WKGR
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Broadcast area | Palm Beach–Port St. Lucie, Florida |
Frequency | 98.7 MHz (HD Radio) |
Branding | 98.7 The Gator |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Format | Mainstream rock |
Subchannels | HD2: WJNO simulcast (News/talk) |
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WAVW, WBZT, WCZR, WJNO, WLDI, WOLL, WQOL, WZTA, WZZR | |
History | |
First air date | 1961 |
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Call sign meaning | WK Gater |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 1245 |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 299 m (981 ft) |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
Website | gaterrocks |
WKGR (98.7 FM) is a mainstream 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 299 meters (981 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 Interstate 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 WIRK (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 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 began simulcasting on its HD2 subchannel, with WJNO moving to the HD2 subchannel of sister station WLDI. As of December 2023, the WJNO simulcast returned to the HD2 subchannel.
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External links
[edit]- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 1245 (WKGR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WKGR in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
27°01′32″N 80°10′42″W / 27.025611°N 80.178389°W
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKGR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.