WRMI

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. 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. According to its 1996 station record from the Federal Communications Commission, WRMI's broadcast target zones were the Caribbean, Central America and South America.

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.

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. 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.Hauser, Glenn (May 14, 2025). World of Radio episode 2295. Retrieved May 15, 2025. "U S A. 5050, May 11 at 0122, this WRMI is off; pretty sure I tuned across it earlier. Supposed to be on Legends at 0100-0400. Something`s odd at Okeechobee (...) Saw a post on FB stating Ted Randall had passed away. (...) That might explain why Legends and WRMI 5050 were off air when I checked(.)" His widow indicated that the service would continue.

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.

History

The station began broadcasting on June 14, 1994, with a 50,000-watt transmitter and two antennas located near Miami, Florida. In December 2013, they purchased the WYFR transmission complex from Family Radio in Okeechobee, Florida. 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.

Frequencies

WRMI currently, as of April 2024, broadcasts on the following frequencies in the following directions:

References

References

1. [http://primetimeshortwave.com/america.txt Old English Schedule to the Americas] ''Primetime Shortwave''
2. [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nEVwCMB9RSKowLzLXamyayVpCzjmPAw_SB1r3YOdzQc/edit#gid=0 Old Schedule] WRMI official site
3. [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DOJYj_yHcP5DrAIEQY80RghMZBeHtcIGXsB5wztJDAo/edit?hl=en#gid=0 Old WRMI Schedule for 9.955 MHz] WRMI official site
4. English]], [[Spanish language. Spanish]], [[French language. French]], [[Portuguese language. Portuguese]], [[Italian language. Italian]], [[Ukrainian language. Ukrainian]], [[Russian language. Russian]] and [[Slovak language. Slovak]]. Since March 2022, WRMI has targeted daily native language programming to [[Ukraine]] and [[Russia]] regarding [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. the on-going Russian invasion of Ukraine]].[https://miami.cbslocal.com/2022/03/17/shortwave-radio-signal-central-florida-russia-news/ Shortwave Radio Signal From Florida Cow Pasture Reaches Russia Carrying Latest News] WFOR-TV, March 17, 2022
5. "Rti Spanish voted "Most Popular" international radio station - Rti".
6. "Official Survey Result "The Best of Shortwaves 2024"".
7. [https://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2022_1110_1116.txt Glenn Hauser log November 10-16, 2022]
8. [https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/wavescan/episodes/2025-05-24T17_00_00-07_00 Wavescan episode 848]. ''Adventist World Radio''. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
9. [https://www.kbcradio.eu/index.php?dir=news/detail&id=493 Important announcement!!]. ''The Mighty KBC Radio''. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
10. (November 1996). "WRMI Station record 1996 to 2003".
11. (April 10, 2015). "International High Frequency – WYFR to WRMI".
12. "WRMI – file IHF-RWL-20120627-00005".
13. "WRMI B23 Schedule". WRMI-Radio Miami International.