I came across “Lite Hits” 90 FM Blumenau, Brazil, because I was updating my address book.
There, in the “V”s, was the station manager and their e-mail address at the station. I didn’t remember how they got there. I didn’t recognize the station. So I listened.
Now I think there is an excellent chance that it could be your new favorite station.
90 FM is Mainstream AC, but with restaurant tape sensibilities. The music is mostly millennial although a lot of well-known older AC titles are represented via recent covers, some of them acoustic. (I heard Billie Eilish’s Oscars version of “Yesterday,” for instance.) There is some recent dance pop. The music is mostly in English, but the presence of a few Brazilian songs per hour, plus occasional songs in other languages, gives them a lounge feel—jazzy, but not Smooth Jazz.
I recently profiled Easy Listening KNCT Killeen, Texas, as an Election Week respite for a weary world. If that’s not of interest, 90 FM might be a hipper choice.
Here are a few stretches of the station on November 3-4, 2020:
- Tom Speight “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” (acoustic cover of the Whitney Houston hit)
- Seo Jorge, “Mina Du Condominio”
- Robbie Williams, “You Know Me” (retro ballad along the lines of “Perfect,” “Love On The Brain,” etc.
- Nek, “Amarisi Piano”
- Billie Eilish, “Everything I Wanted”
- Pomplamoose, “Stayin’ Alive/Virtual Insanity” (mashup of the Bee Gees and Jamiroquai hits)
- All Saints, “Never Ever”
- Dua Lipa, “Levitating”
- Rod Stewart, “Best Of My Love” (the Eagles song from his 2006 covers album)
- Calvin Harris & the Weeknd, “Over Now”
- Lauryn Hill, “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You”
- Charlie Puth & Blackbear, “Hard On Yourself”
- Bob Seger, “Against The Wind”
- Jess Glynne, “Hold My Hand”
- INXS, “Beautiful Girl”
- Ace Of Base, “The Sign”
- David Guetta & Sia, “Let’s Love”
- Stevie Wonder, “Part Time Lover”
- Charlie Wilson f/Robin Thicke, “Smile For Me”
- Will Young, “Light My Fire” (cover of the Jose Feliciano arrangement)
- Adele, “Set Fire To The Rain”
- Aloe Blacc, “Family”
- Shawn Mendes, “Wonder”
- Ultra Naté, “Any Ole Love”
- Tiago Iorc, “Lacos”
- John Mayer, “Carry Me Away”
- Sam Smith, “Diamonds”
- U2, “Love Is Bigger Than AnythingIn Its Way”
- Villa Black f/Juanita Grande, “Broken Wings”
- Seal, “Let’s Stay Together”