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 / 44.52056; -68.39389
Former callsigns	WPRG (1988–1992) WLKE (1992–2013)
Affiliations	Motor Racing Network
Owner	Blueberry Broadcasting (Blueberry Broadcasting, LLC)
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

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

External links

Official Website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WBFE

Radio-Locator information on WBFE

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WBFE

Radio stations in the Northern Maine/Downeast Maine market

By AM frequency	600 780 1240 1370 1390

By SW frequency	5.11, 7.49, 9.33, 15.42

By FM frequency	89.3 89.7 90.5 91.7 Eastport 91.7 Machias 91.7 Ellsworth 92.1 92.7 93.7 94.7 94.9 95.3 96.1 96.9 97.7 Caribou 97.7 Winter Harbor 98.1 99.1 100.1 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.9 103.1 105.7 106.1 106.5

By callsign	WALZ WBCQ WBCQ-FM WBFE WBPW WCRQ WCXU/WCXV/WCXX/W276AY WDEA WEGP WFST WHOU-FM WHMX WMED WMEF WMEM WNSX WOZI WQDY-FM WQHR WRMO WRNM WRPB WSHD WSYY WSYY-FM WTUX WUMM WUPI WWLN WXME

Defunct	WAGM/950 WQDY/1230 WHOU/1340 WRNE/89.1 WXMN/89.5 WUFK/92.1

Maine radio markets Augusta–Waterville Bangor Portland Other Maine radio regions Northern & Downeast Maine Lewiston–Auburn See also List of radio stations in Maine Northern New Brunswick Radio Fredericton Radio Saint John Radio Bas-Saint-Laurent Radio

Country radio stations in the state of Maine

By frequency:	1160 1280 92.7 95.3 96.9 97.1 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.9 100.7 101.9 103.3 106.5

By callsign:	WBFB WBFE WBPW WBQQ WEBB WJYE WMCM WOXO-FM WPOR WQCB WSKW WTBM WTBU WTHT

By community of license:	Auburn Bangor Bar Harbor Brewer Gardiner Kennebunkport Mexico Norway Portland Presque Isle Rockland Skowhegan Waterville York Center

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Maine

Blueberry Broadcasting

AM radio stations	WAEI WVOM

FM radio stations	WABK WBAK WBFB WBFE WBKA WKSQ WMCM WQSK WQSS WTOS-FM WTQX WTUX WVOM-FM WVQM

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