KEGL
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| City | Fort Worth, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex |
| Branding | "97-1 The Eagle" |
| Slogan | "Everything That Rocks" |
| Frequency | 97.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) 97.1 HD-2 for "Slippery When Wet" (Classic Metal) |
| First air date | June 7, 1959 (as KFJZ) |
| Format | Mainstream/Alternative Rock |
| Language(s) | English |
| Audience share | 3.9  (January 2017, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 508 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 18114 |
| Callsign meaning | Krazy EaGLe |
| Former callsigns | KFJZ (1959–1969) KWXI (1969–1976) KFJZ (1976–1981) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KDGE, KDMX, KFXR, KHKS, KZPS |
| Webcast | Listen Live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | kegl.com |
KEGL (97.1 FM, "The Eagle") is a radio station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, United States. The station broadcasts a Mainstream Rock and Alternative Rock music format to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. KEGL is owned and operated by iHeartMedia. The station's studios are located along Dallas Parkway in Farmers Branch (although it has a Dallas address), and the transmitter site is in Cedar Hill.
Formerly KFJZ and KWXI ("Quicksie," using the longtime moniker of WQXI in Atlanta) and again as KFJZ (as "Z97", and later "Z97 The Texas' Music Star", and "Texas' FM97") KEGL was one of three rock and roll stations in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex throughout most of the 1980s. In 1980, Robert Jones, known on air as "Christopher Haze", became the program director of the station in August 1980, and changed the call letters and imaging of the station as "The All New Eagle 97 FM" on January 20, 1981. Within a short period of time, the station possessed a hybrid rock/top 40 format known as "Rock 40." The original morning show was "The Rude Awakening Morning Show" consisting of Billy Hayes, Rose Wright and "The Rude Moose" (a character voiced by Hayes). Future KLOL morning jocks Stevens & Pruett were the next morning show hosts from February 1982 to March 28, 1986. Stevens & Pruett were replaced with Paul Robbins, Paul Kinney, and Phil Cowan. James Paul "Moby" Carney was added to the lineup as the afternoon drive jock on September 1, 1986. Jocks from the earlier era of KEGL included Drew Pierce, Charlie "Doc" Morgan, Danny Owen, Jonathan Doll, Dave Cooley, Jimmy Steal, Anthony "Tony Paraquat" Johnson, Jim White (1980–84; hosted an afternoon talk show on the station, "Relationships," during 1981–82), Sharon Golihar-Wilson (who hosted the evening show, "The Eagle 97's House Party"), Lisa Traxler (who went on to work at Boston's WBCN), future KEGL afternoon jock Russ Martin hosted a late Sunday night talk program, and Martha Martinez reported news during Stevens and Pruett's program.
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