WRMF (97.9 FM) is a

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radio station in

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. It serves the northern sections of the

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, including

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and

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. The station airs a

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and is owned by

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. The studios and offices are on Northpoint Parkway in

. For the past three decades, WRMF has been at or close to #1 in the West Palm Beach

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ratings. WRMF has an

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of 100,000 watts. The

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is in Lake Worth, west of

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. WRMF is licensed to broadcast in the

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digital format. The HD2 subchannel

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s the

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format on

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. The HD3 subchannel carries

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and

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from co-owned

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History

WQXT-FM, WWOS

On March 17, 1957, the station

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as WQXT-FM, the FM counterpart to WQXT (now

), under the ownership of the Flame Radio & TV Corporation. They

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middle of the road format of adult popular music and news, with national shows from the

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. The studios were located on Lake Worth Beach. In 1963, WQXT-AM-FM were sold to Fairfax Broadcasting. The following year, the FM station's

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was changed to WWOS, standing for Wonderful World of Stereo," when the station began broadcasting in

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full time. In 1971, the simulcast with WQXT ended, as WWOS switched to

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using the call letters WMUM for "The Mother."

WJNO-FM, WRMF

The station was sold in 1971 to Robert M. Weeks, who also owned WJNO (now

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). The FM station became WJNO-FM, "J-98", switching to an

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format. WJNO-AM-FM were acquired by Richard M. Fairbanks in July 1979. The FM station's call letters were changed to WRMF in January 1980, representing the owner's initials. Nearly a year later in December 1980, WRMF dropped its album rock format and switched to an

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format. When the 1990s rolled along, its format would later begin picking up the tempo and its format moved into a

format by the middle of the decade.

Alpha and Hubbard ownership

In the 2010s, WRMF was acquired by

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, based in

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. On September 27, 2018, Alpha Media agreed to sell its cluster in West Palm Beach to

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.Hubbard To Acquire Alpha Media West Palm Beach
/ref> The sale, at a price of $88 million, was consummated on January 23, 2019.

Shows

* The KVJ Show - Weekdays and Saturdays from 6am-10am * Randi West - Weekdays from 10am-2pm * Danny & Meghan-Weekdays from 2pm-7pm * KVJ Replay 7pm * Shirenna - Weekdays from 8pm-midnight * ''South Florida Sunday'' - Sundays from 6-7am (public affairs)

References

External links

* * {{Hubbard Broadcasting Corporation RMF Hot adult contemporary radio stations in the United States 1957 establishments in Florida Radio stations established in 1957 Hubbard Broadcasting