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Did anyone notice WRMF has evolved more into a real HOT AC format. I looked at their playlist at www.yes.com and it seems real HOT. Anyone else notice it?
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AdamB said:
How do you determine that from looking at the playlist?
Just who's on it?
I thought they were a "real Hot AC" station.
Here is the latest playlist from yes.com:
5:28PM: Collective Soul "The World I Know"
5:18PM: Bon Jovi "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
5:15PM: Train "Calling All Angels"
5:12PM: The Go-Go's "Our Lips Are Sealed"
5:07PM: The Fray "Over My Head (Cable Car)"
5:04PM: Ace of Base "I Don't Turn Around"
They do sound like a typical Hot AC station, playing the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Fray, Lifehouse, Matchbox 20, etc, but I thought they sounded like that all along!
Since we're on the subject of WRMF, does there signal reach the Miami area? If not, do you think a station closer to Miami should switch to Hot AC, or was it tried before and failed? A typical Hot AC (playing 80s, 90s, and current music) could cause competition against Y100 and The Coast.
Here is the latest playlist from yes.com:
5:28PM: Collective Soul "The World I Know"
5:18PM: Bon Jovi "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
5:15PM: Train "Calling All Angels"
5:12PM: The Go-Go's "Our Lips Are Sealed"
5:07PM: The Fray "Over My Head (Cable Car)"
5:04PM: Ace of Base "I Don't Turn Around"
They do sound like a typical Hot AC station, playing the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Fray, Lifehouse, Matchbox 20, etc, but I thought they sounded like that all along!
Since we're on the subject of WRMF, does there signal reach the Miami area? If not, do you think a station closer to Miami should switch to Hot AC, or was it tried before and failed? A typical Hot AC (playing 80s, 90s, and current music) could cause competition against Y100 and The Coast.
WRMF traditionally has been a heritage AC. Their playlist never really changed throughout the 80's and 90's, thanks to a #1 morning show in the "Champions of Breakfast w/ Kevin Kitchens (RIP) and his lackey Jennifer Ross. Also "Dandy" Don Wright (RIP)was also very popular doing PM Drive. Kevin and Jennifer moved to Sunny and that started the downfall of RMF. New Management made the change to HOT AC about three years ago and they're competing with WILD for basically the same at work women 25-54 audience.
They sell really well, and yes, they have a great signal that easily covers all of Miami. They have one of the strongest signals in South Florida. Coast is actually a HOT AC, but they're just pretty bland in my opinion and they just feel good about going after LITE. I personally wish Coast would flip to the MOVIN' format. I know that format would work great in Miami.
They sell really well, and yes, they have a great signal that easily covers all of Miami. They have one of the strongest signals in South Florida. Coast is actually a HOT AC, but they're just pretty bland in my opinion and they just feel good about going after LITE. I personally wish Coast would flip to the MOVIN' format. I know that format would work great in Miami.
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i have also heard a dance show at WRMF on weekends, they play all the current dance music for a few hours. And they also had a show that was based on all 90's hits with kid kelley i think it was called back trax... i havent heard either in a while not sure if RMF still airs those programs.
BTW, 97.9 and 104.3 share the same broadcast tower in south west palm beach county, thats why they are the only palm beach based stations that can be heard allover miami due to transmitter location and strength. The tower its about 1,400 feet tall and both stations are powerd at 100,000 watts. u can hear them both from key largo to stuart without a hitch, thats a coverage area of more than 150+ miles in a straight line.
BTW, 97.9 and 104.3 share the same broadcast tower in south west palm beach county, thats why they are the only palm beach based stations that can be heard allover miami due to transmitter location and strength. The tower its about 1,400 feet tall and both stations are powerd at 100,000 watts. u can hear them both from key largo to stuart without a hitch, thats a coverage area of more than 150+ miles in a straight line.
Kevin said:
I too have always thought of 97.9-WRMF as a real 'HOT-A.C.' station (even going back deep into the 1990s). If Miami's 'THE COAST' sounded like them I'd listen to them all of the time at work.
I can only pick-up WRMF in my car while driving all around Homestead. The signal is rather weak down here, but it picks-up considerably if I drive just a few miles northward towards Cutler Bay / Palmetto Bay / Pinecrest / Kendall.
The last real 'HOT-A.C.' station to grace the Miami / Ft. Lauderdale radio market was the too-short-lived 'MIX-105.9' (WAXY) in 1991. I switched over to them from Y-100 at the time because 'MIX' actually sounded harder back then than Y-100 did (which was going through an identity crisis at the time). 'MIX' even incorporated just a light sprinkle of rap music in its playlist - something that Y-100 bragged incessantly about not playing at the time.
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