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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-02-11 Recognition Thanking the Hildreth Family and WABI-TV for Locating in Bangor and Recognizing their 60 years of Community Service WHEREAS, Governor Horace A. Hildreth invested $100,000 some sixty years ago and created the first television station north of Boston located on State Street in Bangor; and WHEREAS, the media family of both WABI radio and television helped to make Bangor a media center in Maine; and WHEREAS, when relocating from its original State Street location to a new studio location, WABI selected another location in Bangor at 35 Hildreth Street; and WHEREAS, the news and other local programming coverage has been a treasured asset to Bangor and all of Eastern Maine; and WHEREAS, WABI has employed many of our citizens over the years; and WHEREAS, WABI has been a significant media sponsor and financial contributor for the betterment of Bangor; NOW, THEREFORE, I, NELSON E. DURGIN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BANGOR, on behalf of the City Council and the citizens of Bangor, do hereby thank the Hildreth family and WABI-TV for locating in Bangor. WABI-TV at 60 years old is now the oldest television station in the country under the same family ownership, and it continues to provide exceptional local news coverage and programming right here in Bangor, Maine. th Given this the 11 day of February, 2013. _____________________________ Nelson E. Durgin, Mayor