WBFE

{{For|the former family-oriented division of Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Family Entertainment}}

{{Short description|Country music radio station in Bar Harbor, Maine}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WBFE

| logo = WBFB.png

| logo_size = 200px

| above = Simulcasts WBFB, Bangor

| city = Bar Harbor, Maine

| country = US

| area = Mount Desert Island, Downeast Maine

| branding = The Bear

| frequency = 99.1 MHz

| airdate = {{start date|1992|6}}

| format = Country

| erp = 45,000 watts

| haat = {{convert|121|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = B

| facility_id = 62289

| licensing_authority = FCC

| coordinates = {{coord|44|26|41.3|N|68|1|20|W|region:US-ME_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning = similar to WBFB

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WPRG (1988–1992)|WLKE (1992–2013)}}

| affiliations = {{ubl|Motor Racing Network|Premiere Networks}}

| owner = Blueberry Broadcasting

| licensee = Blueberry Broadcasting, LLC

| sister_stations =

| webcast = {{listenlive|https://player.amperwave.net/7391}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.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.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WBFE |title=WBFE Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }} 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;{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=62289&Callsign=WBFE |title=WBFE Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }} that June, it signed on.{{cite news |last1=Harbour |first1=Kathy |title=New radio station to broadcast country music |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7KdJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Jg4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2979%2C83750 |access-date=February 15, 2024 |work=Bangor Daily News |date=June 16, 1992 |page=6 Hancock}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2009/090928/nerw.html#me|title=NorthEast Radio Watch by Scott Fybush|website=www.fybush.com}} On September 23, 2013, the station took its current WBFE call sign. Prior to September 28, 2009, the station was branded as "Lucky 99.1".

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