Chris is WDEA's "Sports Guy!" He has been broadcasting MDI and Ellsworth Basketball games for the past 17 years and this is the 16th year of broadcasting MDI Football. In May 2020, he was a honorary inductee into the National Technical Honor Society by Hancock County Technical Center. He is the 2013 Electronic Media Award winner from the Maine Interscholastic Athletic Administrator's Association in recognition for outstanding electronic media contributions to Maine Interscholastic Athletics. He is the 2015 Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce President’s Award Winner for Sustained and Exceptional Service to the Community In addition to broadcasting the sporting events for Townsquare Media, Chris sells advertising on the Townsquare Media stations. If you want to have your business reach our great community of listeners on the radio and the web, please give Chris a call at 941-1994 or email him at chris.popper@townsquaremedia.com
Chris Popper
Friday’s Maine Baseball Game vs. NJIT Postponed
The Friday afternoon game between Maine and the New Jersey Institute of Technology has been postponed.
Rangers and Devils Drop Gloves and Everyone Fights 2 Seconds Into the Game [VIDEO]
It took just 2 seconds for the gloves to be dropped and for all 5 players from the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils to start brawling on the ice on Wednesday, April 3rd.
Maine Softball Beats St. Joseph’s 16-1
Looking out the window Thursday morning, it doesn't seem possible that there was a softball game yesterday at the University of Maine, but the Black Bears defeated the St. Joseph's Monks 16-1.
Maine’s Cooper Flagg Excels at McDonald’s East-West All-Star Game [VIDEO]
Cooper Flagg helped lead the East All-Star team to a 88-86 win last night in the McDonald's East-West All-Star Game. Check out some of Cooper's highlights.
Hermon Softball Beats Bucksport 5-1 in Exhibition Game [PHOTOS]
Check out photos from the Hermon-Bucksport Softball Exhibition Game! We're bringing back the High School Athlete of the Week starting April 15th and remember if you are setting up GameChanger please add Chris Popper as a fan so we can get the box scores. Click on the story for all the details.
UMaine Baseball Beats UMaine-Farmington 14-4 Tuesday
The University of Maine Black Bears beat the UMaine-Farmington Beavers 14-4 on Tuesday afternoon, April 2nd at Mahaney Diamond.
Brewer High School Assistant Principal Fred Lower Named Head Football Coach
At the April 1st Brewer School Committee Meeting, veteran football coach and current Assistant Principal at Brewer High School, Fred Lower, was appointed the Head Football Coach at Brewer High School beginning with the upcoming summer workouts and the Fall 2024 season.
Maine Baseball Drops 2 out of 3 in Albany
The Maine Baseball Team dropped 2 out of 3 games in Albany this past weekend at Albany. The Black Bears beat Albany in Game 1 on Saturday 8-4 and then lost the 2nd game on March 30th 17-7. Maine dropped Sunday's game 9-7.
Maine Softball’s Rally Comes up Short – Fall to Albany 4-3 Sunday
The Maine Softball Team was trailing 4-0 going into the bottom of the 5th inning and pushed across 3 runs on Sunday, March 31st, but it wasn't enough, and the Black Bears fell to the Great Danes 4-3.
Maine Softball Drops Doubleheader to Albany 6-4 and 6-0
The Maine Softball Team opened their 2024 home schedule on a cold, windy Saturday afternoon, dropping both games of a doubleheader to Albany, losing the 1st game 6-4 and then 6-0 in Game 2.