WZZR, known on-air as "Real Radio 92.1", is a
hot talk radio station licensed to serve
West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach is a city in and the county seat of Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is located immediately to the west of the adjacent Palm Beach, which is situated on a barrier island across the Lake Worth Lagoon. The populatio ...
, where its studios and transmitter tower are separately located. It is owned by
iHeartMedia
iHeartMedia, Inc., formerly CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications, Inc.), a company fou ...
(formerly Clear Channel Communications), and broadcasts on 92.1 FM. The station is simulcast in
Vero Beach on
WCZR (101.7 FM).
WZZR is licensed by the
FCC to broadcast in the
HD (digital) format, and simulcasts sister station The New 93.3 on its HD2 subchannel, which broadcasts a classic hip-hop format.
Timeline
*1975-1978 – Broadcast on 92.1 as WWRN with a resort style format with music targeting listeners aged 50+
*1978-1980 – WWRN was known as 92Rock. They played album oriented rock music with Gary Beck as the program director.
*1983 – station was
Adult Contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...
WNGS Wings 92FM. Gary Harper and Terry Lee host the morning show.
*April 1988 – WNGS expands its Sunday morning Jazz programming to a total of 18 hours a week.
*About April 1992 – WNGS ends
Adult Contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...
music during the day to become ''Smooth Jazz on WINGS, 92.1.''
*October 1992 – The station drops
Smooth Jazz format to become
Easy Listening
Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s. It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs, ...
.
*April 1994 – A local marketing agreement is signed with Fairbanks Communications, then owner of
WJNO
WJNO (1290 AM) is a commercial talk radio station licensed to serve West Palm Beach, Florida, covering Palm Beach County and portions of the Miami metropolitan area. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., WJNO serves as the local affiliate for: Fox News ...
and
WRMF. Fairbanks purchased the station in 1994.
*June 1994 – An FCC license is granted to the station to operate as WRLX.
*Spring 1996 – WRLX's
Easy Listening
Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s. It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs, ...
format is the highest-rated radio station in the West Palm Beach market, according to
Arbitron
Nielsen Audio (formerly Arbitron) is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio broadcasting audiences. It was founded as the American Research Bureau by Jim Seiler in 1949 and became national by merging ...
.
*April 16, 1999 – WRLX drops
Easy Listening
Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s. It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs, ...
format for Urban Oldies 92X. The format is similar to the
Jammin' Oldies format on New York City's WJTM (now
WWPR)
*January 2001 – The station becomes alternative "Planet Radio," but retains WRLX call letters. According to the
Palm Beach Post, the songlist is almost identical to the established
Buzz 103.1.
*December 2002 – Planet Radio format ends. The station begins to simulcast Miami's WLVE as
Smooth Jazz 92.1, a format the station abandoned ten years earlier. The simulcast was previously on 94.3 WWLV, but the owner of all three stations, Clear Channel Communications (now
iHeartMedia
iHeartMedia, Inc., formerly CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications, Inc.), a company fou ...
) switched WWLV to Talk/Rock WZZR-FM. In time, the station would stop simulcasting with WLVE. The same announcer would voice track the stations. In morning drive, WRLX was unable to offer time checks because the station not broadcasting live.
*October 2004 – WRLX drops
Smooth Jazz format for the second time in a dozen years to become "Soft Favorites Classy 92.1". According to the
Palm Beach Post, "The new format (called Soft
Adult Contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...
) appeals to the area's burgeoning
Baby Boomers - the 50-years-plus active adults with not only
Elton but
Sinatra,
Manilow
Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", "Somewhere Down the Road (Barry Manilow song), Somewhere Down th ...
,
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the developm ...
,
Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He has had ten No. 1 singles on the Hot 100 and Adul ...
,
James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, hav ...
and
Streisand." Former WJNO newsman Jim Edwards returns to the market from
Asheville, North Carolina.
*June 2020 - WRLX and its Spanish AC format move to
94.3 FM The following radio stations broadcast on FM frequency 94.3 MHz:
Argentina
* Ángel in Puerto San Martín, Santa Fe
* LRM732 El Faro in Funes, Santa Fe
* Radio María in Libertador Gral San Martin, Jujuy
* Radio María in Villa Regina, Río ...
as "Mia 94.3", swapping frequencies with talk-formatted WZZR, which is rebranded as "Real Radio 92.1".
Mia & Real Radio West Palm Beach Swapping Frequencies
Radioinsight - May 29, 2020
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Radio stations established in 1976
1976 establishments in Florida
IHeartMedia radio stations
Talk radio stations in the United States