WRLX-FM

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WRLX-FM
Broadcast area	West Palm Beach, Florida
Branding	Classy 92.1
Slogan	Soft favorites
Frequency	92.1 MHz
Format	Soft Adult Contemporary
Callsign meaning	refers to former Easy Listening format (ReLaX)
Owner	Clear Channel Communications
Website	[1]

WRLX, on-air known as Classy 92.1, is a radio station licensed to the West Palm Beach, Florida market. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications, and broadcasts at 92.1 FM.

[edit] Timeline

• 1983--station was Adult Contemporary WNGS. Gary Harper and Terry Lee host the morning show.^[1]

• April 1988--WNGS expands its Sunday morning Jazz programming for a total of 18 hours a week.^[2]

• about April 1992--WNGS ends Adult Contemporary music during the day to become Smooth Jazz on WINGS, 92.1.

• October 1992--Station drops Smooth Jazz format to become Easy Listening WRLX. Local marketing agreement is signed with Fairbanks Communications, then owner of WJNO and WRMF. Fairbanks purchased the station in 1994.^[3]

• Spring 1996--WRLX's Easy Listening format is the highest rated radio station in the West Palm Beach market according to Arbitron.^[4]

• April 16, 1999--WRLX drops Easy Listening format for Urban Oldies 92X. Format is similar to Jammin' Oldies format on New Yrok City's WJTM (now WWPR) ^[5][6]

• January 2001--station becomes alternative "Planet Radio," but retains WRLX call letters. According to the Palm Beach Post, the songlist is almost identical to the established Buzz 103.1.^[7]

• December 2002--Planet Radio format ends. Station begins to simulcast Miami's WLVE as Smooth Jazz 92.1, a format the station abandoned ten years earlier. The simulcast was previously on 94.3 WWLV, but the owner of all three stations, Clear Channel Communications switched WWLV to Talk/Rock WZZR-FM.^[8][9] In time, the station would stop simulcasting with WLVE. The same announcer would voice track the stations. In morning drive, WRLX was unable to offer time checks because the station not broadcasting live.

• October, 2004--WRLX drops Smooth Jazz format for the second time in a dozen years to become "Soft Favorites Classy 92.1" According to the Palm Beach Post, "The new format (called Soft Adult Contemporary) appeals to the area's burgeoning Baby Boomers - the 50-years-plus active adults with not only Elton but Sinatra, Manilow, The Beatles, Neil Diamond, James Taylor and Streisand." Former WJNO newsman Jim Edwards returns to the market from Asheville, North Carolina.^[10]

[edit] References

1. ^ Frederick Burger. "Outtakes", Miami Herald, June 19, 1983. Retrieved on 2006-08-18.
2. ^ Don Van Natta. "Etcetera Performances Jazz Up County's Music Calendar", Miami Herald, April 3, 1988. Retrieved on 2006-08-18.
3. ^ "Fairbanks Files to Buy WRLX", Palm Beach Post, April 5, 1994. Retrieved on 2006-08-18.
4. ^ Mitch McKenney. "Fairbanks Stations Top Arbiton Ratings", Palm Beach Post, May 1, 1996. Retrieved on 2006-08-18.
5. ^ Thom Smith. "Why Do Stations Change Formats Without Warning?", Palm Beach Post, August 1, 1999. Retrieved on 2006-08-18.
6. ^ Thom Smith. "The New 92X", Palm Beach Post, August 1, 1999. Retrieved on 2006-08-18.
7. ^ David Thomas. "Kirkwood Has Meat Puppets Pulling All The Rights Strings", Palm Beach Post, January 19, 2001. Retrieved on 2006-08-18.
8. ^ Susan T. Port. "Clear Channel To Revamp Several Local Radio Stations", Palm Beach Post, December 6, 2002. Retrieved on 2006-08-18.
9. ^ Bob Betcher. "First Phase of Clear Channel Dian Changes Under Way", Port St. Lucie News, December 15, 2002. Retrieved on 2006-08-18.
10. ^ Thom Smith. "Corporate Pulls Plug On Jazz Programming", Palm Beach Post, October 5, 2004. Retrieved on 2006-08-18.

[edit] External links

• Official Website