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Fox Sports Maine

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Fox Sports Maine
(WIGY/WVOM/WFAU)
Broadcast areaCentral Maine
FrequencyWIGY: 97.5 MHz
WFAU: 1280 kHz
WVOM: 1450 kHz
Programming
FormatSports
AffiliationsBoston Red Sox Radio Network, Dial Global, Boston Celtics Radio Network, Black Bear Sports Network
Ownership
OwnerBlueberry Broadcasting
Technical information
Facility IDWIGY: 28684
WFAU: 68296
WVOM: 57300
ClassWIGY: A
WFAU: B
WVOM: C
PowerWFAU: 5,000 watts
WVOM: 1,000 watts
ERPWIGY: 6,000 watts
HAATWIGY: 100 meters

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.

Former programming

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History

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Previous 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

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In 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.