WRJO

WRJO
City Eagle River, Wisconsin
Branding W R J Oldies
Frequency 94.5 MHz
First air date 1971
Format Oldies
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 150 meters
Class C2
Facility ID 4908
Transmitter coordinates 46°9′57.00″N 89°21′57.00″W / 46.1658333°N 89.3658333°W / 46.1658333; -89.3658333
Former callsigns WERL-FM (1971-1985)
Affiliations SRN
Owner Heartland Communications Group LLC
Webcast Listen Live
Website wrjo.com

WRJO (94.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Hits music format. Licensed to Eagle River, Wisconsin, United States. The station is currently owned by Heartland Communications Group LLC and features programming from SRN.[1]

History

The station went on the air in 1971 as WERL-FM. On 1985-04-05, the station changed its call sign to the current WRJO.[2]

The WERL call sign remains on its AM station at 950 kHz.

WERL was a reference to "Werl (as in "Whirl")-Wide Radio", taken from its early logo in the 1960s and 70s.

Before the oldies format, WRJO held a country music format with the nickname "Eagle Country".

References

  1. ↑ "WRJO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "WRJO Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.


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