WRMF
| City of license | Palm Beach, Florida |
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| Broadcast area | Palm Beach / Broward |
| Branding | 97.9 WRMF |
| Slogan | "The Best Variety of the 80's, 90's and Today" |
| Frequency | 97.9 MHz |
| First air date | 1979[1] |
| Format | Hot Adult Contemporary |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 411 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 20436 |
| Callsign meaning | Richard M. Fairbanks |
| Former callsigns | WMUM (?-1978) WJNO-FM (1978-1979)[1] |
| Owner | Palm Beach Broadcasting, LLC |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wrmf.com |
WRMF (97.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting Hot Adult Contemporary music. Licensed in Palm Beach, Florida, it serves the West Palm Beach, Florida radio market. The station has been a leader in the market for the past three decades.
Early in its history the frequency was Album Rock WMUM ("The Mother"). The studios were on Lake Worth Beach. It was later sold to Fairbanks and became WJNO-FM ("J-98") The station became WRMF in January 1980. The call letters refer to previous owner Richard M. Fairbanks. WRMF is currently owned by Cobalt Communications, and was previously owned by Palm Beach Broadcasting, LLC.
It plays a variety of today's hits by artists and bands such as Kings of Leon, Katy Perry, Leona Lewis, Linkin Park, Bruno Mars, and Nelly, 90s songs by artists such as Madonna, Gin Blossoms, Matchbox Twenty, The Cardigans, and The Verve, and 80s songs by artists such as Poison, Bon Jovi, Prince, INXS, and New Order.
[edit] References
- ^ a b FCC Call Sign History page. Accessed 2006-09-02.
[edit] External links
- WRMF official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WRMF
- Radio-Locator information on WRMF
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WRMF
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Additional former call letters: WQXT-FM; WWOS (Wonderful World of Stereo)
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