WSKW

Infobox_Radio_station | name = WSKW
city = Skowhegan, Maine
branding = ESPN 1160
slogan = Central Maine's Sports Leader
airdate = 1956
frequency = 1160 (khz)
format = sports
power = 10,000 watts Day 730 watts Night
callsign_meaning = Skowhegan
owner = Mountain Wireless
website = [http://www.espn1160.com espn1160.com]
webcast = [http://www.mainstreamnetwork.com/listen/dynamicasx.asp?station=wskw-am only available during local broadcasts]

WSKW is a U.S. AM radio station licensed to Skowhegan, Maine and is affiliated with ESPN Radio. On air it is known as "ESPN 1160"

Programming

WSKW currently broadcasts the full ESPN Radio schedule. The station carries auto racing from Wiscasset Raceway [http://wiscassetnewspaper.maine.com/2008-05-01/wiscasset_raceway.html] and national NASCAR races from Motor Racing Network. A local sports show called "The Sports Invaders" is heard Thursday afternoons, local sports are also heard during the fall and winter seasons. The station has previously carried Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Portland Sea Dogs baseball.

History

WSKW went on the air March 17, 1956 as WGHM AM 1150, changing call letters to WQMR in the late 1970s and then changing dial positions to AM 1160 in 1988, with 10,000 watts of power. At the time it was a country music formatted station, changing to sports talk in the mid 1990s. Currently it airs ESPN Radio, and local sports. It was also affilaited for a time with Sporting News Radio, then known as "One on One Sports". For a time in the late 1990s it was simulcasted on co-owned WHQO (now WFMX). Until September 2007, it was branded as "AM 1160 The Score".

Affiliated stations

*WFMX "Mix 107.9"
*WCTB "The River 93.5"

External links

* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WSKW Query the FCC's AM station database for WSKW]
* [http://www.renegaderadionation.net/ Renegade Radio Network, provider for high school hockey on WSKW]
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