WZFL (93.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to

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, and serves

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metropolitan areas of

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, Dade County, and the

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. The station also utilizes a pair of

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that also broadcast at 93.5, W228BY (licensed to

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and simulcasting WSFS-HD4), and 93.5

WBGF WBGF (93.5 FM) is an radio station serving the West Palm Beach radio market. Owned by ANCO Media Group and licensed to Belle Glade, Florida, it broadcasts a dance/EDM format, branded as ''Revolution 93.5''. History The station went on the ai ...

(licensed to Belle Glade). WZFL itself is owned by ANCO Media Group and features programming from

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. The studios for the station are located on Northwest 23rd Avenue in the Edgewater neighborhood of Miami. WZFL's transmitter is located on Windley Key in Islamorada, while W228BY's transmitter is located atop

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and also

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History

Originally, W228BY was one of two translators that simulcasted

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. On March 12, 2013, during the

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, W228BY flipped to

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as Evolution 93.5. The station started broadcasting on

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's HD2 subchannel as of late 2013. On May 11, 2015, the station would gain independence from "Evolution" to add more programming that was exclusive to the station under the new ownership of

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and his partnership formed company, Zoo Communications, as iHeart began leasing out the translator and WHYI-FM HD2 to Mazzoli. On October 5, 2015, another translator, W284CS 104.7 FM, was added as a simulcast to cover the northern part of Dade County and southern portions of

, and with that, the station then repositioned itself as "Revolution Radio," dropping the "Evolution" branding altogether. The station is also a monitored reporter on ''Billboard's'' Dance/Mix Show Airplay panel. On May 22, 2015, Zoo (which has since been renamed ANCO Media Group) acquired WZFL (based in

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), which signed on as a simulcast of Revolution Radio in 2016. On July 1, 2016, Zoo expanded its reach to Fort Lauderdale proper by acquiring W228BV, which simulcasted

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's HD2 sub-channel (which airs a

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format), and on November 17 of that year, swapped its 104.7 translator to iHeart in order to synchronize the 93.5 signal in that area. On May 19, 2017, ANCO acquired

(based in Belle Glade/

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) from

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. Upon the completion of its transmitter move to properly serve the West Palm Beach area, the station flipped to Dance and adopt the "Revolution Radio" branding to mirror WZFL."Revolution 93.5 Miami Adds New Morning Show; Expanding To Palm Beaches"
from ''Radio Insight'' (May 19, 2017)

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