Station Information

WKGR is Palm Beach, Florida

Palm Beach, Florida

The Town of Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The Intracoastal Waterway separates it from the neighboring cities of West Palm Beach and Lake Worth...

's classic rock

Classic rock

Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...

 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

Jonathan Dickinson State Park

Jonathan Dickinson State Park is a Florida State Park and historic site located in Martin County, Florida, between Hobe Sound and Tequesta. The park includes a variety of natural communities, such as sand pine scrub, pine flatwoods, mangroves, and river swamps. The Loxahatchee River, which was...

 in Hobe Sound. Also sharing WKGR's transmitter tower are stations WPBZ

WPBZ

WPBZ is located in the West Palm Beach, Florida area and broadcasts at 103.1 FM. Known as "103.1 The Buzz", it is an active rock music station with the slogan "The Only Station That Really Rocks"...

 and WMBX

WMBX

WMBX is a radio station serving the West Palm Beach, Florida and Port St. Lucie, Florida areas, broadcasting hip hop R&B & Gospel Music on a rhythmic contemporary format at 102.3 MHz. Its transmitter is located on the west side of Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound, Florida and is 965...

 FM.

WKGR began simulcast the programming of sister station WJNO

WJNO

WJNO is a News/Talk radio station in the West Palm Beach market.Its location links WJNO to two nationally syndicated radio programs. WJNO is a de facto flagship station for The Rush Limbaugh Show; Limbaugh hosts the show from his home studio, located in the area...

 on its HD-2 subchannel in September 2010.

Morning Programming

WKGR used to be an affiliate to the The Bob & Tom Show

The Bob & Tom Show

The Bob & Tom Show is a syndicated US radio program established by Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold at radio station WFBQ in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 7, 1983, and syndicated nationally since January 6, 1995....

, and Lex & Terry used to air in the morning on sister station WZZR

WZZR

WZZR is an FM radio station that serves the Port St. Lucie/Stuart/West Palm Beach/Fort Lauderdale area with a talk radio format.Currently on 94.3, it formerly was on 92.7. Until 1992, it was known as "Z93" and played top 40 music, and music from the 80's and 70's. It also supported the local St....

. 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

Paul and Young Ron Show

The Paul & Young Ron Show is a morning radio program starring Paul Castronovo and "Young" Ron Brewer, broadcast on WBGG-FM in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale radio market, WZZR-FM in the West Palm Beach radio market, and Sun 103.1 in Key Largo and Sun 99.5 in Key West.The program is broadcast live from...

 that has aired in the Miami Market (on WBGG-FM

WBGG-FM

WBGG-FM, branded as Big 105.9, is a classic rock radio station licensed to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and serving the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale market. Owned by Clear Channel Communications, the station is licensed for HD Radio and carries WIOD 610 AM on HD2....

) 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

External links

• Station website