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Coordinates : 27°27′30″N 80°56′0″W / 27.45833°N 80.93333°W / 27.45833; -80.93333 WRMI (Radio Miami International) is a shortwave radio station broadcasting from Okeechobee, Flor...

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Coordinates: 27°27′30″N80°56′0″W / 27.45833°N 80.93333°W / 27.45833; -80.93333

WRMI (Radio Miami International) is a shortwaveradio station broadcasting from Okeechobee, Florida, United States. WRMI is a commercial radio station that sells airtime to businesses and organizations.

Programming

WRMI relays several international news stations including Radio Ukraine International, Radio Slovakia International, Radio Tirana, Radio France International, Famagusta Gazette Radio, Radio Prague, the Italian Broadcasting Corporation, NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Taiwan International, and Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior, all of which, except for the last, would otherwise be difficult to receive in the Western Hemisphere.[1][2] It also features headline news stories from the Voice of America, several religious programs (particularly those of Brother Stair and Ching Hai), as well as original and syndicated programs.[2][3] According to its 1996 station record from the Federal Communications Commission, WRMI's broadcast target zones were the Caribbean, Central America and South America.[4] In particular, much of its programming was targeted towards Cuba. With the addition of the former WYFR transmitters, WRMI had 14 transmitters with 23 antennas targeting many zones worldwide in 2016.[5] Its broadcasts are also easily received in the United States and Canada. WRMI airs programs in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Ukrainian, Russian and Slovak. Since March 2022, WRMI has targeted daily native language programming to Ukraine and Russia regarding the on-going Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]

WRMI was nominated for "Most Popular Radio International Radio Station for 2024" by the Club de Diexistas sin Fronteras (DXers Without Borders Club), a club with a primarily Spanish and Portuguese speaking audience; the station finished in third place to Radio Taiwan International's Spanish service, with Dino Bloise winning the "Best (Male) Presenter" award from the same club.[7][8]

WRMI Legends

In November 2022, WRMI added an evening block of personality oldies programming that had previously been aired on WTWW in Lebanon, Tennessee. The block, branded as "WRMI Legends," was forced off WTWW when that station shut down due to a number of factors earlier that month.[9] WRMI Legends has operated on the 5050 kHz frequency, vacated by WWRB following the January 2022 death of its owner, since February 2023. WRMI Legends, like WTWW before it, largely targets a North American and European audience of DXers and Amateur Radio enthusiasts. The WRMI Legends programming block also carries “Ria’s Ham Shack,” an amateur radio focused talk show hosted by Ria Jairam, N2RJ, Sundays at 8PM Central. Jairam’s show was previously broadcast on Saturdays on WTWW.

WRMI Legends founder Ted Randall died May 11, 2025.[10] His widow indicated that the service would continue.[11]

Mighty KBC

In January 2023, WRMI absorbed another block of personality music programming from German/Dutch shortwave broadcaster The Mighty KBC Radio, which was forced to suspend operations due to an energy crisis in Europe.[12]

History

The station began broadcasting on June 14, 1994, with a 50,000-watt transmitter and two antennas located near Miami, Florida.[4] In December 2013, they purchased the WYFR transmission complex from Family Radio in Okeechobee, Florida.[13] This new facility includes a dozen 100,000-watt transmitters plus two 50,000-watt transmitters and several antennas to cover all parts of the world.[5]

Frequencies

WRMI currently, as of March 2026, broadcasts on the following frequencies in the following directions:[14]

Referencias

  1. ↑ Horario antiguo de Inglaterra para las Américas. Archivado el 6 de mayo de 2016 en Wayback Machine . Primetime Shortwave.
  2. 1 2 Horario antiguo Sitio oficial de WRMI
  3. ↑ Antigua programación de WRMI para 9.955 MHz (sitio web oficial de WRMI
  4. 1 2 "Registro de la estación WRMI 1996 a 2003" . Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones . Noviembre de 1996.
  5. 1 2 "WRMI – archivo IHF-RWL-20120627-00005" . Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones . Consultado el 21 de febrero de 2016 .
  6. ↑ Señal de radio de onda corta proveniente de un pastizal de vacas en Florida llega a Rusia con las últimas noticias. WFOR-TV, 17 de marzo de 2022.
  7. ↑ "Rti Español votada como la emisora ​​de radio internacional "Más popular" - Rti" . RTI Radio Taiwan International (en chino) . Consultado el 26 de enero de 2025 .
  8. ↑ "Resultado oficial de la encuesta "Lo mejor de la onda corta 2024"" . www.dxclubesemfronteiras.com . Consultado el 26 de enero de 2025 .
  9. ↑ Diario de Glenn Hauser, del 10 al 16 de noviembre de 2022
  10. ↑ Hauser, Glenn (14 de mayo de 2025). Episodio 2295 de World of Radio . Recuperado el 15 de mayo de 2025. "US A. 5050, 11 de mayo a las 01:22, esta WRMI está fuera de servicio; estoy bastante seguro de haberla sintonizado antes. Se supone que debería estar en 'Legends' de 01:00 a 04:00. Algo raro pasa en Okeechobee (...) Vi una publicación en Facebook que decía que Ted Randall había fallecido. (...) Eso podría explicar por qué Legends y WRMI 5050 estaban fuera del aire cuando revisé (.)"
  11. ↑ Episodio 848 de Wavescan . Radio Mundial Adventista . Consultado el 29 de mayo de 2025.
  12. ↑ ¡ Anuncio importante! . La poderosa KBC Radio . Consultado el 15 de diciembre de 2022.
  13. ↑ "Alta frecuencia internacional – WYFR a WRMI" . Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones . 10 de abril de 2015.
  14. ↑ "Programación de WRMI B25" . wrmi.net . WRMI-Radio Miami International . Consultado el 13 de marzo de 2026 .
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  • Publicación en Facebook con motivo del 25.º aniversario de WRMI - Noviembre de 2019

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