WZFL

WZFL
City WZFL: Islamorada, Florida
W228BY:Miami, Florida
W228BV: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Broadcast area Dade County, Florida
Florida Keys
Branding Revolution Radio 93.5
Slogan South Florida's Home of Dance Music
Frequency 93.5 MHz
Repeater(s) WHYI-FM 100.7 HD-2
First air date 2013
Format Dance/EDM
Language(s) English
ERP WZFL: 50kw
W228BY/W228BV: 250 Watts
Class C
Owner WZFL: ANCO Media Group
(W228BY/W228BV: under a leasing agreement with iHeartMedia)
(Marco Mazzoli)
Website Revolution Radio Official Website

WZFL (Revolution Radio) is a radio station licensed to Islamorada, Florida, and serves South Florida metropolitan areas of Miami, Dade County, and the Florida Keys. The station also utilizes a pair of relay transmitters that also broadcast at 93.5, W228BY (licensed to Miami, Florida and simulcasting WHYI-FM-HD2) and W228BV (licensed to Fort Lauderdale, which also simulcasts WHYI-HD2). WZFL itself is owned of ANCO Media Group (formerly Zoo Communications), while ANCO is only leasing the translators from iHeartMedia, Inc..

The studios for the station are located on Northwest 23rd Avenue in the Edgewater neighborhood of Miami. WZFL's transmitter is located on Windley Key in Islamorada, while W228BY's transmitter is located atop One Biscayne Tower in Downtown Miami, and W228BV's transmitter is located in Pembroke Park in southern Broward County.

Station History

Originally, W228BY was one of two translators that simulcasted WIOD. On March 12, 2013, during the Winter Music Conference, W228BY flipped to Dance as Evolution 93.5.[1] The station started broadcasting on WHYI's HD2 subchannel as of late 2013.

On May 11, 2015, the station would gain independence from "Evolution" to add more programming that was exclusive to the station under the new ownership of Marco Mazzoli and his partnership formed company, Zoo Communications (which later became ANCO Media Group), as iHeart began leasing out the translator and WHYI-FM HD2 to Mazzoli.[2] On October 5, 2015, another translator, W284CS 104.7 FM, was added as a simulcast to cover the northern part of Dade County and southern portions of Broward County, and with that, the station then repositioned itself as "Revolution Radio," dropping the "Evolution" branding altogether.[3] The station is also a monitored reporter on Billboard's Dance/Mix Show Airplay panel.[4][5]

On May 22, 2015, Zoo acquired WZFL (based in Islamorada/Key Largo), which signed on as a simulcast of Revolution Radio in 2016.[6] On July 1, 2016, Zoo expanded its reach to Fort Lauderdale proper by acquiring W228BV, which simulcasted WMIA-FM's HD2 sub-channel (which airs a country format), and on November 17th of that year, swapped its 104.7 translator to iHeart in order to synchronize the 93.5 signal in that area.[7]

On May 19, 2017, ANCO announced that it will acquire WBGF (based in Belle Glade/West Palm Beach) from JVC Media. Upon the completion of its transmitter move to properly serve the West Palm Beach area, the station will flip to Dance and adopt the "Revolution Radio" branding to mirror WZFL.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Miami Reaches An Evolutionary State" - Lance Venta, Radio Insight, March 12, 2013
  2. ↑ "A New Evolution For 93.5 Miami" from Radio Insight (May 1, 2015)
  3. ↑ "iHeartRadio/Miami's Dance 'Evolution' Format Moves To 104.7" from All Access (October 5, 2015)
  4. ↑ BDS Monitored Reporting Panel
  5. ↑ "Fresh Listen: Revolution 93.5 Miami" from Radio Insight (April 13, 2017)
  6. ↑ "Station Sales Week 5/22: Evolution Expanding To Florida Keys & Disney Sells Seattle" from Radio Insight (May 22, 2015)
  7. ↑ "Revolution & Bull Swap Frequencies In Fort Lauderdale" from Radio Insight (November 17, 2016)
  8. ↑ "Revolution 93.5 Miami Adds New Morning Show; Expanding To Palm Beaches " from Radio Insight (May 19, 2017)


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