Colorado Media Newsroom
January 20th, 2025, 06:01 PM
From Radio Insight:
https://i0.wp.com/radioinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/trumpcountry937-200x200.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1Nearly a year to the day it flipped from Country to CHR “Hot 93.7“, Sun Broadcasting returned 93.7 WHEL Sanibel/Fort Myers FL back to Country using its original “Trump Country 93.7 (https://www.937ishot.com)” identity at noon today.
Once again positioning as “Make Country Great Again” with imaging featuring a Trump impersonator, the move returns WHEL to a three way Country battle against Renda’s ?101.9 Gator Country (https://www.gatorcountry1019.com)? WWGR and iHeartMedia?s ?Cat Country 107.1 (https://catcountry1071.iheart.com)? WCKT.
The station originally flipped to Country (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/197809/93x-fort-myers-becomes-trump-country-93-7/) in September 2020. It would rebrand as “Hell Yeah 93.7” in December 2020 (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/202985/hell-yeah-trump-country-93-7-fort-myers-concedes-its-branding/). After iHeartMedia flipped “Y100” WZJZ to Bilingual AC last January, the station would stunt with all-Taylor Swift and then become CHR “Hot 93.7” on January 22, 2024 (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/263750/hot-93-7-launch-brings-chr-battle-to-fort-myers/). The “Hell Yeah” brand would move to translator 94.1 W231DC until July 1 (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/275035/hell-yeah-94-1-goes-out-with-a-whimper/).
In its final full monthly, “Hot 93.7” managed just a 1.3 share in the December Nielsen Audio ratings (https://radioinsight.com/ratings/ft-myers/), which was below the 1.7 it had in the Country format’s final full monthly a year prior. WWGR is currently third in the market with a 4.7 share and WCKT eleventh with a 2.6 share. Sun and related company Fort Myers Broadcasting Company hold the other five of the top six stations in the market.
The first hour of the new “Trump Country 93.7” featured:
Luke Combs – Hurricane
Jason Aldean – My Kind of Party
Parmalee – Take My Name
Morgan Wallen – Lies Lies Lies
Dierks Bentley – Gone
Jordan Davis – I Ain’t Sayin’
Blake Shelton – God Gave Me You
Nate Smith – World On Fire
Chris Janson – Buy Me A Boat
Cody Johnson & Carrie Underwood – I’m Gonna Love You
Sam Hunt – Outskirts
Kenny Chensey/Uncle Kracker – When The Sun Goes Down
John Morgan ft. Jason Aldea – Friends Like That
Luke Combs – Forever After All
Florida Georgia Line – Round Here
Dylan Marlowe & Dylan Scott – Boys Back Home
Chris Stapleton – Tennessee Whiskey
Morgan Wallen – Cowgirls
Toby Keith – I Love This Bar
more (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/292790/trump-country-93-7-reinaugurated-in-fort-myers/)
https://i0.wp.com/radioinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/trumpcountry937-200x200.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1Nearly a year to the day it flipped from Country to CHR “Hot 93.7“, Sun Broadcasting returned 93.7 WHEL Sanibel/Fort Myers FL back to Country using its original “Trump Country 93.7 (https://www.937ishot.com)” identity at noon today.
Once again positioning as “Make Country Great Again” with imaging featuring a Trump impersonator, the move returns WHEL to a three way Country battle against Renda’s ?101.9 Gator Country (https://www.gatorcountry1019.com)? WWGR and iHeartMedia?s ?Cat Country 107.1 (https://catcountry1071.iheart.com)? WCKT.
The station originally flipped to Country (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/197809/93x-fort-myers-becomes-trump-country-93-7/) in September 2020. It would rebrand as “Hell Yeah 93.7” in December 2020 (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/202985/hell-yeah-trump-country-93-7-fort-myers-concedes-its-branding/). After iHeartMedia flipped “Y100” WZJZ to Bilingual AC last January, the station would stunt with all-Taylor Swift and then become CHR “Hot 93.7” on January 22, 2024 (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/263750/hot-93-7-launch-brings-chr-battle-to-fort-myers/). The “Hell Yeah” brand would move to translator 94.1 W231DC until July 1 (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/275035/hell-yeah-94-1-goes-out-with-a-whimper/).
In its final full monthly, “Hot 93.7” managed just a 1.3 share in the December Nielsen Audio ratings (https://radioinsight.com/ratings/ft-myers/), which was below the 1.7 it had in the Country format’s final full monthly a year prior. WWGR is currently third in the market with a 4.7 share and WCKT eleventh with a 2.6 share. Sun and related company Fort Myers Broadcasting Company hold the other five of the top six stations in the market.
The first hour of the new “Trump Country 93.7” featured:
Luke Combs – Hurricane
Jason Aldean – My Kind of Party
Parmalee – Take My Name
Morgan Wallen – Lies Lies Lies
Dierks Bentley – Gone
Jordan Davis – I Ain’t Sayin’
Blake Shelton – God Gave Me You
Nate Smith – World On Fire
Chris Janson – Buy Me A Boat
Cody Johnson & Carrie Underwood – I’m Gonna Love You
Sam Hunt – Outskirts
Kenny Chensey/Uncle Kracker – When The Sun Goes Down
John Morgan ft. Jason Aldea – Friends Like That
Luke Combs – Forever After All
Florida Georgia Line – Round Here
Dylan Marlowe & Dylan Scott – Boys Back Home
Chris Stapleton – Tennessee Whiskey
Morgan Wallen – Cowgirls
Toby Keith – I Love This Bar
more (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/292790/trump-country-93-7-reinaugurated-in-fort-myers/)