The two stations share studios on Northport Drive in the North Deering section of Portland; WGME-TV's transmitter is located on Brown Hill west of Raymond.

[a] Motivated by the impending expiration of the family trust that owned the company and a seller's market for broadcasting properties, Guy Gannett Communications put itself up for sale in 1998, ending 110 years of its history as a publisher.

[9] The Guy Gannett purchase gave Sinclair diversification into affiliates of the Big Three networks and beyond a portfolio heavy with Fox, WB, and UPN stations.

[10] WGME owner Sinclair Broadcast Group and Time Warner Cable disputed the terms of their retransmission consent agreement that expired on December 31, 2010.

Rafferty reduced his reporting hours after suffering a stroke during a live cut-in of a syndicated program on January 19, 2006,[16] quitting the anchor desk for a behind-the-scene technical job at the station.

[citation needed] He retired during 2012 to become the Public Relations and Education Head at the Maine State Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

[citation needed] Starting February 5, 2007, WGME began producing a 10 p.m. newscast on Fox affiliate WPFO after establishing a news-share agreement.

Known on-air as Fox 23 News at 10, it is the first prime-time broadcast in the market; as of September 2018, there is now a half-hour 10 p.m. newscast on CW affiliate WPXT (channel 51).

When providing regional and state coverage, WGME and ABC affiliate WVII-TV in Bangor share content and video footage.

[citation needed] WGME does not produce local weekend morning newscasts, unlike the NBC and ABC affiliates in the Portland market.

[citation needed] The sale made WPFO a sister station of WGME, essentially creating an unofficial duopoly in the Portland market.

The opportunity came about as a result of CBS Television Distribution's decision to cancel The Insider, which had previously aired on WGME in the 7:30 p.m. weeknight time slot.

A smaller anchor desk at the video wall is used for WPFO broadcasts Good Day Maine and News 13 on FOX at 10 pm.