WKGR (98.7 FM) is a

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station licensed to

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and serving the

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market. Owned by

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, it transmits at 100,000 watts

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with an antenna

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of . WKGR's signal can be picked up as far north as Melbourne, as far west as

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, and usually no further south than highway 595 in

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. Its transmitter is located on the west side of

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. Also sharing WKGR's transmitter tower are stations

WIRK WIRK (103.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Indiantown, Florida, the station serves the Treasure Coast and Palm Beach County area. The station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, through licensee WPB FCC Lic ...

(which itself was a primary competitor of WKGR before moving its rock programming to an

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subchannel) and

WMBX WMBX (102.3 MHz "X 102.3") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Jensen Beach, Florida. It serves the West Palm Beach and Treasure Coast areas, broadcasting an Urban Adult Contemporary radio format. WMBX is owned by Hubbard Radio. Its ...

. WKGR previously simulcast the programming of sister station

WJNO WJNO (1290 AM) is a commercial talk radio station licensed to serve West Palm Beach, Florida, covering Palm Beach County and portions of the Miami metropolitan area. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., WJNO serves as the local affiliate for: Fox News Radi ...

on its HD2 subchannel starting in September 2010; by 2013 this was replaced with the signal of

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station

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. WKGR later went to classic country on HD2, and in 2019, dropped its HD2 subchannel. Then on January 19, 2021, WKGR brought back its HD2 subchannel with its original programming, simulcasting WJNO. A few weeks later, sister station

WBZT WBZT (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports gambling format. Licensed to West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, the station serves the West Palm Beach area. With a synchronous amplifier in Pompano Beach, Florida, they also cover ...

began simulcasting on its HD2 subchannel, with WJNO moving to the HD2 subchannel of sister station

WLDI WLDI (95.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Juno Beach, Florida and broadcasting in the Treasure Coast and West Palm Beach, Florida markets. The station airs a Top 40 (CHR) format. It is owned by iHeartMedia, and broadcasts at 95.5 FM. Its ...

Morning programming

WKGR: WKGR has survived as one of the remaining few stations in Florida that still play the Classic Rock format. Big Rig airs in mornings from the Tampa affiliate, while Buck McWilliams now handles middays. Original cast member Andy Preston airs in afternoon drive, and Sixx Sense airs in the evenings. The most popular, controversial, and highest rated Morning Show in WKGR history was the SEA BASS and GLORIA Show in the mid-late 1990s. 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.

External links

Station website
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