WRRO

WRRO
City	Edon, Ohio
Broadcast area	Bryan, Ohio, Angola, Indiana, Coldwater, Michigan and surrounding areas of northwestern Ohio and northeastern Indiana.
Branding	Redeemer Radio
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 affilliation 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

WLYV was owned and operated by Fort Wayne Catholic Radio Group Inc. and was sold to Adams Radio Group in the spring of 2014. WLYV now airs a talk format. In this deal,Redeemer Radio purchased the former WHPP. Redeemer Radio programming moved to WHPP (now WRDF) on June 2, 2014.

WLYV simulcasted WHPP until July 4, 2014 when AM 1450 transitioned to "1450 The Patriot" as a talk format.

Call sign history

WRRO was at first the call sign used at an AM station at 1440 kHz in Warren, Ohio from 1981 to 1988,the former WRRN and the present day WHKZ. The callsign then moved to 93.7 FM in Addison,Vermont where it resided from 1999 to 2001 which is now WIFY.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WRRO

Radio-Locator information on WRRO

Religious radio stations in the state of Ohio

Stations	WAKW – Cincinnati WAOM – Mowrystown WAUI – Shelby WBCJ – Spencerville WBCY – Archbold WBIE – Delphos WBJV – Steubenville WCBV-LP – Lima WCCD – Parma/Cleveland WCCR – Cleveland WCNW – Fairfield WCRF-FM – Cleveland WCUE – Cuyahoga Falls/Akron WCVJ – Jefferson WCVV – Belpre WEEC – Springfield WFCJ – Miamisburg WFCO – Lancaster WFOT – Lexington WGOJ – Conneaut WGRI – Cincinnati WHSS -Hamilton WHJM – Anna WHKW – Cleveland WHKZ – Warren/Youngstown WHRQ – Sandusky WHVT – Clyde WHVY – Coshocton WILB – Canton WJDD – Carrollton WJEE – Bolivar WJFY-LP – Newark WJHE – Heath WJIC – Zanesville WJJE – Delaware WJTA – Glandorf/Leipsic WJTB – North Ridgeville/Cleveland WJYM – Bowling Green/Toledo WKCD – Cedarville WKJA – Brunswick WLRU-LP – Hillsboro WNHC-LP – Lima WNKL – Wauseon/Toledo WNOC – Bowling Green/Toledo WNOP – Newport/Cincinnati WNWT – Rossford/Toledo WOFN – Beach City WOHC – Chillicothe WOTL – Toledo WQRP – Dayton WRFD – Columbus-Worthington WRRO – Edon/Bryan WSHB – Willard WSJG -Tiffin WTGN – Lima WTLL-LP – Zanesville WTPG – Whitehouse WTTP-LP – Lima WUKV – Portsmouth WULM – Springfield/Dayton WVML – Millersburg WVMS – Sandusky WVSG -Columbus WWOW – Conneaut WWTL-LP – Logan WWYC – Toledo WXMF – Marion WXML – Upper Sandusky WXMW – Sycamore WYFY – Cambridge WYTN – Youngstown WYWH-LP – Athens WZCP – Chillicothe WZLP – Loudonville WZWP – West Union WYLR – Hubbard/Youngstown

Defunct	WCER – Canton

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Coordinates: 41°33′00″N 84°46′19″W / 41.550°N 84.772°W / 41.550; -84.772

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