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.

WBFE
Simulcasts WBFB, Bangor
Broadcast areaMount Desert Island, Downeast Maine
Frequency99.1 MHz
BrandingThe Bear
Programming
FormatCountry
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Blueberry Broadcasting
  • (Blueberry Broadcasting, LLC)
History
First air date
June 1992 (1992-06)
Former call signs
  • WPRG (1988–1992)
  • WLKE (1992–2013)
Call sign meaning
similar to WBFB
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID62289
ClassB
ERP45,000 watts
HAAT121 meters (397 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
44°26′41.3″N 68°1′20″W / 44.444806°N 68.02222°W / 44.444806; -68.02222
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.971thebear.com

History

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The 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

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBFE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WBFE Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ a b "WBFE Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ^ Harbour, Kathy (June 16, 1992). "New radio station to broadcast country music". Bangor Daily News. p. 6 Hancock. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  5. ^ "NorthEast Radio Watch by Scott Fybush". www.fybush.com.
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