WZZR

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Radio station in West Palm Beach, Florida

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::summary Radio station in West Palm Beach, Florida ::

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name	WZZR
logo	WZZR Real Radio 92.1 logo.webp
logo_upright	1
city	West Palm Beach, Florida
country	US
area	West Palm Beach, Florida
branding	Real Radio 92.1
frequency
translators
repeaters
rds	REALRADIO921
language	English
airdate
format
subchannels	HD2: Classic hip hop "Jam'n 93.3"
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haat	152 m
class	C3
facility_id	20442
former_callsigns
owner	iHeartMedia
licensee	iHM Licenses, LLC
affiliations
sister_stations
webcast
website
licensing_authority	FCC
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WZZR (92.1 FM) is a hot talk and alternative rock radio station licensed to West Palm Beach, Florida. WZZR's studios and offices are at Continental Drive in West Palm Beach, The transmitter is in Riviera Beach, It is owned by iHeartMedia, 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 "Jam'n 93.3" on its HD2 subchannel, which broadcasts a classic hip-hop format; the primary frequency for "Jam'n" is FM translator W227CX (93.3) in North Palm Beach.

History

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 WNGS Wings 92FM. Gary Harper and Terry Lee host the morning show.{{cite news | author = Frederick Burger | title = Outtakes | publisher = Miami Herald | date = June 19, 1983
April 1988 – WNGS expands its Sunday morning Jazz programming to a total of 18 hours a week.{{cite news | author = Don Van Natta | title = Etcetera Performances Jazz Up County's Music Calendar | publisher = Miami Herald | date = April 3, 1988
About April 1992 – WNGS ends Adult Contemporary music during the day to become Smooth Jazz on WINGS, 92.1.
October 1992 – The station drops Smooth Jazz format to become Easy Listening.
April 1994 – A local marketing agreement is signed with Fairbanks Communications, then owner of WJNO and WRMF. Fairbanks purchased the station in 1994.{{cite news | title = Fairbanks Files to Buy WRLX | publisher = Palm Beach Post | date = April 5, 1994
June 1994 – An FCC license is granted to the station to operate as WRLX.{{cite web | title = Radio Locator: WRLX-FM 92.1 MHz | publisher = Theodric Technologies LLC | url=http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&call=WRLX | accessdate = October 19, 2007}}
Spring 1996 – WRLX's Easy Listening format is the highest-rated radio station in the West Palm Beach market, according to Arbitron.{{cite news | author = Mitch McKenney | title = Fairbanks Stations Top Arbiton Ratings | publisher = Palm Beach Post | date = May 1, 1996
April 16, 1999 – WRLX drops Easy Listening format for Urban Oldies 92X. The format is similar to the Jammin' Oldies format on New York City's WJTM (now WWPR){{cite news | author = Thom Smith | title = Why Do Stations Change Formats Without Warning? | publisher = Palm Beach Post | date = August 1, 1999 | author = Thom Smith | title = The New 92X | publisher = Palm Beach Post | date = August 1, 1999
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.{{cite news | author = David Thomas | title = Kirkwood Has Meat Puppets Pulling All The Rights Strings | publisher = Palm Beach Post | date = January 19, 2001
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) switched WWLV to Talk/Rock WZZR-FM.{{cite news | author = Susan T. Port | title = Clear Channel To Revamp Several Local Radio Stations | publisher = Palm Beach Post | date = December 6, 2002 | author = Bob Betcher | title = First Phase of Clear Channel Dian Changes Under Way | publisher = Port St. Lucie News | date = December 15, 2002
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) appeals to the area's burgeoning Baby Boomers - the 50-years-plus active adults with not only Elton but Sinatra, Manilow, The Beatles, Neil Diamond, James Taylor and Streisand." Former WJNO newsman Jim Edwards returns to the market from Asheville, North Carolina.{{cite news | author = Thom Smith | title = Corporate Pulls Plug On Jazz Programming | publisher = Palm Beach Post | date = October 5, 2004
December 2007 - WRLX flipped to Spanish AC format branded as "Mia 92.1".
June 2020 - WRLX and its Spanish AC format move to 94.3 FM as "Mia 94.3", swapping frequencies with talk-formatted WZZR, which is rebranded as "Real Radio 92.1".

References

"Station Search Details".
http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=47 HD Radio Guide for West Palm Beach-Boca Raton
(January 1, 2023). "West Palm Beach's Classic Hip Hop Is Now Jam'n". RadioInsight.
[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/188224/mia-real-radio-west-palm-beach-swapping-frequencies/ Mia & Real Radio West Palm Beach Swapping Frequencies] Radioinsight - May 29, 2020

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