WRDF
| City | Columbia City, Indiana |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Branding | Redeemer Radio |
| Slogan | Welcome Home to your Family of Faith |
| Frequency | 106.3 MHz |
| First air date | October 13, 1968 (original) September 26, 1990 (current) |
| Format | Catholic Talk |
| ERP | 5,600 watts |
| HAAT | 103.5 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 29204 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°12′49.17447″N 85°12′3.90366″W / 41.2136595750°N 85.2010843500°WCoordinates: 41°12′49.17447″N 85°12′3.90366″W / 41.2136595750°N 85.2010843500°W |
| Callsign meaning | W ReDeemer Radio F |
| Former callsigns | WZRQ (1985-1990) WBBE (6/1990-11/1990) WDJB (1990-1997) WSHI (1997-2004) WDDB (2004-2005) WSHY (2005-2007) WVBB (2007-2009) WJOE (2009-2011) WHPP (2011-2014) |
| Owner | Fort Wayne Catholic Radio Group, Inc. |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | redeemerradio.com |
WRDF (106.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Columbia City, Indiana located near Fort Wayne, Indiana. The station offers a Catholic Talk format branded as "Redeemer Radio". The station is owned by Fort Wayne Catholic Radio Group, Inc..
The station signed on in October 1968 as WFDT, featuring a MOR music format. After a time as a soft AC station with the WKSY calls, the station changed to CHR/Top 40 in the late 1980s as WZRQ, but financial problems paired with low ratings eventually led to the station going off the air in August 1988.
On September 26, 1990, 106.3 returned to the air as WBBE, known on air as "The Killer Bee, The All New B-106 FM". The call letters were later changed to WDJB on November 1, 1990. During The Killer Bee era, the station competed strongly with WMEE for all hit music listeners in Fort Wayne. At its peak, it was one of the market's most popular radio stations. This format would remain until April 1997.
In April 1997, WDJB flipped to Adult Standards as WSHI ("Sunny 106.3"), featuring Westwood One's standards format. "Sunny" was a ratings success, and featured a local morning show hosted by Fort Wayne radio mainstay Ron Gregory. In 2003, however, owner Shine Broadcasting Services, LLC, announced it was looking to sell WSHI, and in January 2004, dropped the standards format in favor of mainstream adult contemporary. The station was sold to Artistic Media Partners, Inc., that summer. Artistic Media tried to capitalize on the station's Top 40 heritage by changing the calls to WDDB and reviving the "B-106" moniker. Once this proved unsuccessful, the station made another try as "Sunny 106.3", but with new calls WSHY and an updating of the "Sunny" standards format to a mix of '60s and '70s oldies and soft rock, which then evolved into straightforward oldies.
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