WLBZ
E231468
WLBZ is a television station serving the Bangor, Maine market as a primary network affiliate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WLBZ canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2081661 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WLBZ Context triple: [Bangor television market, hasNetworkAffiliate, WLBZ]
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A.
WLWT
WLWT is a Cincinnati-based television station that serves as a major local NBC affiliate in the United States.
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B.
WBAL-TV
WBAL-TV is a Baltimore-based television station that serves as a major local news and NBC network affiliate in Maryland.
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C.
WCBW
WCBW was the original call sign of the New York City television station now known as WCBS-TV, one of the earliest commercial TV stations in the United States.
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D.
WBZ-FM
WBZ-FM is a Boston-area sports radio station known for its all-sports format and coverage of local professional teams.
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E.
WTN
WTN is the IATA airport code for RAF Waddington, a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WLBZ Target entity description: WLBZ is a television station serving the Bangor, Maine market as a primary network affiliate.
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A.
WLWT
WLWT is a Cincinnati-based television station that serves as a major local NBC affiliate in the United States.
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B.
WBAL-TV
WBAL-TV is a Baltimore-based television station that serves as a major local news and NBC network affiliate in Maryland.
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C.
WCBW
WCBW was the original call sign of the New York City television station now known as WCBS-TV, one of the earliest commercial TV stations in the United States.
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D.
WBZ-FM
WBZ-FM is a Boston-area sports radio station known for its all-sports format and coverage of local professional teams.
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E.
WTN
WTN is the IATA airport code for RAF Waddington, a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NBC-affiliated television station
ⓘ
television station ⓘ |
| affiliationType | primary network affiliate ⓘ |
| broadcastArea |
Bangor–Orono metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Bangor, Maine
|
| broadcastLanguage | English ⓘ |
| broadcastStandard | ATSC ⓘ |
| callsignMeaning |
L. B. Ziegler (former owner) or similar initials
ⓘ
linked to:
Ziegler
|
| cityOfLicense | Bangor, Maine ⓘ |
| contentGenre |
children's programming
ⓘ
educational programming ⓘ entertainment ⓘ news ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| contentSource |
NBC network feed
ⓘ
locally produced programming ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countrySubdivision | Penobscot County, Maine ⓘ |
| digitalChannel | physical channel 2 (UHF/VHF designation may vary by repack) ⓘ |
| digitalSubchannels | multiplexed digital signal ⓘ |
| distribution |
cable television in Bangor market
ⓘ
satellite television in Bangor market ⓘ |
| facilityType | full-power television station ⓘ |
| hasNewsOperation | yes ⓘ |
| licensee |
Tegna License LLC
ⓘ
linked to:
Tegna Inc.
|
| marketRank | Bangor television market ⓘ |
| marketType | Designated Market Area ⓘ |
| networkAffiliation | NBC ⓘ |
| owner | Tegna Inc. ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
16:9 aspect ratio
ⓘ
high-definition television ⓘ |
| platform |
multichannel video programming distributors
ⓘ
terrestrial television ⓘ |
| primaryService | television broadcasting ⓘ |
| programmingType |
local news
ⓘ
network programming ⓘ public affairs programming ⓘ sports coverage ⓘ weather coverage ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| serves | Bangor, Maine market ⓘ |
| serviceArea | eastern and central Maine ⓘ |
| sharesBrandingWith | WCSH ⓘ |
| signalType | digital television signal ⓘ |
| sisterStation | WCSH ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| transmissionMedium | over-the-air television ⓘ |
| virtualChannel | 2 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: WLBZ Description of subject: WLBZ is a television station serving the Bangor, Maine market as a primary network affiliate.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.