ABOUT

On January 20, 2015, The Drive joined the Sportsradio 92.9 – The Ticket family filling the 4 – 6pm slot on Eastern, Central and Northern Maine’s only sports station. The Drive is a sports talk show focused on the New England favorites including the Patriots, Red Sox, Bruins, and Celtics along with University of Maine sports, Husson University sports and high school sports.

The Drive is hosted by Jim Churchill, Mark Paulette and Aaron Jackson, along with Sterling Pingree. The show is ably and creatively produced by Mark Paulette. The Drive also features a wide array of guests, contributors and regular guest hosts including Larry Mahoney and Ernie Clark of the Bangor Daily News along with former Kansas City Chief and New York Jet Mike DeVito.

The hosts are driven by sports and passionate about the teams. The Drive is listener-focused, interactive, informative and opinionated. The slogan says it all to Maine sports fans – “Your sports. Your teams. Your show!”

Jim Churchill

Jim Churchill is a graduate of Brewer High School and the University of Maine. Churchill began his sports broadcasting career in 1995 at WZON in Bangor providing play by play and color duties for high school sports. Jim was also... Read more

Aaron Jackson

Aaron comes to The Drive from a background in TV, but radio was his first real passion. He attended the New England School of Communications, serving as the sports director for their student run radio station during his junior year.... Read more

Sterling Pingree

Sterling Pingree was born and raised in Kingfield, Maine and is a graduate of Mt. Abram High School. He was a 4- year lettermen in basketball and all-conference baseball player for the Roadrunners. Sterling attended the New England School of... Read more

Mark Paulette

Mark is a graduate of Bangor High School and the University of Maine, with a degree in journalism. He is an avid Boston sports fan, and when given the chance, will talk 30 seconds of soccer with anyone wiling to... Read more

Mike DeVito

A Maine alum, Mike played 9 seasons in the NFL, the first 6 as a New York Jet and the last 3 seasons as a member of the Kansas City Chiefs. Mike was an All-Atlantic 10 First Team selection in... Read more

Guest Host- Larry Mahoney

Larry is a sports reporter for the Bangor Daily News and is a radio broadcaster along with Dan Hannigan for Maine Hockey. Larry is a regular guest host of The Drive. Read more

Guest Host- Ernie Clark

Ernie has worked with the Bangor Daily News for more than a decade, is a four-time Maine Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association and is a regular guest host on The Drive. Read more