Which you registered on October 1. Cox relaunched WFLC on September 24. If anything you're in breach of their servicemark should they pursue it.
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Is a rhythm hitting Miami?
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They went public the same day the dot com was registered however we were using it on another url already. What we do not understand is how that slogan is used without even looking to see if the dot com is open or if anyone else is using it. The dot com is not in use & 4 sale just because we do not want any confusion.
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How can you use a domain you registered on 10/1 previously on another URL? Especially when there are WHOIS searches that indicate that your registration was the first time ever that domain was registered?
When a company looks for a brand to use, they don't look for domain registrations (which in this case wouldn't matter because it wasn't in use). They look for state and federal trademarks. And right now there's nothing registered in Florida or nationally for "The Rhythm of Miami". If you can claim prior use to 9/24 and apply for a trademark before Cox does, feel free to serve them a cease & desist order and enjoy the legal costs of doing so.
But to claim it off a domain registration you made one week after they rebranded their station? Good luck with that.
Thanks for your thoughts & input you are right they have no trademark. This dot com is for sale and can be used for many types of websites. Feel free to contact us if you read this and are interested.
I doubt ANCO will pull the plug on WZFL.
I was listening to Urban AC WYBC-FM 94.3 New Haven, CT, today. They're identifying as "The Rhythm of the City." Are you sitting on "Rhythm of New Haven," by any chance?
There's no analog EDM outlet in this market. Revolution fills this niche that's not available anywhere. I don't see it pulling out anytime soon.
Plus, its served by two full-power 93.5 FM signals in WPB and Upper Keys with two 93.5 translators in Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Combine those and it sounds like one large full-power station, though quality varies depending on where you live.
Does Revolution still have a Broward translator on 93.5? The FCC website only has the Miami translator listed.
At last check, yeah. They still do under I believe W228BV at the same frequency.
That call sign is no longer in the FCC database and the signal is barely audible in western Broward. Not sure what that might mean.
Their full signal in Palm Beach County is horrible. The stick is out in the extreme western part of the county (near Belle Glade). The station is hard to pick up clearly in most of the populated parts of Palm Beach County.
There's a construction permit to nudge WBGF a little closer to West Palm but it really is just a nudge.
From the FCC Daily Digest:
ZOO COMMUNICATIONS, LLC BLFT-20180706AAQ
DW228BV 93.5 MHZ FL, FORT LAUDERDALE
License Cancelled 9/27/2018 per applicant's request- no letter sent.
Huh. Okay. Is there another license for 93.5 FM to Fort Lauderdale? If not, then has W228BY powered up to cover Broward too?
Nothing is in the FCC database for a translator on that frequency other than the one in Miami. If the Broward one is on the air then it's very weak near Plantation not to mention totally illegal. I'm guessing I'm getting the outer fringe of the Belle Glade signal.
I thought I saw that the stations were for sale. It was a cryptic listing, but it seemed obvious that it was Revolution's signals the ad was speaking of.
I've been listening today and to me, it sounds like Rhythmic CHR and not Rhythmic AC. Star 94 here in Atlanta is Rhythmic AC, and they sound quite different from Hits 97.3.
Looking at their logs, WFLC is playing only 1-4 currents per hour. That's not CHR of any kind.
There's different flavors of Rhythmic AC. WFLC is mostly 2000+ (with a handful of 90s which makes sense with 93.9 mostly 90s still). KJHM Denver is broader playing one current per hour, but still has one 70s song per hour as well with the rest mostly 80s/90s. KAJM Phoenix is even older with very little post 2000 played. WSTR is mostly 80s-early 2000s with one or two currents per hour.
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