He then worked at several radio stations early in his career before taking the job as a sports anchor at WGME in 1965 (then WGAN) and continued there until 1995.
Coincidentally Fixaris' cousin, former Major League Baseball player Jimmy Piersall, also worked as a sportscaster.
He was the color commentator of the Maine Mariners [4][permanent dead link], and later the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League.
In honor of his many years of work with the Mariners/Pirates, the press box at the Cumberland County Civic Center [5] bears his name as a memorial tribute.
Popular broadcasters Mike Emrick, Dale Arnold, Tom Caron, Scott Wykoff and J.J. Jeffrey considered him as being instrumental in their development.