Fox Sports Maine

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Fox Sports Maine
File:WIGY/WVOM/WFAU
City of license WIGY: Madison, Maine
WFAU: Gardiner, Maine
WVOM: Rockland, Maine
Broadcast area Central Maine
Slogan Three Towers of Sports Power
Frequency WIGY: 97.5 MHz
WFAU: 1280 kHz
WVOM: 1450 kHz
First air date WIGY: 1995
Format Sports
Power WFAU: 5,000 watts
WVOM: 1,000 watts
ERP WIGY: 6,000 watts
HAAT WIGY: 100 meters
Class WIGY: A
WFAU: B
WVOM: C
Facility ID WIGY: 28684
WFAU: 68296
WVOM: 57300
Affiliations Boston Red Sox Radio Network, Dial Global, Boston Celtics Radio Network, Black Bear Sports Network
Owner Blueberry Broadcasting
Website foxsportsmaine.com

Fox Sports Maine is a network of sports/talk stations owned by Blueberry Broadcasting carrying Fox Sports Radio. Located in Central Maine, it comprises WFAU AM 1280 Gardiner, Maine, WVOM AM 1450 Rockland, Maine, and WIGY Madison, Maine FM 97.5. Its studios are located in Augusta, Maine. (Note: CBS Sports Radio's website now lists WFAU, WRKD, WIGY and WAEI as affiliates. It is unknown if any Fox Sports programs will continue on these stations. Jim Rome's show is now put out by CBS.)

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Current 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

Past Programming [edit]

What's Brewin' Afternoon sports talk show, carried from October 2006-March 2007

MLB on ESPN Radio

Portland Sea Dogs Baseball

History [edit]

Previous to its sports trimulcast. 97.5 WIGY and 1280 WFAU simulcasted the (then) sports format of WSKW and WHQO (now WFMX). WIGY 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.

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