City | Edon, Ohio |
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Broadcast area | Bryan, Ohio, Angola, Indiana, Coldwater, Michigan and surrounding areas of northwestern Ohio and northeastern Indiana. |
Frequency | 89.9 mHz |
First air date | June 19, 2012 |
Format | Christian radio (Catholic) |
ERP | 1,400 watts |
HAAT | 93.9 meters |
Class | A |
Affiliations |
EWTN Global Catholic Radio Ave Maria Radio |
Owner | Club 1915 Inc. (K of C Council 1915) in partnership with Annunciation Radio originated by WNOC |
Sister stations | WNOC and repeaters |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | redeemerradio.com |
WRRO is a non-commercial FM broadcasting station which is licensed to Edon, Ohio and is owned by Club 1915 Inc based in Bryan,Ohio. WRRO airs Catholic Talk programming for the Bryan and surrounding areas within the corner region of the Ohio,Indiana and Michigan state lines at 89.9 mHz as an affiliate of Toledo-based Annunciation Radio. WRRO was previously a sister station to WRDF 106.3 mHz licensed in Columbia City, Indiana and serving the Ft. Wayne market area.
WRRO made its on-air premiere on Tuesday June 19, 2012 originally as a repeater of WLYV, 1450 AM in Fort Wayne, Indiana until June 2014 when Redeemer Radio programming moved to WRDF (formerly WHPP).
WRRO is the fourth Catholic station to come on the air within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo in Northwestern Ohio, the others being WJTA 88.9 FM licensed in Glandorf,based in Leipsic serving Ottawa,Findlay,and portions of the Lima area and Annunciation Radio's owned stations WNOC licensed in Bowling Green serving Toledo and WHRQ in Sandusky.
WRRO was affiliated with Fort Wayne Catholic Radio Group, Inc. which now owns and operates WRDF "Redeemer Radio" at 106.3 FM licensed to Columbia City, Indiana and serving Ft. Wayne.
Club 1915 Inc. is a venture of the Knights of Columbus Council 1915 of Bryan, Ohio. Club 1915 Inc. is also located in Bryan. and is the owner of WRRO which worked in partnership with Redeemer Radio until the spring of 2016 when it switched its affiliation to Toledo-based Annunciation Radio and its local station WNOC.
WRRO is now broadcasting as an affiliate of Annuniciation Radio which will continue to air local programs in addition to much of the broadcast schedule of EWTN Global Catholic Radio and Ave Maria Radio Network. Programming is now fed directly from Annunciation's base in Toledo