WRDZ-FM

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WRDZ-FM

City of license	Plainfield, Indiana
Broadcast area	Indianapolis metropolitan area
Branding	Radio Disney Indianapolis
Slogan	Your Music, Your Way
Frequency	98.3 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	August 16, 1964^[1]
Format	Children's radio
ERP	3,000 watts
HAAT	91 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	54705
Transmitter coordinates	39°45′33″N 86°22′30″W / 39.75917°N 86.37500°W / 39.75917; -86.37500Coordinates: 39°45′33″N 86°22′30″W / 39.75917°N 86.37500°W / 39.75917; -86.37500
Callsign meaning	We're Radio DiZney
Former callsigns	WJMK-FM,^[2] WART-FM, WXIR
Affiliations	Radio Disney
Owner	ABC, Inc. (Disney) (Radio Disney Group, LLC)
Website	www.radiodisney.com

WRDZ-FM (98.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Children's radio format. Licensed to Plainfield, Indiana, the station serves the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The station is owned by The Walt Disney Company, and features programing from Radio Disney.^[3] WRDZ-FM is the only Radio Disney station broadcasting on FM.

History

Radio Disney 98.3 FM logos used from 2008-2010 (up) and 2010-2013 (down).

The station went on the air as WJMK-FM on 1964. WJMK-FM was one of the first FM stations to broadcast in stereo. The first studios were located in the owner's garage on Walton Drive in Plainfield, Indiana. The calls WJMK stood for the owner's family, James, Mabel, and Karen Barlow.^[4] The music was easy listening with a lot of big band mixed with local news and weather. Local football and basketball for the towns of Plainfield, Danville, Brownsburg, Avon, and Mooresville made this a true local radio station. Many local broadcasters got their first on-air job with the station, with the likes of Paul Page, Gary Havens, and Steve Miller.

On September 24, 1980, the station changed its call sign to WART-FM. On December 15, 1980 it changed to WXIR. On August 19, 2003 it changed to WRDZ-FM.^[5]

References

↑ WRDZ - The Indiana Radio Archive
↑ The Lake Union Herald - July 2, 1974
↑ "WRDZ-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ Descendants of Enoch Barlow - barlowgenealogy.com
↑ "WRDZ-FM Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Radio Disney's website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WRDZ

Radio-Locator information on WRDZ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WRDZ

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