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
Fire in Bar Harbor Tuesday Night September 24th
The Bar Harbor Fire Department was toned out on Tuesday night, September 24th for a reported structure fire at 120 Schooner Head Road. The residents saw smoke from what they believed to be a lightning strike to the chimney.
High Surf Advisory for Coastal Hancock and Washington Counties
The National Weather Service in Caribou has issued a High Surf Advisory for Coastal Hancock and Washington Counties from 10 AM on Friday, September 20th to 2 AM on Saturday, September 21st.
MDI Graduate Deandra Kanu to Compete on ‘The Bachelor’
Deandra Kanu who graduated from MDI High School in 2014 is one of 33 women who will be competing on ABC's "The Bachelor"
Clairvoyant Crustacean Predicts Early Winter [VIDEO]
If you needed confirmation of the Farmer's Almanac prediction of a early winter that will be freezing, frigid and frosty, you only had to look as far as Belfast on Monday, September 2nd, where "Passy Pete" predicted an early winter.
YWCA MDI – 2019 Women of Distinction Nominees
There are 5 nominees for the YWCA MDI Women of the Year, 3 nominees for the YWCA MDI Young Woman of the Year and 5 nominees for the YWCA Girl of the Year. All of them are terrific nominees. Now's your chance to vote. Voting is open August 23 - September 6th.
Heavy Rain Causes Ponding on Ellsworth Roads Thursday Morning [VIDEO]
It was slow going Thursday morning with ponding on the roads in downtown Ellsworth. Check out the video
Ellsworth PD to Conduct OUI Checkpoints August 8-11
The Ellsworth Police Department announced that they would be conducting OUI Checkpoints August 8th - 11th between the hours of 9 PM and 2 AM.
9 Peregrine Falcons Fledge in Acadia National Park
9 peregrine falcon chicks have fledged at nests at at Acadia National Park and the Precipice Trail has reopened to the public
Just a Tortoise Going for a Walk in Bar Harbor [VIDEO]
Bar Harbor has a richly deserved reputation as being "dog-friendly" but tortoise-friendly? The things you see walking in Bar Harbor! Thanks to Carolyn Miller for sending the video!
In the Battle of Ocean vs. Jeep, It’s a Draw [UPDATE]
10AM UPDATE - Tow trucks were unable/unwilling to come out onto the Flats, but an excavator did manage to come out there and was able to pull the Jeep out and the family rode off. The tires were under water, so they escaped in the nick of time!