Miami is truly the gateway to the Americas. It is only natural, then, that Miami should be the home of an international radio station broadcasting to all of the Americas and beyond. This station is WRMI, sending programs to the entire region via shortwave -- strengthening the close ties which exist between this city and its hemispheric neighbors.

WRMI's studios and main offices are located in this building on the west side of Miami

We invite interested organizations, companies and individuals to take part in this effort by sponsoring our information and entertainment programs, and by purchasing airtme to transmit their own programs -- political, religious, commercial, cultural, etc. And we invite overseas broadcasters to use WRMI as their relay to the Americas. If your organization has a message for the Americas -- in any language -- WRMI can get it there for you. No other broadcast medium can give you such a large coverage area for such a small cost. Airtime blocks on Radio Miami International cost as little as $1.00 per minute for bulk airtime purchases. For more information, contact us.

Desde Miami, capital latinoamericana, WRMI Radio Miami Internacional transmite a todas las Américas y el mundo vía onda corta e Internet.

Organizaciones y compañías pueden comprar espacios de tiempo en WRMI para transmitir sus propios programas políticos, religiosos, comerciales y culturales. Si Ud. tiene un mensaje para cualquier parte de las Américas o el mundo, WRMI puede hacerlo llegar por tan solo como $1.00 por minuto, dependiendo del espacio que compre. Ofrecemos tiempo de calidad en onda corta a las tarifas mas bajas en el mercado de la radio internacional.

WRMI Radio Miami International
175 Fontainebleau Blvd., Suite 1N4
Miami, Florida 33172 USA
Tel +1-305-559-9764
Fax +1-305-559-8186
E-mail: info@wrmi.net
www.wrmi.net

Entrance to WRMI main office

WRMI's main transmitter broadcasts with 50,000 watts. We have one antenna beamed to the Caribbean and Latin America, and another to North America. All programming is broadcast live worldwide on the Internet, via our website. (Click on "Listen Live" above.) Certain programs are broadcast to Africa, the Middle East, Asia and other parts of the world from overseas relay stations.

Radio Miami Internacional transmite con 50,000 vatios de potencia con una antena dirigida al Caribe y Latinoamérica, y con otra antena hacia Norteamérica. Usamos estaciones de relevo para llegar a otras partes del mundo. Toda la programación sale también en vivo por el Internet via nuestra página web. Haga "clic" en "Listen Live" arriba.

Map showing WRMI's approximate coverage of the Caribbean and Latin America on 9955 kHz

WRMI transmits 24/7, 365 days per year. Frequencies used include 9,955 kHz to the Caribbean and Latin America, and 7,385 kHz to North America. Click on "Current Schedule" above for the latest time and frequency info, and program details.

WRMI transmite 24/7, 365 días al año. Frecuencia incluyen 9,955 kHz para el Caribe y Latinoamérica, y 7,385 kHz para América del Norte. Nuestra página web www.wrmi.net tiene los últimos detalles sobre frecuencias y programas. (Clic en "Current Schedule" arriba.)

Map showing WRMI's approximate coverage of North America on 7385 kHz

WRMI is in the forefront of shortwave technology, already conducting test transmissions through relay facilities in DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale), a new system that will provide crystal-clear FM-quality sound for international shortwave broadcasts.

WRMI yá está haciendo transmisiones de prueba a través de relevos extranjeros en DRM, un sistema nuevo de Radio Digital Mundial que provee sonido claro de calidad de FM para transmisiones internacionales de onda corta.

WRMI transmits programs from various international broadcasters such as Radio Prague, United Nations Radio, Vatican Radio, Pan American Broadcasting, Adventist World Radio, Christian Media Network, World Radio Network and many more. We broadcast our own programs about tourism and other aspects of Florida, the Caribbean, Latin America and other parts of the world.

WRMI transmite programas de varias emisoras internacionales, cales como Radio Praga, Radio Naciones Unidas, Radio Vaticano y otras. Nuestra programación incluye una gran variedad de noticias, música y entretenimiento.

WRMI is a member of the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters (NASB) and our General Manager Jeff White is President of the NASB.

WRMI es miembro de la Asociación Nacional de Radiodifusoras de Onda Corta (NASB) y nuestro Gerente General Jeff White es actualmente Presidente de la NASB.

WRMI General Manager Jeff White

Miami is the world's leading cruise port, and WRMI's Travel Department is a member of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). We advertise cruises and other travel services and packages to the Caribbean, Latin America and worldwide.

Miami es el puerto de cruceros mas grande del mundo, y el Departamento de Viajes de WRMI es miembro de la Asociación Internacional de Líneas Cruceros (CLIA). Anunciamos cruceros y otros servicios de viajes y paquetes al Caribe, Latinoamérica, los Estados Unidos y el mundo.

WRMI is owned by Radio Miami International, Inc., a privately-owned company which is not affiliated with any governmental, political or religious organization. WRMI began broadcasting in June of 1994. Studios and transmitters are located in Miami, Florida, USA.

WRMI pertenece a Radio Miami International, Inc., una compañía privada que no está afiliada con ninguna organización gubernamental, política ni religosa. WRMI inició sus transmisiones en junio de 2004. Los estudios y transmisores están ubicados en Miami, Florida, EUA.

Transmite con nosotros

Miami es por naturaleza la capital latinoamericana en los Estados Unidos. Esa condición la hace centro de llegada incesante de turistas, hombres de negocios, visionarios, que palpan un futuro cada vez mas promisorio en estas tierras. La radio no escapa a esa proyección y en ese contexto. WRMI Radio Miami Intenacional lanzó hace yá mas de 12 años su programación regular a través de la onda corta al mundo, desde sus estudios en el barrio Fontainebleau de Miami. La posibilidad de ofrecer un mensaje sin fronteras captó inmediatamente la atención de miles y miles de oyentes y hoy por hoy, las transmisiones online y pronto el desarrollo de la Radio Digital Mundial (DRM) colocan el mensaje en casa, con calidad de sonido de FM y sin interrupciones, para hacerlo mas atractivo.

¿Qué esperas? Dále amplitud a tus ideas, a tus bienes y servicios. WRMI es el punto de conexión ideal con un universo de oyentes cada vez mayor.

Contactanos para mas información y para reservar tiempo.

HCJB's Allen Graham hosts the "DX Party Line," aired by WRMI

¿Quienes somos?

WRMI tiene una profunda experiencia en América Latina. La mayoría de nuestro personal son bilingues (inglés/español), y también transmitimos a Norteamérica. Nuestro personal tiene décadas de experiencia en el campo de la radio de onda corta.

Meet our staff

Radio Miami International was founded in 1989 by Jeff White (currently General Manager) and Kiko Espinosa (chief engineer, who passed away in 2005). RMI began broadcasting in 1989 via hired airtime on other shortwave facilities in various locations. Eventually, White and Espinosa applied for a license from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to put their own station on the air from Miami, and they brought two additional partners into the company. In June of 1994, WRMI went on the air.

The station broadcasts with a 50,000-watt Wilkinson AM50,000B transmitter, as well as a 5,000-watt auxiliary transmitter. WRMI has a corner reflector antenna beaming 160 degrees toward the Caribbean and Latin America, and a yagi-style log periodic antenna beaming 317 degrees toward North America. The two antennas are used at different times of the day, meaning that certain hours are beamed to North America and other hours are beamed to the Caribbean and Latin America.

WRMI broadcasts some of its own programming, mainly the program "Viva Miami" (in both English and Spanish editions) with travel features, letters from listeners, music that's popular in Miami, interviews with studio guests etc. But most of our airtime is sold to outside organizations. including political, religious, commercial and cultural organizations, overseas relays and more. Most of our programming is in English or Spanish, but some programs are in Creole and other languages.

WRMI specializes in and has a great depth of experience in dealing with Latin America. Most of our staff are bilingual (English/Spanish), and we also place programs in Portuguese, French and other languages. We also specialize in reaching North America. Our staff has decades of experience in shortwave broadcasting.

The personnel of WRMI has a wealth of experience in shortwave broadcasting. General Manager Jeff White graduated with a degree in journalism from Northern Illinois University in 1980. He has worked as a radio news correpondent and an audience research consultant for a number of national and international radio networks, including National Public Radio, NBC/Mutual Radio, the World Service of the Christian Science Monitor, the Voice of America, BBC World Service, Radio Canada International, Radio Netherlands, Deutsche Welle and many more. He also managed commercial shortwave radio projects Radio Earth in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles; and Radio Discovery in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Jeff is fluent in Spanish and English, and produces our program "Viva Miami" in both languages. In his "free time," he likes to travel with his wife Thais.

WRMI's Jeff White (left) being interviewed at the Voice of Russia studios in Moscow

Thais White with listener letters in the background

Thais White, Jeff's wife, is our office administrator and manager of our Travel Department. She can also be heard occasionally on "Viva Miami." Thais was a travel agent in her native Venezuela, and she now oversees our new travel department, which specializes in cruises. Miami is the cruise capital of the world, and Radio Miami International is a member of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). We arrange cruises and other travel services (hotels, flights, rental cars, etc.) for people who are planning to travel to Miami, for example, and want to experience a cruise vacation to the Caribbean while they are here.

Jose Raul Mena is our Technical Director. He is the son-in-law of our founding chief engineer, Kiko Espinosa. Raul is in charge of WRMI's transmitter plant, overseeing technical projects and keeping the transmitters running and maintained. He has worked in technical positions for a number of local radio and television stations in the past and also runs his own realty business.

Erick Bolivar editing a program in Studio 1

Erick Bolivar is one of our studio engineers. He records programs for local groups in the Miami area who use our studios to produce their programs. Erick is also a musician and is the vocalist in his own rock group, Locoyo. Erick composed and produced the WRMI jingle and ID music that you can hear all throughout the day between programs.

Javier Garcia is another of our studio engineers. Javier hails from Nicaragua originally, and he has worked with us since 1989 at our transmitter site and in our studio location.