On July 13, 2007, on-air personalities Greg Dwyer and Bill Michaels returned to 97X after a 12-year absence at the station. Dwyer and Michaels left rival station KCQQ — where they had worked since 1995 — after their contract expired on December 31, 2006. As part of their contract with Clear Channel Communications (owners of KCQQ), they had to honor a non-compete restriction, meaning they could not work for a competing station in the Quad Cities for six months. In the interim, the duo worked for KRNA, an active rock station based in Cedar Rapids.