• May 20, 1966 - WKEI-FM went on the air, providing the Tri-County area (
Henry,
Bureau, and
Stark) with its first local FM signal at 92.1 MHz. • March 1, 1974 - WKEI-FM became WJRE, which operated on a frequency of 92.1 MHz. • October 1, 1996 - The frequency was changed to 93.9 MHz, with 3,100
watts of power from a 453-foot tower northeast of
Kewanee, substantially increasing WJRE's coverage area. • May 1, 2003,
midnight - The frequency was changed to 102.5 MHz from a tower south of
Galva, with 3,000 watts of power. • November 3, 2005 at 4 p.m., WJRE switched to a new transmitter on Beach Street in Kewanee, sharing facilities with sister station
WKEI. WJRE now operates at 6,000 watts. • January 1, 2007 at 6 a.m., WJRE changed music format from
Hot Adult Contemporary (Hot AC) to a
country music format. • February 1, 2018 at 12:01 a.m., WJRE launched "104.7 Rock 2.0", a
rock music format on their HD3 channel and translator W284CV. ==References==