WBFE

WBFE
City of license Bar Harbor, Maine
Broadcast area Mount Desert Island, Downeast Maine
Branding The New Bear
Frequency 99.1 MHz
First air date June 1, 1992
Format Country
ERP 45,000 watts
HAAT 121 meters (397 ft)
Class B
Facility ID 62289
Transmitter coordinates 44°31′14″N 68°23′38″W / 44.52056°N 68.39389°W
Former callsigns WPRG (1988–1992)
WLKE (1992–2013)
Affiliations Motor Racing Network
Owner Blueberry Broadcasting
Website 971thebear.com

WBFE (99.1 FM) is an American radio station broadcasting a country music format simulcasting WBFB. Licensed to Bar Harbor, Maine, USA, the station serves the Down East Maine area. The station is currently owned by Blueberry Broadcasting.[1]

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]

References

  1. ↑ "WLKE Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "WBFE Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2009/090928/nerw.html#me

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