WMNI is borderline standards and, no, "Hold On" does not fit. Part of the song does sound consistent with the rest of the format, but toward the end someone is pounding on drums.You mean the station you constantly talk about and compare every other station in the format to? Don’t know, didn’t listen to it back then, but judging from research and from your posts, a hybrid of standards and some soft oldies.
WMNI is the modern soft AC.
Soft oldies and soft AC are virtually the same thing, just tweak the playlist slightly to local tastes and emphasize a certain period and you’re set. (As a former programmer, format lines and descriptions blur so much.) Also, the modern soft AC has to be somewhat mainstream enough and get somewhat edgy. You can’t expect songs like “Hold On” to not be on the playlist because of personal opinion or whatever. Sonically, it fits, and it was a staple on AC stations when it was first released and many years afterward because it tested well.
WEZV was borderline standards prior to 2017. Now it is somewhat softer than WDUV and WFEZ but definitely not what it was.