Fox Sports Maine
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| Fox Sports Maine | |
| WIGY/WRKD/WFAU | |
| City of license | Madison, Maine, Rockland, Maine, Gardiner, Maine |
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| Broadcast area | Central Maine |
| Slogan | Three Towers of Sports Power |
| Frequency | 97.5 FM, 1450 & 1280 AM |
| First air date | 1995 {WIGY} |
| Format | sports |
| ERP | 6 kw (WIGY), 5 kw WFAU & 1 kw WRKD |
| Affiliations | Red Sox Radio Network, Westwood One, Boston Celtics Radio Network, Black Bear Sports Network |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications (sale pending to Blueberry Broadcasting) |
| Website | http://www.foxsportsmaine.com |
Fox Sports Maine is a network of sports/talk stations owned by Clear Channel Communications (sale of Clear Channel's Maine stations pending to Blueberry Broadcasting) carrying Fox Sports Radio. Located in Central Maine, it is comprised of WFAU AM 1280 Gardiner, Maine, WRKD AM 1450 Rockland, Maine, and WIGY Madison, Maine FM 97.5. Its studios are located in Augusta, Maine.
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[edit] Current Programming
Boston Red Sox Baseball (Part of the Red Sox Radio Network)
Westwood One NFL football
Boston Celtics Basketball
ACC Basketball
Select games of the Maine Black Bears
[edit] Past Programming
What's Brewin' Afternoon sports talk show, carried from October 2006-March 2007
Portland Sea Dogs Baseball
[edit] History
Previous to its sports trimulcast. 97.5 WIGY and 1280 WFAU simulcasted WSKW. WIGY also simulcasted WGUY Dexter, Maine and WKCG in the 1990s. WFAU was an Adult Standards format and WRKD 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.
[edit] External links
Query the FCC's FM station database for WIGY
Query the FCC's AM station database for WFAU
Query the FCC's AM station database for WRKD
Radio Locator information on WIGY
Radio Locator Information on WFAU
Radio Locator Information on WRKD
Query Arbitron's FM station database for WIGY
Query Arbitron's AM station database for WFAU
Query Arbitron's AM station database for WRKD
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