WJRE is an FM

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licensed to

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, with studios in Kewanee, Illinois. WJRE operates on a frequency of 102.5

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. WJRE plays

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format, with a mix of songs from the 1970s through today. WJRE is operated by Fletcher M. Ford, the President and owner of Regional Media, a Virden Broadcasting Corporation and is licensed to Galva, Illinois. Main studios are located in Kewanee, IL with a remote studio and offices in another area. WJRE broadcasts in the

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History

* May 20, 1966 - WKEI-FM went on the air, providing the Tri-County area (

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, and Stark) with its first local FM signal at 92.1 MHz. * March 1, 1974 - WKEI-FM became WJRE, which operated on a frequency of 92.1 MHz. * October 1, 1996 - The frequency was changed to 93.9 MHz, with 3,100

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s of power from a 453-foot tower northeast of Kewanee, substantially increasing WJRE's coverage area. * May 1, 2003,

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- The frequency was changed to 102.5 MHz from a tower south of

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, with 3,000 watts of power. * November 3, 2005 at 4 p.m., WJRE switched to a new transmitter on Beach Street in Kewanee, sharing facilities with sister station WKEI. WJRE now operates at 6,000 watts. * January 1, 2007 at 6 a.m., WJRE changed music format from

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(Hot AC) to a

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format. * February 1, 2018 at 12:01 a.m., WJRE launched "104.7 Rock 2.0", a

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format on their HD3 channel and translator W284CV.

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