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WRME-LP is a low-power analog television station on VHF television channel 6 which is licensed to Chicago, Illinois in the United States. Owned by Venture Technologies Group, LLC, and operated through a local marketing agreement by Weigel Broadcasting, it broadcasts a Me-TV-branded oldies format. WRME-LP is technically and legally a television station, but since the channel 6 analog TV frequency can be heard on 87.75 MHz on the FM band, the facility essentially operates as a radio station and has aired radio-oriented formats, mainly music. The image on-screen for the station displays still pictures of Chicago landmarks and a visual station identification to serve the visual requirements of maintaining television service. Because of its low power status, the station is also not subject to the FCC's educational and informational programming requirements. The station is also available as an audio channel locally on Comcast's cable systems on channel 877. WRME-LP has broadcast various formats, including alternative country, smooth jazz, and alternative rock. From April 2012 through January 2014, the station was run by Merlin Media, LLC as WKQX-LP, when a new agreement was reached with Cumulus Media to run an alternative rock format in a simulcast with sister station WKQX (101.1 FM) until February 17, 2014. Cumulus ended its LMA with WKQX-LP on the same day, with Tribune Broadcasting entering into a concurrent LMA of their own, switching it to a sports talk format known as ''The Game''. However, after poor ratings, Tribune replaced the sports talk format with an interim simulcast of its flagship station, WGN (720 AM). Weigel Broadcasting assumed control of the station on February 23, 2015—shifting to a Me-TV-branded oldies format. ==History== When WRME-LP first signed on the air in 2003, it used to broadcast on channel 55 (under the W55DF call sign), but later moved to channel 6 because of Qualcomm's MediaFLO service expanding to the Chicago area. Its programming once consisted of infomercials, home shopping services, MTV Tr3s, and Azteca America. It became WLFM-LP in 2006. On March 9, 2009 Venture announced that it signed letters of intent to lease out their channel 6 signals on both WLFM-LP and KSFV-CA in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley, which would pave the way for the launching a dance format on the stations. Programming was to have begun under that format June 1, 2009, and be patterned after Mega Media's New York City outlet WNYZ-LP and be branded as Pulse 87. In the interim, on April 1, 2009, channel 6 switched to an alternative country music format as 'The L'. One month later, Venture announced it would not pursue the deal with Mega Media, which would later cease operations in October. Channel 6 continued with the alt-country format which was gaining many fans until a format change in Chicago opened a new opportunity. On May 22, 2009, WNUA (95.5 FM) dropped its smooth jazz format for Spanish contemporary music. That afternoon, channel 6 immediately picked up the abandoned format, becoming an affiliate of the Broadcast Architecture Smooth Jazz Network, and adopting the name "87.7 Chicago's Smooth Jazz". Channel 6 originally broadcast still photographs of Chicago and Jazz musicians on its video signal, since all television licensees are still required to transmit video while on air. In the summer of 2011, channel 6 began airing traffic maps and a weather scroll on its video signal. WNUA originally broadcast a mainstream jazz channel from Broadcast Architecture on its HD-2 channel of its HD radio signal, but was quickly discarded after channel 6 switched to smooth jazz, also using a Broadcast Architecture source. Initially, WLFM's smooth jazz format consisted of round-the-clock programming from the Broadcast Architecture Smooth Jazz Network. But later on the station added two local weekday hosts, both veterans of WNUA's former smooth jazz format: midday host Rick O'Dell (also the station's program director) and evening personality Loni Taylor. In addition, channel 6 featured "Paul Wertico's Wild World of Jazz" with local host Paul Wertico (a professor at Roosevelt University) on Sunday nights at 9 pm, featuring a mix of contemporary and traditional jazz. "The Sounds of Brazil," heard Saturdays at midnight on channel 6, hosted by radio personality Scott Adams, was also a longtime WNUA staple. The remainder of the broadcast day remained satellite-fed from Broadcast Architecture weekdays, with the morning show co-hosted by Kenny G and former WVMV/Detroit radio personality Sandy Kovach, the afternoon-drive show hosted by Dave Koz, and the overnight show hosted by former WJZZ-Atlanta radio personality Maria Lopez. Saturday's lineup featured satellite-fed programming from Broadcast Architecture, including the Smooth Jazz Top 20 Countdown hosted by radio personality Allen Kepler, the midday show hosted by Kenny G, the early afternoon show hosted by Norman Brown, the late afternoon Dave Koz Weekend Show, the evening show Dinner Party hosted by former WNUA radio personality Bill Cochran, and the late night show Chillin' with Mindi Abair. Sunday's lineup featured a mix of both local and satellite-fed programming from Broadcast Architecture, starting with the return of two former WNUA Sunday morning programs, Sunrise Soundscapes and The Smooth Jazz Sunday Brunch hosted by Rick O'Dell, the satellite-fed afternoon show hosted by Norman Brown, a newly added local show called 60 Smooth Minutes heard Sunday nights at 6 pm, and the evening show Legends of Jazz hosted by musician and former WNUA radio personality Ramsey Lewis. Channel 6 General Manager Pat Kelley is also a veteran who was fired from WNUA in 2009. In July 2009, channel 6 began simulcasting on a subchannel of WCHU-LD (33.2, mapped to virtual channel 61.2 via PSIP). In June 2011, channel 6 became available on Comcast digital cable as channel 877. In October 2010, WLFM tweaked its format to "Smooth Adult Contemporary" (again using a Broadcast Architecture source). 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