WBFE (99.1 FM) is an American radio station broadcasting a country music format simulcasting WBFB. Licensed to Bar Harbor, Maine, United States, the station serves the Down East Maine area. The station is owned by Blueberry Broadcasting.[2] Under proper weather conditions, the station's signal can reach both southwestern New Brunswick and southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada.
| Simulcasts WBFB, Bangor | |
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| Broadcast area | Mount Desert Island, Downeast Maine |
| Frequency | 99.1 MHz |
| Branding | The Bear |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | June 1992 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | similar to WBFB |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 62289 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 45,000 watts |
| HAAT | 121 meters (397 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°26′41.3″N 68°1′20″W / 44.444806°N 68.02222°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
History
editThe station was assigned call sign WPRG on March 24, 1988. On May 19, 1992, the station changed its call sign to WLKE;[3] that June, it signed on.[4] As of September 28, 2009, it became part of a three station country network based out of Blueberry's Bangor office, simulcasting WBFB and also heard on WMCM.[5] On September 23, 2013, the station took its current WBFE call sign.[3] Prior to September 28, 2009, the station was branded as "Lucky 99.1".
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBFE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WBFE Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ a b "WBFE Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Harbour, Kathy (June 16, 1992). "New radio station to broadcast country music". Bangor Daily News. p. 6 Hancock. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- ^ "NorthEast Radio Watch by Scott Fybush". www.fybush.com.
External links
edit- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 62289 (WBFE) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WBFE in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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