W228BY

W228BY
City W228BY:Miami, Florida
W228BV: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Broadcast area Dade County, Florida
Branding Revolution Radio 93.5
Slogan "South Florida's Home of Dance Music"
Frequency 93.5 MHz
Repeater(s) WHYI 100.7 HD-2
First air date 2013
Format Dance/EDM
Language(s) English
ERP 93.5: 250 Watts
Class D
Owner Zoo Communications (under a leasing agreement with iHeartMedia)
(Marco Mazzoli)
Website Revolution Radio Official Website

W228BY is a relay transmitter broadcasting on 93.5 FM, simulcasting WHYI-FM's HD2 station. Licensed to Miami, Florida and serving the Dade County area, is under ownership of Zoo Communications, with iHeartMedia, Inc. serving as the operators of the simulcasts via a leasing agreement.

Station History

Originally on one of WIOD's translator channels when it was launched on March 12, 2013 during the Winter Music Conference as Evolution 93.5.[1] The station started broadcasting on WHYI'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 Marco Mazzoli and his partnership formed company, Zoo Communications, as iheart began leasing out the translator and WHYI-HD2 to Mazzoli.[2] On October 5, 2015, another signal at 104.7 FM was added as a simulcast to cover the northern part of Dade County and southern portions of Broward County, and with that, the station then repositioned itself as "Revolution Radio," dropping the "Evolution" branding altogether.[3] The station is also a monitored reporter on Billboard's Dance/Mix Show Airplay panel.[4]

On May 22, 2015, Zoo acquired WZFL Islamorada/Key Largo, Florida, which is currently in a CP status. The station will sign on as a simulcast of Revolution Radio in 2016.[5] On July 1, 2016, Zoo later expanded its reach to Fort Lauderdale proper by acquiring W228BV, which simulcasts WMIA, and on November 17, 2016 swapped its 104.7 translator to iHeart to sync the 93.5 signal in that area.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Miami Reaches An Evolutionary State" - Lance Venta, Radio Insight, March 12, 2013
  2. ↑ "A New Evolution For 93.5 Miami" from Radio Insight (May 1, 2015)
  3. ↑ "iHeartRadio/Miami's Dance 'Evolution' Format Moves To 104.7" from All Access (October 5, 2015)
  4. ↑ BDS Monitored Reporting Panel
  5. ↑ "Station Sales Week 5/22: Evolution Expanding To Florida Keys & Disney Sells Seattle" from Radio Insight (May 22, 2015)
  6. ↑ "Revolution & Bull Swap Frequencies In Fort Lauderdale" from Radio Insight (November 17, 2016)


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