WRMI

WRMI
City	Okeechobee, Florida
Broadcast area	the Americas & the Caribbean
Branding	Radio Miami International
Slogan	Radio Miami International
Frequency	9.955 MHz (31 m band), and others
Repeater(s)	15.65 MHz (19 m band German relay)
First air date	June 14, 1994
Format	Brokered programming
Language(s)	English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Slovak
Callsign meaning	Radio Miami International
Owner	Radio Miami International, Inc.
Website	www.wrmi.net

WRMI (Radio Miami International) is a shortwave radio station broadcasting from Miami, Florida, United States. WRMI is a commercial radio station that sells airtime to businesses and organizations. It also relays several international news stations including Radio Ukraine International, Radio Slovakia International, Radio France International, FG Radio, Radio Prague, PCJ Radio, Radio Taiwan International, NHK World Radio Japan, and Radio Africa, all of which would otherwise be difficult to receive in the Western Hemisphere.^[1]^[2] However the bulk of its schedule is made up of The Overcomer Ministry with Brother Stair and other religious programs. It also airs several original and syndicated programs.^[2]^[3] According to its 1996 station record from the Federal Communications Commission, WRMI's broadcast target zones were the Caribbean, Central America and South America, ^[4] In particular, much of its programming was targeted towards Cuba. However, as of 2016, WRMI had 23 antennas targeting many zones worldwide.^[5] Its broadcasts are also easily received in the United States and Canada. WRMI airs programs in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Slovak.

History

The station began broadcasting on June 14, 1994 with a 50,000-watt transmitter and two antennas located near Miami, Florida.^[4] In December 2013, they purchased the WYFR transmission complex from Family Radio in Okeechobee, Florida.^[6] This new facility includes a dozen 100,000-watt transmitters plus two 50,000-watt transmitters and several antennas to cover all parts of the world.^[5]

References

↑ English Schedule to the Americas Primetime Shortwave
1 2 Schedule WRMI official site
↑ WRMI Schedule for 9955 kHz WRMI official site]
1 2 "WRMI Station record 1996 to 2003". Federal Communications Commission. November 1996.
1 2 "WRMI – file IHF-RWL-20120627-00005". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
↑ "International High Frequency – WYFR to WRMI". Federal Communications Commission. April 10, 2015.

External links

WRMI official Web site
WRMI transmission schedules
10th Anniversary of WRMI article in Wavescan 494, June 20, 2004

Coordinates: 27°27′30.0″N 80°56′0.0″W / 27.458333°N 80.933333°W / 27.458333; -80.933333

Radio stations in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida market

By AM frequency	560 610 670 710 790 830 880 940 980 990 1020 1080 1140 1170 1210 1260 1320 1360 1400 1430 1450 1470 1490 1520 1550 1580 1700

By SW frequency	9.955

By FM frequency	87.7¹ 88.1 88.3 88.5 88.9 89.7 90.3 90.5 90.9 91.3 92.3 93.1 93.5 93.9 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.5 96.9 97.3 97.9 98.3 99.1 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.7 103.5 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5 ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (WEYS-LP/Rel)

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.500 162.550

By callsign	KHB34 W228BY W284CS WACC WAMR-FM WAQI WAVS WAXY WBGG-FM WCMQ-FM WDNA WEDR WEXY WFEZ WFLC WFLL WGNK WHIM WHSR WHYI-FM WINZ WIOD WJCC WKAT WKIS WKPX WLFE WLQY WLRN-FM WLYF WMBM WMGE WMIA-FM WMIB (HD2) WMLV WMXJ WMYM WNG663 WNMA WOCN WOIR WPOW WQAM WQBA WRGP WRHC WRMA WRMF WRMI WRTO-FM WSFS WSRF WSUA WURN WURN-FM WVUM WWFE WWNN WXDJ WYBP WZAB WZ2531

Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 230 Sirius Channel 153 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

Radio stations in the Vero Beach–Ft. Pierce–Stuart market

By AM frequency	1330 1370 1400 1450 1490 1570 1590

By Shortwave frequency	9.955

By FM frequency	88.5 88.9 89.9 90.5 91.1 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.7 93.7 94.7 95.5 95.9 97.1 98.7 99.7 100.5 101.3 101.7 102.3* 103.7 104.5 106.3 107.9

By callsign	W203BE W300BQ WAVW WAYF WCNO WCZR WEFL WFLM WGYL WHLG WIRA WJFP WJKD WJNX WKGR WLDI WMBX WOSN WOKC WPHR-FM WPSL WQCS WQOL WREH WRMB WRMI WSCF-FM WSJZ-FM WSTU WTTB WUUB WWFR WZTA

Defunct radio stations	WYFR

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 *WMBX is aimed for the West Palm Beach market, but broadcasts from Jensen Beach

Shortwave radio stations located in the United States

Government stations	American Forces Network Radio Free Asia Radio Martí Voice of America WWV WWVH

Private stations	KNLS KSDA KTWR KVOH WBCQ WEWN WHRI WINB WMLK WRMI WRNO WTWW WWCR WWRB

Defunct stations	KTBN KYOI/KHBI WHRA WNYW WYFR

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