the founding hosts of their format, in January 2020; the branding of the format is based on his longtime on-air nickname), as well as fellow former KTCK hosts Julie Dobbs and Mike Sirois, and Jeff Cavanaugh, formerly of KRLD-FM. Ahead of the move, "Eagle" late afternoon hosts Dan O’Malley and Alfie Coy (and, by extension, their show "The Treehouse"), as well as Dallas Region President Kelly Kibler, were let go, and KEGL/KZPS Program Director Don Davis had resigned earlier in the month. The change also comes due to the station's poor rating performance, with KEGL being ranked 28th in the Dallas-Fort Worth market with a 1.3 share in the August 2022 PPM rating report. On September 30, at 2 p.m., midday host Alan Ayo signed off the music portion of the "Eagle" format, with the final songs played being "Hurt" by Johnny Cash, "Everlong" by Foo Fighters, and "Fade to Black" by Metallica. At 5 p.m., following that day's broadcast of "The Ben and Skin Show", the station began stunting with a loop of songs with the word "Freak" in their titles, specifically Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On", Rick James' "Super Freak", "Freaks Come Out at Night" by Whodini, and Chic's "Le Freak". Liners advised listeners to tune in the following Monday (October 3) at 3 p.m., as well as redirected former "Eagle" rock music listeners to the station's HD2 subchannel (where the format would move), as well as co-owned classic rock station KZPS. The stunt was followed by a 15-hour loop of "The Waiting" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers on October 3. The shift to "The Freak" took place on October 3 at 3 p.m. Weekday local hosts include Jeff Cavanaugh, Kevin 'KT' Turner, Julie Dobbs, Matt Cather, Ben Rogers, Jeff "Skin", Krystina "K-Ray" Ray, Mike Rhyner, Mike Sirois and Michael 'Grubes' Gruber. Later, the station added another KTCK personality, Danny "Dingu" Balis. Other programs and hosts include "The News Junkie" (from Orlando sister station WTKS), "Mansplaining" with Pugs Moran and Dr. Robert Schwartz, Debbie Sexxton, and SportsMap Network programming. Play-by-play Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association, since the 2021-22 season. Chuck Cooperstein and former Mavericks great Brad Davis are the game announcers with Mike Peasley hosting the pregame and postgame shows. HD Radio KEGL-HD2 The station's HD2 subchannel (HD Radio needed) previously aired a commercial-free version of "The Eagle". In 2011, it began carrying iHeartRadio's