WBFE
Broadcast areaMount Desert Island, Downeast Maine
Frequency99.1 MHz
BrandingThe New Bear
Programming
FormatCountry
AffiliationsMotor Racing Network
Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Blueberry Broadcasting
  • (Blueberry Broadcasting, LLC)
History
First air date
June 1, 1992 (1992-06-01)
Former call signs
WPRG (1988–1992)
WLKE (1992–2013)
Call sign meaning
similar to WBFB
Technical information
Facility ID62289
ClassB
ERP45,000 watts
HAAT121 meters (397 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
44°31′14″N 68°23′38″W / 44.52056°N 68.39389°W / 44.52056; -68.39389
Links
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.[1] Under proper weather conditions, the station's signal can reach both southwestern New Brunswick and southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada.

History

The station was assigned call sign WPRG on March 24, 1988. On May 19, 1992, the station changed its call sign to WLKE;[2] on June 1, it signed on. 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.[3] On September 23, 2013, the station took its current WBFE call sign.[2] Prior to September 28, 2009, the station was branded as "Lucky 99.1".

References

  1. ↑ "WLKE Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. 1 2 "WBFE Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "NorthEast Radio Watch by Scott Fybush". www.fybush.com.
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