on june 15, 2002, after shuttering its own news operation, wpxt entered into a news share agreement with maine's two nbc affiliates, wcsh and wlbz (then both owned by the gannett company). this arrangement resulted in a nightly half-hour prime time show at 10 to debut on the station known as "newscenter at 10 on maine's wb 51". on weeknights, the news and sports segments originated from wcsh's studios at congress square in downtown portland while weather forecast segments came from wlbz's facility on mount hope avenue in bangor. weekend broadcasts aired entirely from portland. the wpxt newscast featured a similar format to newscasts that were simulcast on both wcsh and wlbz (which largely serves as a semi-satellite of wcsh), with statewide news from both the portland and bangor markets. however, since wpxt is a portland/auburn market station, there was ultimately a focus on southern areas. with the affiliation switch to the cw in 2006, wpxt's news became known as "newscenter at 10 on the cw portland".