Fox Sports Maine was a network of sports/talk stations owned by Blueberry Broadcasting carrying Fox Sports Radio. Located in Central Maine, it comprised WFAU (1280 AM) in Gardiner, Maine, WVOM (1450 AM) in Rockland, Maine, and WIGY (97.5 FM) in Madison, Maine. Its studios were located in Augusta, Maine. The network also carried some CBS Sports Radio programming.
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Broadcast area | Central Maine |
Frequency | WIGY: 97.5 MHz WFAU: 1280 kHz WVOM: 1450 kHz |
Programming | |
Format | Sports |
Affiliations | Boston Red Sox Radio Network, Dial Global, Boston Celtics Radio Network, Black Bear Sports Network |
Ownership | |
Owner | Blueberry Broadcasting |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | WIGY: 28684 WFAU: 68296 WVOM: 57300 |
Class | WIGY: A WFAU: B WVOM: C |
Power | WFAU: 5,000 watts WVOM: 1,000 watts |
ERP | WIGY: 6,000 watts |
HAAT | WIGY: 100 meters |
Former programming
edit- Fox Sports Radio
- CBS Sports Radio
- Imus in the Morning
- Boston Red Sox Baseball (Part of the Red Sox Radio Network)
- Westwood One NFL football
- The Jim Rome Show
- Boston Celtics Basketball
- ACC Basketball
- Select games of the Maine Black Bears
- What's Brewin' Afternoon sports talk show, carried from October 2006-March 2007
- MLB on ESPN Radio
- Portland Sea Dogs Baseball
History
editPrevious to its sports trimulcast. 97.5 WQSK (then WIGY) and 1280 WFAU simulcasted the (then) sports format of WSKW and WHQO (now WFMX). WQSK also simulcasted WGUY Dexter, Maine and WKCG in the 1990s. WFAU was an Adult Standards format and WRKD (now WVOM) was a talk station carrying Rush Limbaugh, however for a time they were affiliated with ESPN Radio. The station also has carried New York Giants football, but elected to carry Westwood One's football coverage for the 2007 NFL season.They also broadcast High School Sports for years, utilizing talent such as Don Brown, Rob Kennedy, and Matt Boutwell.
End of simulcast
editIn the summer of 2013 owner Blueberry Broadcasting dismantled the network, selling off WFAU (which became WJYE in 2014 and WHTP in 2020), switching WRKD (by then known as WVOM) to a simulcast of WVOM-FM/WVQM and WIGY (which would change call letters to WQSK) to a simulcast of WQSS/WKSQ.