WXLI Weekend

Bridge Up on Brickell, Frequency Still Holding

May 17, 2026 7:03 AM – 12:54 PM 10 tracks

Seventy-eight degrees. Broken clouds stretched thin over Collins Avenue at seven in the morning. Room 5's Make Luv opened the frequency — not a wake-up call, more like the city confirming it never fully went to sleep. Erasure poured in immediately after, that synth-pop precision landing clean against a Sunday that was already warm and already moving.

The first hour transmitted like a rooftop with no last call. Donna Summer's I Feel Love anchored to Dimitri From Paris and Millie Jackson without friction. Pet Shop Boys into Armand Van Helden into Riva Starr — the signal stayed locked. By the time Baccus closed the opening block with Just Be Good To Me, the temperature hadn't shifted a degree but the air felt different, thicker with intent. People on couches. People walking back from sand. All tuned to the same thing.

Mid-morning carried weight without forcing it. Crystal Waters at 8:08. Alcazar's Paradise pulling Swedish nu-disco into a Biscayne Bay frequency. France Gall surfacing at 9:21 like a memory you forgot you had. Pete Heller's Big Love and X-Press 2's Lazy back to back — the kind of pairing that sounds inevitable only after someone finds it. Eighty degrees arrived with thunderstorms. Traffic stacked at Convention Center. David Morales poured Needin' U into a brunch moment at 10:38 while the city thickened around itself.

The final transmission shifted heavier. Justice and Tame Impala's Neverender hit at noon like a door opening into a larger room. Lindstrom's Eg-ged-osis stretched time sideways. Sade closed it — By Your Side, Ben Watt remix — smooth strings dissolving into afternoon air by the Miami River at one oh two. Bridge up on US-1 at Brickell. Lanes closed. The signal held anyway. Six hours, no dead air, no filler. Just a Sunday that broadcast itself and kept the bar open until the thunder took over.

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Tracks Played 10
  • 7:03 AM
    Room 5
    Make Luv (feat. Oliver Cheatham)
  • 7:05 AM
    Erasure
    Lay All Your Love On Me
  • 8:00 AM
    Baccus
    Just Be Good To Me (Extended Mix)
  • 8:43 AM
    Alcazar
    Paradise
  • 9:34 AM
    Freemasons
    Love On My Mind
  • 10:28 AM
    Mousse T. Vs Hot 'N' Juicy
    Horny
  • 11:12 AM
    NSFW (NL) & Kraver
    Starstruck (Drop Out Orchestra Remix)
  • 12:00 PM
    The Other Tribe
    Sing With Your Feet (Instrumental)
  • 12:53 PM
    Sade
    By Your Side (Ben Watt Lazy Dog Remix)
  • 1:02 PM
    Wisdome
    Off The Wall (Enjoy Yourself Mix)