WRUM (100.3
FM) is a
commercial
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radio station
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in
Orlando, Florida
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, known as "Rumba 100.3." It airs a
Spanish-language
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radio format
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featuring
Latin pop
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,
Reggaeton
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It has evolved from dancehall and has been influenced by American hip hop, ...
and
Tropical music
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, and is owned by
iHeartMedia. The
studios and offices are on Maitland Center Parkway in
Maitland
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.
WRUM has an
effective radiated power
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(ERP) of 100,000
watt
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s. The
transmitter
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is in
Bithlo
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, off Fort Christmas Road (Route 420).
WRUM broadcasts using the
HD radio
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hybrid format. The HD2 subchannel carries a bilingual
CHR format, known as "Mega 97.1." The subchannel feeds an
FM translator
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at 97.1 MHz.
History
The station
signed on
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in 1950 as WKIS-FM, originally
simulcast
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ing WKIS (now
WYGM
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). The two stations were owned by Central Florida Broadcasting and were
network affiliates
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of
NBC
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.
In 1971, the simulcast ended as WKIS and WKIS-FM were sold to separate companies, with the FM station acquired by the Shamrock Development Company. The new management installed a
progressive rock
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format, switching the
call sign
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to WDIZ. Over time, the station's
playlist focused on the top-selling albums and rock artists, as the station shifted to
album-oriented rock
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Album-orien ...
.
In 1996, after stunting with sounds of a department store that included occasional talking, typewriter noises, and telephones ringing, the station switched to all
oldies
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as WSHE.
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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-based
Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) acquired the station in 1997. On February 28, 2004, after stunting with the last two minutes of "
Hey Jude" by
The Beatles
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in a loop for only a single weekend, the station's call letters were then switched to WEBG.
In 2005, the station flipped to a
Spanish-language
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tropical music
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format, although over time,
Latin pop
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and
Reggaeton
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It has evolved from dancehall and has been influenced by American hip hop, ...
would be mixed into the playlist.
WRUM-HD2
On April 19, 2017, WRUM-HD2 launched a bilingual
CHR format, branded as ''Boom 97 Uno''. It was simulcast on
FM translator
A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or tra ...
s at 97.1 FM: W246BT in
Clermont (about 20 miles west of Orlando), and W246CK in
Kissimmee
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(a few miles south of Orlando). However, due to a trademark claim by
Radio One (which uses the "Boom" brand for its
classic hip hop
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Although stations with such a format date back as far as 2004, the format was first popularized in October 2014, after ...
stations), the HD2 subchannel and FM translators were rebranded as ''Oi2 97 Uno'' (pronounced "Oidos") on May 4, 2017. On February 8, 2018, WRUM-HD2 became ''Mega 97.1''.
Oi2 Returns to iHeart as Mega 97.1
''Radio Insight'' - February 8, 2018
Translators
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RUM
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RUM
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IHeartMedia radio stations
Radio stations established in 1950
1950 establishments in Florida
Tropical music radio stations