WRLX

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WRLX-FM
City of license West Palm Beach, Florida
Broadcast area West Palm Beach, Florida
Branding Mia 92.1
Frequency 92.1 MHz
First air date 12/05/2007
Format Spanish Adult Contemporary
ERP 7,200 watts
HAAT 152 meters
Class C3
Facility ID 20442
Callsign meaning refers to former Easy Listening format (ReLaX)
Owner Clear Channel Communications
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.mia921.com

WRLX, on-air formerly 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. It switched to a Hot AC Spanish format on Wednesday 12/05/07...MIA 92.1 at 2pm EST.

[edit] Timeline

  • 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.
  • April, 1994--Local marketing agreement is signed with Fairbanks Communications, then owner of WJNO and WRMF. Fairbanks purchased the station in 1994. [3]
  • June 1994-- FCC license is granted to operate as WRLX-FM [4]
  • Spring 1996--WRLX's Easy Listening format is the highest rated radio station in the West Palm Beach market according to Arbitron.[5]
  • 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.[8]
  • 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.[9][10] 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.

[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. ^ Radio Locator: WRLX-FM 92.1 MHz. Theodric Technologies LLC. Retrieved on 2007-10-19.
  5. ^ Mitch McKenney. "Fairbanks Stations Top Arbiton Ratings", Palm Beach Post, May 1, 1996. Retrieved on 2006-08-18. 
  6. ^ Thom Smith. "Why Do Stations Change Formats Without Warning?", Palm Beach Post, August 1, 1999. Retrieved on 2006-08-18. 
  7. ^ Thom Smith. "The New 92X", Palm Beach Post, August 1, 1999. Retrieved on 2006-08-18. 
  8. ^ David Thomas. "Kirkwood Has Meat Puppets Pulling All The Rights Strings", Palm Beach Post, January 19, 2001. Retrieved on 2006-08-18. 
  9. ^ Susan T. Port. "Clear Channel To Revamp Several Local Radio Stations", Palm Beach Post, December 6, 2002. Retrieved on 2006-08-18. 
  10. ^ Bob Betcher. "First Phase of Clear Channel Dian Changes Under Way", Port St. Lucie News, December 15, 2002. Retrieved on 2006-08-18. 
  11. ^ Thom Smith. "Corporate Pulls Plug On Jazz Programming", Palm Beach Post, October 5, 2004. Retrieved on 2006-08-18. 

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