WKEG

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WKEG
Broadcast area Metro Detroit
Frequency 1030 kHz
BrandingRelevant Radio
Programming
Format Catholic radio
Affiliations Relevant Radio
Ownership
Owner Relevant Radio, Inc.
History
First air date
October 26, 1988;35 years ago (October 26, 1988)
Former call signs
  • WVLF (1988)
  • WDRQ (1988)
  • WUFL (1988–2023) [1]
Technical information
Facility ID 20629
Class D
Power 5,000 watts days only
Transmitter coordinates
 42°36′17″N82°54′40″W / 42.60472°N 82.91111°W / 42.60472; -82.91111
Translator(s)
Links
Website relevantradio.com

WKEG (1030 AM) is a non-commercial Catholic radio station in Sterling Heights, Michigan, serving Metro Detroit. It is a daytimer which must go off the air at night. WKEG is a Class D station operating on the clear-channel frequency of 1030 AM; WBZ in Boston is the dominant Class A station on this frequency.

Contents

By day, WKEG is powered at 5,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna. While the AM station may only broadcast between sunrise and sunset, WKEG has four FM translator stations which can be heard around the clock: 94.3 W232CA and 104.7 W284BQ in Detroit, 94.1 W231CV in Holly and 103.1 W276DB in Rochester Hills. [2]

History

The station signed on the air on October 26, 1988;35 years ago. It was the seventh station owned and operated by Family Life Communications (commonly referred to as FLR or Family Life Radio). It took the call sign WUFL. [1] WUFL carried Family Life's Christian radio programming.

In November 2022, Family Life Radio announced would sell WUFL and its four FM translators to Relevant Radio, which is a Catholic broadcaster based in Wisconsin. The deal included the land that houses WUFL's transmitter but not the call sign, which would be transferred to another Family Life Radio property. [3] [lower-alpha 1]

The sale to Relevant Radio was consummated on February 28, 2023, at a price of $3.1 million. On March 2, 2023, AM 1030 changed its call sign to WKEG. In June 2023, Family Life Radio announced it would be buying an FM station in Detroit, 93.1 WDRQ. [5] The sale was completed and the WUFL call letters were reassigned to the Detroit FM station.

Notes

  1. ↑ Family Life Radio would return to Detroit in August 2023, when it acquired WDRQ (93.1 FM) and relaunched it as a new WUFL. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WKEG
  3. ↑ Venta, Lance (November 23, 2022). "Relevant Radio Acquires Detroit AM & Four Translators". RadioInsight. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  4. ↑ Venta, Lance (August 1, 2023). "Family Life Radio Launches On 93.1 Detroit". RadioInsight. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  5. ↑ RadioInsight.com "Family Life Broadcasting System Acquires 93.1 WDRQ Detroit" retrieved Sept. 25, 2023


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