History of WKPE
From Brian Douglas; "...104.1 was a Progressive Rock station from maybe 1967 through 1970(?).  It was called "KPE-FM" and was automated (in stereo).  By 1969, they added a live, local morning show.  I "think" it was originally on 104.3, but moved to 104.1 in some frequency switch in the late 60s."

From Rick Morton:
"...I was on WRKT-AM 1300 from about 1966-1968 when I went to WDVH-AM 980 in Gainesville...In late '68 I came back to RKT to turn the "good music" FM into WKPE with an easy rock format, fashioned after WNEW-FM in NY. We were automated but I did a live evening show for a while. I would actually record the show and let the automation run it. I was on the air the night of the Apollo fire, sadly. I remember the "confidential" call I got from a listener on the cape. I had a sidekick - a pretty girl - named Peppy Playmate - real name Sandy Valles. I inherited the "Peppy" name from the guy I replaced... She wasn't on the air, but answered phones and gave me something to talk about if I was stuck. I brought Bill Marlin and Al Radlein to the station from WARN, a little station in Ft. Pierce. When I was first there, the station was owned by C. Sweet Smith, a real character who would drive to the station in his Porsche down Pluckebaum road like a bat out of hell. He went in the canal more than once. Later, the station was bought by Chris Young, a young guy from Bucks County, PA.  His station manager, I don't remember the name, used to walk around with an actual crown and make people call him King. Seriously. You could buy a spot for about a dollar in those days. We used to pray for some national or regional spot who might pay as much as $3. Imagine. No wonder there were so many trade outs. I did a show on weekends from the Tiger's Den which was put on by the (city) recreation department and was a popular place on Saturday nights. They had local Florida bands, the favorite of which were the Tropics from Tampa..."

From Marc Tyll;
After WKPE dropped its AOR format, the calls went back to WRKT-FM and the format became Top 40 as "Rocket 104".