Fox Sports Maine


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 in Gardiner, Maine, WVOM in Rockland, Maine, and WIGY in Madison, Maine. Its studios were located in Augusta, Maine. The network also carried some CBS Sports Radio programming.

Former programming

Baseball
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

Previous to its sports trimulcast. 97.5 WQSK and 1280 WFAU simulcasted the sports format of WSKW and WHQO.
WQSK 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.

End of simulcast

In the summer of 2013 owner Blueberry Broadcasting dismantled the network, selling off WFAU, switching WRKD to a simulcast of WVOM-FM/WVQM and WIGY to a simulcast of WQSS/WKSQ.