| City of license | New Iberia, Louisiana |
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| Broadcast area | Lafayette metropolitan area |
| Branding | Rock 93.7 |
| Slogan | "Lafayette's Rock" |
| Frequency | 93.7 MHz |
| First air date | June 1992 |
| Format | Active Rock |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 296 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 8167 |
| Callsign meaning | ReD (former format), J holdover from previous KOOJ callsign |
| Former callsigns | KKZN (1991-11/1992), KDEA (11/1992-2/1997), KTBT (2/1997-10/1998), KOOJ (10/1998-4/2005) |
| Owner | The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | rock937fm.com |
KRDJ (Rock 93.7) is a rock music radio station serving the Lafayette, Louisiana area. The station broadcasts at 93.7 MHz with 100 kW and is licensed to New Iberia, Louisiana. KRDJ is currently under ownership of The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC after its previous owner Citadel Broadcasting swapped the station for KNEK-FM.
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KRDJ signed on in June 1992 as KKZN, an affiliate of the Z-Rock satellite network. KKZN was a Cavaness Broadcasting station, co-owned with what was then KVOL and KVOL-FM as the first FM duopoly in the Lafayette market; Z-Rock 93.7 was effectively the replacement of the rock format previously heard on KVOL-FM before that station flipped to Urban AC in July 1992. At the time, KKZN was broadcasting with 34 kilowatts from a tower located off of Highway 90 between the towns of Jeanerette and Glencoe in southern Iberia Parish.
The rock format lasted only until November, when KKZN became KDEA, picking up the calls dropped in favor of KXKC by another New Iberia station earlier in the year. KDEA switched to hot adult contemporary as KD93.7 shortly afterward.
In 1997, Cavaness Broadcasting sold KDEA, along with KVOL and KVOL-FM, to Baton Rouge-based Powell Broadcasting, who also owned KSMB. Also around that time, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to upgrade from 34 kilowatts to a full 100 kilowatts and relocate to a tower south of Maringouin, allowing the station to serve both the Lafayette and Baton Rouge radio markets. To prepare for the upgrade, the formats of KDEA and KVOL-FM were swapped in late January, with KVOL-FM becoming adult contemporary as "Star 105.9" and KDEA picking up the urban AC format. Once the signal upgrade was completed in February, KDEA's shifted its focus exclusively toward the Baton Rouge market and shifted to mainstream urban as "93-7 the Beat" KTBT, eventually shifting back to urban AC as "93-7 Jamz."
In October 1998, KTBT was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, who had recently purchased a group of Baton Rouge stations that included a more popular urban AC station. Shortly after the sale was completed, KTBT's urban AC format was abruptly ended and the station began stunting with Christmas music. The stunt lasted for three weeks before Citadel launched "Oldies 93.7" KOOJ with a 60s-70s oldies format.
The oldies format lasted until KOOJ began airing a loop of "Hair of the Dog" by Nazareth and "Rock You Like a Hurricane" by the Scorpions on October 7, 2002—two days after much of the station's coverage area was hit by Hurricane Lili. On October 11, KOOJ launched a mainstream rock format as "Rock 93-7, Real Rock for Baton Rouge." The mainstream rock format was tweaked in 2004 to a more modern active rock presentation and the Lex & Terry morning show was added.
The active rock format came to an end at 5:00PM on April 28, 2005, and KOOJ changed calls to KRDJ and flipped to variety hits as "Red @ 93.7."
On February 1, 2007, KRDJ moved its focus back to the Lafayette market and changed format to classic rock, recycling the "Rock 93.7" moniker and logo previously used by the station. Rock 93.7 launched with Opie and Anthony in the morning, but the show was dropped in October 2008 when the station shifted to its current active rock format. Since then Nick and Drew held morning duties before moving to their current slot at night. Jace Edwards was brought in as Program Director and Morning Host. Since his arrival, Rock 93.7 has become more active in the community benefiting many organizations like Toys for Tots with the United States Marine Corps Reserves and Acadiana Outreach.
(KRDJ's logo under previous classic rock format)
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