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{{short description|Country music radio station in Bar Harbor, Maine}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WBFE
| logo             = WBFB.png
| logo_size        = 200px
| above            = Simulcasts [[WBFB]], [[Bangor, Maine|Bangor]]
| city             = [[Bar Harbor, Maine]]
| country          = US
| area             = [[Mount Desert Island]], [[Down East|Downeast Maine]]
| branding         = The Bear
| frequency        = 99.1 [[MHz]]
| airdate          = {{start date|1992|6}}
| format           = [[Country music|Country]]
| erp              = 45,000 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|121|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class            = B
| facility_id      = 62289
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|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 broadcasting|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WBFE |title=WBFE Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref> 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;<ref name=fcc-callsigns>{{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 }}</ref> that June, it signed on.<ref name="bdn-wlkestart">{{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}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2009/090928/nerw.html#me|title=NorthEast Radio Watch by Scott Fybush|website=www.fybush.com}}</ref> On September 23, 2013, the station took its current WBFE call sign.<ref name=fcc-callsigns/> Prior to September 28, 2009, the station was branded as "Lucky 99.1".
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|https://www.971thebear.com/}}
*{{FM station data|62289|WBFE}}
{{Northern and Downeast Maine Radio}}
{{Country Radio Stations in Maine}}
{{Blueberry Broadcasting}}
[[Category:Radio stations in Maine|BFE]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1992]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in Maine]]
[[Category:Country radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Bar Harbor, Maine]]
[[Category:Blueberry Broadcasting radio stations]]
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