WEDJ

WEDJ

City	Danville, Indiana
Broadcast area	Indianapolis, Indiana
Branding	Radio Latina 107.1
Slogan	Más Mexicana Que Nunca
Frequency	107.1 (MHz)
First air date	1975 (as WGRT)
Format	Regional Mexican
ERP	1,800 watts
HAAT	184 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	13794
Callsign meaning	W EDJe (variation of "Edge")
Former callsigns	WGRT (1975-1984) WATI (1984-1987) WGRT-FM (1987-?) WSYW-FM (?-1999)
Owner	Continental Broadcast Group, LLC
Sister stations	WSYW
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wedjfm.com

WEDJ is a Regional Mexican radio station licensed to Danville, Indiana in the United States. The station serves the Indianapolis radio market at 107.1 FM. WEDJ broadcasts at an effective radiated power of 1,800 watts with a tower located Northwest of Danville in Hendricks County. Studios and offices are located at 1800 North Meridian Street in Indianapolis.

History

The station began as a Danville-based radio station, WGRT in 1975. Gorden Graham, Steve Miller, and Steve Ross first owners. Steve Miller was first General Manager and Steve Ross first Program Director. Big Mark Edwards and Rick Allan were first part-timers. The call letters were changed to WATI in 1984, then were changed to WGRT-FM in September 1987 and once again to WSYW-FM in the late 80s.

As WSYW-FM, the station programmed classical music as 107.1 "Symphony 107". Programming on WSYW-FM was simulcasted on sister station AM 810 WSYW until the AM station became a Radio AAHS affiliate. Classical programming was dropped in the mid-90s in favor of Smooth jazz as "Silk 107.1" Programming was provided by Jones Radio Network's Smooth Jazz 24/7 format. Also, around this time, WSYW-FM was leasing out various hours throughout the day to Spanish-language broadcasters, providing the first on-air outlet in Indianapolis for Spanish programming. This continued until October 1999, when the station changed format to Active rock as WEDJ.

WEDJ, known on-air as 107.1 The Edge, went on the air in mid-October 1999. However, after only a week using the branding, the station's name was changed to Rock 107 due to copyright issues with "The Edge" name. The format provided an alternative to crosstown station, X 103, but signal issues in much of the Indianapolis market made it difficult to compete.

In late 2000, the station was brokered to two companies providing the station with two different Spanish-language formats. WEDJ became the first FM station and the second full-time station programming to Latinos in Indianapolis, preceded only by sister station, WSYW 810. Once the contracts expired, WEDJ began programming its own programming first as "La Ley" then as "Radio Latina". The station under both names aired a Spanish CHR format. In late 2006, Radio Latina was revamped and flipped format to Regional Mexican where it remains to this day.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WEDJ

Radio-Locator information on WEDJ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WEDJ

Radio stations in the Indianapolis, Indiana market

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 90.1 90.5 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.3 91.5 91.9 92.3 93.1 93.9 94.7 95.5 95.9 96.3 97.1 97.9 98.3 98.7 99.5 100.9 101.9 102.3 103.3 103.7 104.5 105.7 106.7 107.1 107.9

By AM frequency	810 950 1070 1260 1310 1430 1500 1590

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.525 162.550

By callsign	KEC74 WBDG WBRI WCBK-FM WEDJ WFBQ WFDM-FM WFIU WFMS WFNI WFYI-FM WGNR-FM WHHH WHZN WIBC WICR WITT WJJK WKLU WKPW WLHK WNDE WNOW-FM WNTR WNTS WOLT WQME WQRA WRFT WRWM WSYW WTLC WTLC-FM WTTS WWDL WWQI WWG73 WXLW WXNT WYXB WZPL WZRL

Nearby radio markets Bloomington-Columbus Cincinnati Dayton Ft. Wayne Lafayette Louisville Muncie–Marion Terre Haute See also List of radio stations in Indiana

Spanish-language radio stations in the state of Indiana

Stations	WEDJ – Danville WKAM – Goshen WLDC-LP – Goshen WLRS – New Albany WNTS – Beech Grove WSBL-LP – South Bend WSYW – Indianapolis

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Indiana See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Coordinates: 39°48′07″N 86°34′23″W / 39.802°N 86.573°W / 39.802; -86.573

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