WBFE (99.1 FM) is an American

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broadcasting a

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format simulcasting WBFB. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the

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Maine area. The station is owned by Blueberry Broadcasting. Under proper weather conditions, the station's signal can reach both southwestern

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and southwestern

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, Canada.

History

The station was assigned

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WPRG on March 24, 1988. On May 19, 1992, the station changed its call sign to WLKE; that June, 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. Prior to September 28, 2009, the station was branded as "Lucky 99.1".

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