WBFE
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City of license | Bar Harbor, Maine |
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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 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
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
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 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
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