| WKEG | |
| City: | Sterling Heights, Michigan |
| Country: | US |
| Area: | Metro Detroit |
| Branding: | Relevant Radio |
| Frequency: | 1030 kHz |
| Format: | Catholic radio |
| Power: | 5,000 watts days only |
| Class: | D |
| Facility Id: | 20629 |
| Coordinates: | 42.6047°N -82.9111°W |
| Affiliations: | Relevant Radio |
| Owner: | Relevant Radio, Inc. |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
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.
By day, WKEG is powered at 5,000 watts, using a directional 3 tower array. 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.Radio-Locator.com/WKEG
The station signed on the air on . 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.[2]
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.[3] The sale was completed and the WUFL call letters were reassigned to the Detroit FM station.