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WBFE

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City
  
Bar Harbor, Maine

Frequency
  
99.1 MHz

Format
  
Country

Branding
  
The New Bear

First air date
  
June 1, 1992

Broadcast area
  
Mount Desert Island, Downeast Maine

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.

History

The station was assigned call sign WPRG on March 24, 1988. On May 19, 1992, the station changed its call sign to WLKE; 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. On September 23, 2013, the station took its current WBFE call sign.

References

WBFE Wikipedia