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WKGR

Coordinates: 27°01′32″N 80°10′42″W / 27.025611°N 80.178389°W / 27.025611; -80.178389
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WKGR
Broadcast areaPalm BeachPort St. Lucie, Florida
Frequency98.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding98.7 The Gator
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatMainstream rock
SubchannelsHD2: WJNO simulcast (News/talk)
Ownership
Owner
WAVW, WBZT, WCZR, WJNO, WLDI, WOLL, WQOL, WZTA, WZZR
History
First air date
1961; 63 years ago (1961)
Former call signs
  • WLQY (1961–1980)
  • WIZD (1980–1984)
Call sign meaning
WK Gater
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID1245
ClassC1
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT299 m (981 ft)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live (via iHeartRadio)
Websitegaterrocks.iheart.com

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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27°01′32″N 80°10′42″W / 27.025611°N 80.178389°W / 27.025611; -80.178389

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKGR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.