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WBFE

Coordinates: 44°26′41.3″N 68°1′20″W / 44.444806°N 68.02222°W / 44.444806; -68.02222
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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

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.

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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