WCKD-LP [SEP] inception
WCKD-LP
WCKD-LP is a low power television station licensed to serve Bangor and Dedham, Maine affiliated with JUCE TV. Its signal originates from a transmitter in East Eddington, Maine, and is seen on UHF channel 30. The station is not carried on any local cable systems.
History.
WCKD-LP went on the air April 16, 1994 as W30BF, carrying PBS programming as part of Maine Public Television Plus, the state's secondary public television network. Cuts in federal funding led to
cable via WPXT in Portland, then from Foxnet after WPXT switched to The WB in the fall of 2001. Fox Sports programming was also available in Bangor at various points via WABI-TV (channel 5), WBGR-LP (channel 33), and WCKD-LP (channel 30). WCKD was WVII's first venture into low-power broadcasting in Bangor; it signed a local marketing agreement with James McLeod, owner of channel 30 (then known as W30BF, the former Bangor transmitter for Maine Public Television