Frank Fixaris
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Frank Fixaris (b. 1934-05-06; d. 2006-01-13) was a sports broadcaster and reporter, spending the majority of his career at WGME-TV in Portland, Maine. He also co-hosted a morning radio show on WJAB after his television run.
Fixaris graduated from Emerson College in 1956 and worked at several radio stations early in his career. He took the job as a sports anchor at WGME in 1965 and continued there until 1995. He served as sports director there from 1967 until 1992.
He was the voice of the Maine Mariners, and later the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League.
He was known as having an encyclopedic knowledge of all things sports, especially at the local level. Broadcasters Mike Emerick, Dale Arnold, and Tom Caron considered him as being instrumental in their development.
Fixaris was born in Torrington, Connecticut and died in a fire at his home in Falmouth, Maine on January 13th, 2006. His his wife Barbara managed to escape the fire. Fixaris had been involved in another fire 45 years prior that had killed a roommate and left Fixaris with severe burns all over his body. He is buried at Evergreen cemetery in Portland, Maine.
