Satellite Home Viewing Act information

Under Federal Law, your satellite service provider may not deliver an out-of-market CBS or CW signal to your home if you are within WABI-TV's acceptable signal range, as determined by Federal Communications Commission standards.

If you wish to purchase out-of-market CBS or CW programming from your provider, and they wish to pursue the matter, they must submit your name and address to us for review.

We regularly process hundreds of such requests on a monthly basis through the website Internet service waivertv.com. This site is accessible to your Satellite provider (Dish or DirectTV) and local stations. It allows us to streamline the process. If your provider has not submitted your name through this service, we will take no action.

WABI TV does NOT grant permission for delivery of out-of-market network programming to homes within our immediate coverage area. We will fairly review any requests we receive from your satellite provider.

If your name has been submitted, and your request has been denied, but you feel that there has been an error, you may request a further review -- in writing. Write to: Program Director, WABI TV, 35 Hildreth Street, Bangor, Maine 04401, or email wabi@wabi.tv, with "satellite request" in the subject line.

Please understand that if your home is within our immediate coverage area or if you are eligible for delivery of our local signal from your satellite provider, it is unlikely that a review will change the results. We will protect our exclusive rights as the local market provider.

Further information on this issue is available by visiting the FCC's website: fcc.gov