WRLX

WRLX
City	West Palm Beach, Florida
Broadcast area	West Palm Beach, Florida
Branding	Mia 92.1
Slogan	Mas Musicia, Mas Veriety en Miami
Frequency	92.1 MHz(also on HD Radio)
First air date	1975 (as WWRN)
Format	Spanish Adult Contemporary, Miami Dolphins Spanish Broadcast
ERP	7,200 watts
HAAT	152 meters
Class	C3
Facility ID	20442
Callsign meaning	refers to former Easy Listening format (ReLaX)
Former callsigns	WWRN (1975-1983) WNGS (1983-1992)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations	WLDI, WAVW, WKGR, WZZR, WCZR, WQOL
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	mia921.com

WRLX, known on-air as "Mia 92.1", is a Spanish radio station licensed to the West Palm Beach, Florida market, where its studios and transmitter tower are separately located. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications), and broadcasts at 92.1 FM.

WRLX is licensed by the FCC to broadcast in the HD (digital) format.^[1]^[2]

Timeline

1975-1978 Broadcast on 92.1 as WWRN with a resort style format with music targeting listeners aged 50+
1978-1980-- WWRN was known as 92Rock. They played album oriented rock music with Gary Beck as the program director.
1983--station was Adult Contemporary WNGS Wings 92FM. Gary Harper and Terry Lee host the morning show.^[3]

April 1988--WNGS expands its Sunday morning Jazz programming for a total of 18 hours a week.^[4]

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.^[5]
June 1994-- FCC license is granted to operate as WRLX-FM ^[6]

Spring 1996--WRLX's Easy Listening format is the highest rated radio station in the West Palm Beach market according to Arbitron.^[7]

April 16, 1999--WRLX drops Easy Listening format for Urban Oldies 92X. Format is similar to Jammin' Oldies format on New York City's WJTM (now WWPR) ^[8]^[9]

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.^[10]

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.^[11]^[12] 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.^[13]

References

↑ http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=20442
↑ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=9 HD Radio Guide for West Palm Beach-Boca Raton
↑ Frederick Burger (June 19, 1983). "Outtakes". Miami Herald. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Don Van Natta (April 3, 1988). "Etcetera Performances Jazz Up County's Music Calendar". Miami Herald. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Fairbanks Files to Buy WRLX". Palm Beach Post. April 5, 1994. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Radio Locator: WRLX-FM 92.1 MHz". Theodric Technologies LLC. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
↑ Mitch McKenney (May 1, 1996). "Fairbanks Stations Top Arbiton Ratings". Palm Beach Post. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Thom Smith (August 1, 1999). "Why Do Stations Change Formats Without Warning?". Palm Beach Post. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Thom Smith (August 1, 1999). "The New 92X". Palm Beach Post. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ David Thomas (January 19, 2001). "Kirkwood Has Meat Puppets Pulling All The Rights Strings". Palm Beach Post. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Susan T. Port (December 6, 2002). "Clear Channel To Revamp Several Local Radio Stations". Palm Beach Post. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Bob Betcher (December 15, 2002). "First Phase of Clear Channel Dian Changes Under Way". Port St. Lucie News. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Thom Smith (October 5, 2004). "Corporate Pulls Plug On Jazz Programming". Palm Beach Post. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

External links

Official Website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WRLX

Radio-Locator information on WRLX

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WRLX

Radio stations in the West Palm Beach–Boca Raton, Florida market

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By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.3 89.9 90.7 91.3 92.1 93.5 94.3 95.5 95.9 97.9 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.9 102.3 103.1 104.3 105.5 106.3 106.9 107.9

By callsign	W270AD WAYF WBGF WBZT WCNO WDJA WEAT WEFL WFLV WFTL WIRK WJBW WJCB WJNO WKGR WLDI WLLY-FM WLML-FM WLVJ WMBX WMEN WOLL WPBR WPOM WPSP WRLX WRMB WRMF WSBR WSFS WSVU WSWN WUUB WWFE WWRF WZZR

Florida radio markets Daytona Beach Fort Myers–Naples–Marco Island Ft. Pierce–Stuart–Vero Beach Ft. Walton Beach Gainesville–Ocala Jacksonville Lakeland-Winter Haven Melbourne–Titusville–Cocoa Miami–Ft. Lauderdale Orlando Panama City Pensacola Sarasota–Bradenton Tallahassee Tampa–St.Petersburg–Clearwater West Palm Beach–Boca Raton Other Florida radio regions Florida Keys Lake City Sebring See also List of radio stations in Florida

Spanish-language radio stations in the state of Florida

Stations	WACC – Hialeah WAFC – Clewiston WAFZ – Immokalee WAFZ-FM – Immokalee WAMA – Tampa WAMR-FM – Miami WAQI – Miami WAUC – Wauchula WCIW-LP – Immokalee WCMQ – Hialeah WDJA – Delray Beach WGES – Saint Petersburg WIWA – Saint Cloud WJNX – Fort Pierce WJRN-LP – Summerfield WJSJ – Fernandina Beach WJUA – Fort Myers WLAA – Winter Garden WLAZ – Kissimmee WLCC – Brandon WLFE – Cutler Bay WMFM – Key West WMGE – Miami Beach WMGG – Largo WNMA – Miami Springs WNPL – Naples WNTF – Bithlo WNUE-FM – Deltona WOCN – Miami WOIR – Homestead WONQ – Oviedo WOTS – Kissimmee WPIK – Summerland Key WPRD – Winter Park WPSP – Royal Palm Beach WQBA – Miami WQBN – Temple Terrace WQXM – Bartow WRHC – Coral Gables WRLX – West Palm Beach WRLZ – Eatonville WRMA – North Miami Beach WRTO-FM – Goulds WRUB - Sarasota WRUM – Orlando WSDO – Sanford WSUA – Miami WTLQ-FM – Fort Myers WTJV – Deland WUNA – Ocoee WVDV-LP – Sebring WVOJ – Fernandina Beach WWCL – Lehigh Acres WWFE – Miami WWPR – Bradenton WWRF – Lake Worth WXDJ – Fort Lauderdale WYUU – Safety Harbor

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Florida See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

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Coordinates: 26°48′00″N 80°04′34″W / 26.800°N 80.076°W / 26.800; -80.076

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