WJRE went on-the-air October 1, 1966, providing the Tri-County area with its first local FM signal. WJRE operated at 92.1 on the FM dial with 3000 watts of power, until October 1, 1996, when it moved to 93.9 on the FM dial, with 3100 watts of power from a 453-foot tower northeast of Kewanee, substantially increasing WJRE's coverage area.

WJRE then moved down the dial to 102.5 on May 1, 2003 at midnight to a tower south of Galva, with 3,000 watts of power.

On Thursday, November 3, 2005 at 4 p.m., WJRE flipped the switch to its new transmitter on Beach Street in Kewanee, sharing facilities with sister station WKEI. WJRE now operates at 6,000 watts. WJRE also utilizes the Radio Data System, or RDS.