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
Famed Filmmaker Scorsese Dines at Abel’s in Northeast Harbor
Famed filmmaker Martin Scorsese dined at Abel's in Northeast Harbor on Friday night, August 28th, posing with waitstaff at the end of the night.
Disney to Stream Fireworks Display at 7 p.m. Friday April 24th
Missing the most magical place in the world? Disney World will be streaming their fabulous fireworks display Friday night, April 24th at 7 p.m on their Instagram page.
Maine DOT’s New Thanksgiving Signs
If you are traveling on Maine's highways this Thanksgiving weekend you're likely to see 1 of these 4 electronic signs from the Maine Department of Transportation. They're so good and witty (we think) that we thought we'd share them with you in the event you don't see them on the side of the road!
Downeast Maine Logroller Tames the Mighty Mississippi [VIDEO]
Congratulations to Ellsworth's Alissa Weatherbee who became the first person to log-roll across the Mississippi River on Thursday, September 26.
Will This Queen’s Guard Finally Crack a Smile? [VIDEO]
The British in general are famous for their stiff upper lips, but none more so than the elite soldiers in the Queen's Guard.
Alarm Clock Can’t Wake You Better Than This Unusual Method Can [VIDEO]
Seriously, who needs an alarm clock when your girlfriend has a husky and a laser pointer?
This guy is lucky he's not Flat Stanley!
Powerful Video Shows Your Actions Can Profoundly Affect How Your Kids Behave [VIDEO]
This is a must-watch video, for anyone who is a parent or contemplating having a child.
You may not think that your actions have consequences, but they do, especially when seen by a child, who views you as a role model. Do drugs? They'll think it's okay...
Watch Young Basketball Fan Battle an Usher in Epic Dance Cam Dance-Off [VIDEO]
How often have you been to a pro or college game and they'll have a fan cam? It could be a kiss cam, a smile cam or a dance cam, and often it's pretty lame.
Well, not this time!
Video of Baby Born Prematurely Making It Through First Year Will Melt Your Heart
My son Craig, who is now 24, was born about six weeks early. He was in the neonatal unit at Eastern Maine Medical Center for three-four weeks and received incredible care.
I saw this video and those first-year memories came flooding back to me -- from the first time that my wife held him, with all the tubes, to bringing him home on monitors and frantically running into his room to check on him whe