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On Valentine's Day in 1987, the former Los Angeles rock radio station KMET changed to a full-time new-age music format with new call letters KTWV, branded as The Wave. [9] [54] During The Wave's new-age period, management told the station employees to refer to The Wave as a "mood service" rather than a "radio station". DJs stopped announcing ...
The format had been deemed "new-age" originally and radio stations like WNUA Chicago and KNUA Seattle emulated the phrase in their call letters. For a short time in 1987–1988, Chicago actually had two such stations, as the "Wave" network was also heard on WTWV-FM, licensed to suburban Des Plaines (now WPPN).
By the early 1990s, like most NAC stations launched at the same time as KTWV, the station began dropping its new age and jazz fusion elements in favor of a simpler blend of contemporary jazz, soft R&B vocals, and soft adult contemporary crossover hits; this new mix would define the new smooth jazz label for the format going forward. The format ...
Hearts of Space is an American weekly syndicated public radio show [4] featuring music of a contemplative nature [5] drawn largely from the ambient, new-age and electronic genres, while also including classical, world, Celtic, experimental, and other music selections.
New Age - New age music. New Wave; Opera* - Opera and classical vocal music. R&B 2K; R&B Groove; R&B Slow Jamz; Rainy Days; Rap 2K (TV-MA)* - An uncensored mix of modern uncensored rap and non-stop hip-hop from the 2000s. Retro Workout - Classic workout music. Rock Latino - A mix of Spanish-language rock and Latin alternative music. Rock & Pop ...
The station was assigned the call letters WRFM on July 8, 1986. On May 12, 1987, the station changed its call sign to WXDJ, and on January 7, 2014, to the current WRMA. [3] The station's original format was new age jazz and it was called both The Wave and The Breeze.
Spa, formerly Spa 73, is a new-age, ambient and instrumental music channel on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 68 [1] (previously 73), XM Satellite Radio channel 68 [2] (previously 72, where it replaced Audio Visions, which was XM 77) and on DISH Network channel 6068. Until February 9, 2010, it was on DirecTV channel 856.
The show was called "New Age Sunday" at first, but the station dropped that name to distance itself from the new age spiritual movement. [18] In 1987, WFAE began broadcasting 24 hours a day [ 19 ] and began airing more news and information programming along with more contemporary jazz, dropping classical music because WDAV played it.