KEGL-FM
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| City of license | Fort Worth, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Dallas/Fort Worth |
| Branding | "La Preciosa 97.1" |
| First air date | 1957 (as KFJZ) |
| Frequency | 97.1 MHz 97.1 HD-2 for Hispanic AC |
| Format | Regional Mexican |
| Callsign meaning | Regional Mexican music or The Eagle (Former Rock Station) |
| Former callsigns | KWXI (1969-1976) KFJZ (1957-1969 and 1976-1984) |
| Owner | Clear Channel |
| Website | http://dallas.lapreciosa.com |
KEGL, branded as "La Preciosa 97.1", is a radio station transmitting on 97.1 FM, serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. It is owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications.
[edit] About KEGL
KEGL is a 100,000 watt radio station broadcasting from Cedar Hill, TX, covering the Ft. Worth/Dallas Metroplex market. It is licensed to Fort Worth, TX.
Formerly KWXI then KFJZ of Ft. Worth (Z97), KEGL was a legendary rock and roll station in the Metroplex. In 1981, Randy Brown or "Christopher Haze", his airname, became the P.D. of 97.1 and changed the call letters and imaging of the station. The Eagle 97 KEGL was born. Within a short period of time, the station became pretty successful with their hybrid rock and top 40 format known as Rock/40. (KEGL was one of the most successful Rock/40 stations ever) Stevens and Prewitt was the morning show of that time period. Later, Robbins, Kinney & Cowan replaced Stevens and Prewitt. A guy from Houston, Moby, was added to the lineup as the afternoon drive jock.
Kidd Kraddick (now at Kiss 106.1) started at night, then moved to afternoon drive when Moby in the Morning replaced RKC that jumped ship to do wakeups in Sacramento. (They didn't last long there!) Another well-known Metorplex jock that worked at The Eagle in the 80s is Russ Martin (now on live 105). Moby in the Morning, a highly rated show, was removed from KEGL because of FCC alleged violations of content. Kraddick was moved to mornings. Though most of the 80s, the station was owned by Sandusky, a newspaper company. The studios were located in the Xerox tower in Los Colinas, a suburb of Dallas.
The very late 1980s and early 1990s weren't good to the Eagle. At first they went more down the dance/top 40 road under the direction of Joel Folger, later in 1992 going more rock-based. Eventually KEGL went to a harder rock sound. Though the 90s, this is what KEGL was known for. KEGL was a Howard Stern affiliate for several years in the 90s, until he verbally attacked the new ownership, Nationwide, an insurance company. Another controversial show that aired on KEGL in the 90s was Kramer and Twitch at night. A prank was aired stating that Britney Spears was dead in an accident, to the horror of her fans. Trouble followed, and Kramer and Twitch were jettisoned from The Eagle. Under Nationwide, KEGL's ratings were stagneted. Later under Clear Channel, the ratings and revenue fell.
A decision was made to eliminate the rock format on KEGL as CC also owned The Edge. The Eagle was flipped off in 2004 to make way for "Sunny 97.1", a 1960s to 1980s-based A/C format by playing "When Eagles Fly" by Sammy Hagar. The first song for "Sunny" was "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles. Poorly produced and competing head-on with KVIL and sharing audience with KLUV, "Sunny" lasted about a year. From 1992-1996, the "Sunny" branding was once used on KSNN-FM (now KWRD) as a Classic country station. In 2005, KEGL became La Preciosa, a Spanish music station...not to be confused with KDFT-AM's La Poderosa station. Competing against several lower-powered rim-shot signals for the Spanish marketshare, KEGL's 100,000 watt signal quickly soared to the top of DFW's ratings. Currently in March of 2005, they are a strong #2.
Lots of information about the station including ratings from back then can be found here: http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/
[edit] Former Logos
 Eagle 97 logo used in 1981-1985. |
 97.1 The Eagle logo used in 1985-1996. |
 97.1 The Eagle logo used in 1996-2004. |
 Sunny 97.1 logo used in 2004-2005. |
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