Martin quit KEGL on March 15, 2000 after co-host Rich Berra had been hired and Martin did not like him; in addition, Martin had been offered to host mornings on Infinity Broadcasting's KLLI. Another controversial show that aired on KEGL was "Kramer and Twitch" in evenings, who had started on KEGL's sister station KDMX, but were moved to the rock formatted KEGL because they were more suited for that genre. In 2001, a prank was aired on the show stating that Britney Spears was dead in an accident, to the horror of her fans. The phony report, which made it around the world in less than 24 hours (being reported on Australian news reports), also falsely stated that her then-boyfriend, Justin Timberlake, was critically injured in the wreck. Trouble followed, including hundreds of calls to local law enforcement agencies, and Kramer and Twitch were fired from KEGL. One week later, motorists in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex were outraged over a billboard promoting the station that was entitled "Highway to Hell", a reference to the AC/DC song of the same name. The billboard, which was erected on a major Dallas thoroughfare, featured Satan giving a lethal injection to Oklahoma City bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh, who was executed just days before the billboard went up. A decision was made to eliminate the rock format on KEGL as Clear Channel also owned similarly-formatted The Edge. At 5 p.m. on May 18, 2004, the first "Eagle" era came to an end after 23 years, and flipped to a gold-based adult contemporary format, branded as "Sunny 97-1". This move was possibly done in response to similarly-formatted KMEO Memories 96.7 (now KTCK-FM) flipping to Modern/Texas Country music as 96.7 The Twister at the time. The final song on the "Eagle" was "Eagles Fly" by Sammy Hagar, while the first song on "Sunny" was "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles. Competing head-on with long time adult contemporary radio station KVIL-FM and sharing audience with KLUV-FM, "Sunny" had poor ratings during its tenure. (From 1992–1996, the "Sunny" branding was once used on KSNN-FM (now KWRD-FM) as a Classic country station.) Mornings were hosted by former rock-formatted jock "Fast" Eddie Coyle; he was later teamed with Anna deHaro on March 22, 2005.