City | Loves Park, Illinois |
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Broadcast area | Rockford, Illinois and Vicinity |
Branding | 96.7 The Eagle |
Slogan | Rockford's Home for Classic Rock |
Frequency | 96.7 MHz |
First air date | 1964 (as WLUV-FM) |
Format | Classic rock |
ERP | 2,200 watts |
HAAT | 168 meters |
Class | A |
Facility ID | 38638 |
Callsign meaning | W K EaGLe (branding) |
Former callsigns | WLUV-FM (1964-2000) WKMQ-FM (2000-2004) |
Owner |
Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Rockford License, LLC) |
Sister stations | WROK, WXXQ, WZOK |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 967theeagle.net |
WKGL-FM (branded as "96.7 The Eagle") is a radio station serving the Rockford, Illinois area with a Classic rock format. It broadcasts on FM frequency 96.7 MHz and is under ownership of Townsquare Media. Prior to being WKGL-FM, the station had an oldies format as WKMQ and a country format as WLUV-FM.
On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare would acquire 53 Cumulus Media stations, including WKGL-FM, for $238 million. The deal is part of Cumulus' acquisition of Dial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global are both controlled by Oaktree Capital Management. The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.
Coordinates: 42°21′47″N 89°08′06″W / 42.363°N 89.135°W