WKGR

WKGR

City of license	Fort Pierce, Florida
Broadcast area	Palm Beach, Port St. Lucie
Branding	98.7 FM The Gater
Slogan	The Palm Beach's Rock Station
Frequency	98.7 MHz 98.7 HD-2 WJNO (Talk)
Format	Classic rock
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	297 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	1245
Owner	Clear Channel Communications
Sister stations	WLDI, WPHR-FM, WAVW, WQOL, WZZR, WCZR, WRLX
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	gater.com

Station Information

WKGR is Palm Beach, Florida's classic rock station. WKGR (Gater 98.7) transmits at 100,000 watts with an antenna height of 968 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 and WMBX FM.

WKGR began simulcast the programming of sister station WJNO on its HD-2 subchannel in September 2010.

Morning Programming

WKGR used to be an affiliate to the The Bob & Tom Show, and Lex & Terry used to air in the morning on sister station WZZR. In 2010, the two stations swapped morning shows. The most popular Morning Show in WKGR's long history was 'Sea Bass & Gloria' in the late 90's.

On October 1, 2007 WKGR began simulcasting the Paul and Young Ron Show that has aired in the Miami Market (on WBGG-FM) for 17 years. It used to air weekday mornings from 6AM - 11AM and Saturdays a week in review show from 6AM - 10AM. The show was dropped from WKGR in April 2011, and moved to sister station WZZR. Buck McWilliams took the morning slot in a move to playing all music in the mornings.

On Air DJ's

• Buck McWilliams - 6AM - 10AM
• Jay Zeager - Traffic, Overnights (voiced tracked) and Fill in as needed.
• The "Big Rig" - Monday-Saturday 10AM -3PM (Radioactive Takeout at NOON, Twofers @ 2)
• Andy Preston -Monday-Saturday 3PM-7PM (3:20 Classic Cut, 5:00 Traffic Jam)
• Jodi Stewart - Monday-Saturday 7PM - 12AM (Serves as program director for WOOL)

Specialty Programing

• Wednesday Nights 11:30: Rockline with Bob Coburn
• Sunday Mornings:
  • Flashback with Bill St. James (7AM - 9AM)
  • The Wax Museum (9AM - 11AM)
• Sunday Nights:
  • In The Studio @8
  • The Deep End with Nick Michaels @9
  • The House of Blues Radio Hour with Dan Aykroyd @11
  • Little Stevens Underground Garage @ Midnight

Streaming

WKGR streams live online at http://gater.com/mediaplayer/

External links

• Station website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WKGR
• Radio-Locator information on WKGR
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WKGR