WKGR
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| City | Wellington, Florida |
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| Broadcast area | Palm Beach, Port St. Lucie |
| Branding | Gater 98.7 |
| Slogan | The Palm Beach's Rock Station |
| Frequency | 98.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1961 (as WARN-FM) |
| Format |
Classic rock HD2: Christian rock (WREH simulcast) |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 299 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 1245 |
| Former callsigns | WLQY (1961-1980) WIZD (1980-1984) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WLDI, WAVW, WQOL, WZZR, WCZR, WRLX, WJNO |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | gater.com |
WKGR is a classic rock station licensed to Wellington, Florida and serving the West Palm Beach market. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., it transmits at 100,000 watts effective radiated power with an antenna height above average terrain of 980 feet. WKGR's signal can be picked up as far north as Melbourne, as far west as Moore Haven, and usually no further south than highway 595 in Fort Lauderdale. Its transmitter is located on the west side of Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound. Also sharing WKGR's transmitter tower are stations WPBZ (which itself was a primary competitor of WKGR before moving its rock programming to an HD Radio subchannel) and WMBX.
WKGR previously simulcast the programming of sister station WJNO on its HD2 subchannel starting in September 2010; by 2013 this was replaced with the signal of Christian rock station WREH.
WKGR: WKGR has survived as one of the remaining few stations in Florida that still play the Classic Rock format. BIG RIG voice tracks mornings 6a-10a from the Tampa affiliate, while BUCK MCWILLIAMS now handles middays 10a-3pm. Original cast member ANDY PRESTON continues to voice track the afternoon drive 3p-7p shift, and NIKKI SIXX' Sixx Sense entertains from 7p-12mid.
The most popular, controversial, and highest rated Morning Show in WKGR history was the SEA BASS and GLORIA Show in the mid-late 1990's. Family friendly BUCK and PEG Morning Show was reasonably popular for several years as well, as was MARK FROST in the 1980s.
After several station sales, Clear Channel- now IHEART MEDIA took over and held fast the Classic Rock format that continues its stronghold on South Florida radio ratings.
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