WMIA-FM
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| City | Miami Beach, Florida |
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| Broadcast area | South Florida |
| Branding | 93.9 MIA |
| Slogan | Rhythm from the 80's to Now |
| Frequency | 93.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) 93.9 HD-2 for Country "104.7 The Bull" |
| Translator(s) | 104.7 W284CS (Miami, relays HD2) |
| First air date | 1958 (as WMBM-FM) |
| Format | Rhythmic AC |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 307 meters |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 51978 |
| Callsign meaning | MIAmi |
| Former callsigns | WMBM-FM (1958-1961) WMVJ (1961-1965) WGOS (1965-1969) WBUS-FM (1969-1976) WWWL (1976-1983) WWWL-FM (1983-1984) WLVE (1984-2009) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WBGG-FM, WHYI-FM, WINZ, WIOD, WMIB, WZTU |
| Webcast |
Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) |
| Website |
939mia.iheart.com thebull1047.iheart.com (HD2) |
WMIA-FM is a Rhythmic AC radio station that is licensed to Miami Beach, Florida. It broadcasts on 93.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts. Its studios are located in Miramar and the transmitter site is in Miami Gardens.
93.9 FM signed on the air in 1958 and has been WMBM-FM (Simulcast with WMBM), WMVJ (Miami's Voice of Jazz), WGOS-FM (Wild Goose Country), WBUS-FM, "The Magic Bus", progressive rock, then a full-time traditional jazz station. In 1976, the station became "Love 94", changing to a soft rock adult contemporary format. DJ Irene Richard, ( later Irene Richard Brandon ) joined the station in 1976, becoming one of South Florida's earliest, pioneer female broadcasters. Their call letters changed to WWWL until WLVE became available. Later, the soft rock transitioned to smooth jazz and was successful for many years. On Sunday mornings, Love 94 had a Sunday Jazz Brunch program hosted by Stu Grant and a Brazilian Jazz program called "Brazilian Love Jazz" hosted by Gina Martell every Sunday evening. In the later years, however, due to the increasing amount of R&B and Adult Contemporary music being added to the playlist by Broadcast Architecture (which WLVE adopted in 2007), the ratings started to decrease drastically.
On December 25, 2008, WLVE flipped to rhythmic AC as "93.9 MIA." The demise followed the lead of similarly formatted stations in other cities, such as Dallas, Houston, New York City and Washington, D.C.. Miami's new home for smooth jazz is Love Smooth Jazz, with the current format now going up against rhythmic top 40 WPOW and urban AC WHQT. The first song was Will Smith's "Miami", which is a reflection upon where the city it broadcasts from.
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