in key periods of American history, from the conquest of the New World by early English explorers to the Salem witch trials. Now, in Wolfinger’s first […]
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H.S. Basketball: MPA puts tourney broadcasts up for bid
Maine’s high school basketball tournament will have a new television and internet home in February. Maine Principals’ Association executive director Dick Durost announced Tuesday morning that Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN) will not carry or stream the regional semifinals or championships this winter. Durost added that bids to broadcast those games, as well as the […]
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Live Video: MPBN journalists discuss covering daily news in Maine
LEWISTON — The Great Falls Forum will feature Maine Public Radio’s award-winning reporters Susan Sharon, Mal Leary and Patty Wight at 12 p.m. Thursday. This past June, Sharon, Leary and Wight were invited to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to receive the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award from The Society of Professional Journalists […]
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High school basketball: Games won’t be on MPBN
The high school basketball Class A state finals in Portland will not be televised by Maine Public Broadcasting Network this March because of a disagreement between Time Warner Cable and the Cumberland County Civic Center. Time Warner informed MPBN that it has been unable to come to an agreement to continue its partnership with the […]
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MPBN will not televise Class A basketball finals this year
The high school basketball Class A state finals in Portland will not be televised by Maine Public Broadcasting Network this March because of a disagreement between Time Warner Cable and the Cumberland County Civic Center, according to a news release from MPBN. MPBN has been informed by Time Warner Cable that it has been unable […]
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Sights Unseen: MPBN’s Litchfield transmitting station
The squat brick building on top of a tree-covered hill in Litchfield doesn’t give any hint of the complex transfers happening inside. Seven microwave radio transmitters and receivers inside the Roland A. Desjardins Technical Center gather a microwave signal — generally originating in either Portland or Bangor — and relay it to other tower sites […]