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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WRDI
| logo             =
| city             = [[Nappanee, Indiana]]
| area             = [[South Bend, Indiana]]
| branding         = [[Relevant Radio]]
| frequency        = 95.7 [[MHz]]
| airdate          = {{start date and age|1991|12|16}}
| format           = [[Catholic radio]]
| erp              = 2,500 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|155|m|sp=us}}
| class            = A
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| facility_id      = 49174
| callsign_meaning = '''W R'''e'''D'''eemer Rad'''I'''o (previous branding)
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WXJG (1990–1991)|WLRX (1991–2005)|WYPW (2005–2010)|WAOR (2010–2014)}}<ref>[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=49174&Callsign=WRDI Call Sign History] FCC.gov.  Accessed May 14, 2010</ref>
| affiliations     = [[Relevant Radio]]
| owner            = [[Relevant Radio]]
| licensee         = Relevant Radio, LLC
| sister_stations  = 
| webcast          = [https://relevantradio.com/listen/stream-relevant-radio/ Listen Live]
| website          = [https://relevantradio.com/ relevantradio.com] 
}}

'''WRDI''' (95.7 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a [[radio station]] broadcasting a [[Catholic radio]] format.  Licensed to [[Nappanee, Indiana]], WRDI serves the [[South Bend, Indiana]] market.

==History==
95.7 signed on as '''WLRX''' on December 16, 1991 (the calls for the construction permit granted in 1990 had been '''WXJG''', but the station was never on the air with those calls).  WLRX broadcast [[Citadel Media|ABC Radio]]/[[Satellite Music Network|SMN]]'s [[Hits & Favorites|StarStation]] [[adult contemporary]] format serving the Nappanee area under the name "Star 96," then segued to a [[Hot AC]] direction with local DJs as "Magic 95.7" and broadened its focus to include South Bend and Elkhart.  It was during this time the station also changed hands from Indiana Star Broadcasting to Service Communications of South Bend.  Service was purchased by Talking Stick which is now a part of the Federated Communications of Elkhart umbrella.  At Midnight on February 4, 2005 the station adopted an Urban Contemporary format as "Power 95.7" and took the call letters '''WYPW''', which it held until May 10, 2010, when it took the WAOR call sign and [[classic rock]] format previously heard on 95.3 FM.<ref name="radioinfo">{{cite news|url=http://www.radio-info.com/news/fm-talk-comes-to-south-bend-with-a-power-outage-at-957|title=FM talk comes to South Bend, with a "Power" outage at 95.7|date=April 16, 2010|work=Radio-Info.com|accessdate=April 16, 2010}}</ref>  At that time, 95.3 was relaunched as [[WTRC-FM]] "Michiana's News Channel", a [[Talk radio|news/talk]] station that took ''[[The Rush Limbaugh Show]]'', ''[[The Glenn Beck Program]]'', and [[Fox News Radio]] from rival [[WSBT (AM)|WSBT]].<ref name="sbt-953talk">{{cite news|url=http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100414/Biz/100419716/1129/News|title=Michiana radio stations to see talk shows, program formats shifting|last=Meenan|first=Jim|date=April 14, 2010|work=[[South Bend Tribune]]|accessdate=April 16, 2010}}</ref>

On May 25, 2012, it was announced that Federated Media would change WAOR from a classic rock format to an all-sports format.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} The change was effective June 4, 2012.<ref>{{cite news |first=Alexandra |last=Kilpatrick |title=WAOR Transitions to Sports Talk Radio Format |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/southbendtribune/access/2680854701.html?FMT=ABS |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131150342/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/southbendtribune/access/2680854701.html?FMT=ABS |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |work=South Bend Tribune |date=June 6, 2012 |accessdate=June 8, 2012 }}</ref> Local sports coverage, including high school football and basketball and weekly talk show "The Coaches Box," airs through affiliation with the [[Regional Radio Sports Network]].

On April 1, 2014, WAOR became an [[ESPN Radio]] affiliate,<ref>http://www.thefanmichiana.com/ The New ESPN Homepage. Retrieved March 31, 2014.</ref> adding shows [[Mike & Mike]], [[The Herd with Colin Cowherd]], [[SVP & Russillo]], [[Dan LeBatard]], Sedano and Stink, and Freddie Coleman on weekdays, and various weekend programing on ESPN. A month later, Federated Media announced that WAOR would be sold to St. Joseph Catholic Radio Group.<ref name=ri-saletosjcr>{{cite news|last=Venta|first=Lance|title=Federated Sells 95.7 WAOR South Bend|url=http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/88649/federated-sells-95-7-waor-south-bend/|accessdate=May 14, 2014|newspaper=RadioInsight|date=May 14, 2014}}</ref> On August 14, 2014, WAOR changed their call letters to WRDI.

On September 1, 2014, WRDI changed their format to Catholic Talk, branded as "Redeemer Radio". The sale to St. Joseph, at a price of $925,000, was consummated on September 12, 2014.

==Previous logo==
[[File:The_ESPN_95.7_Logo,_as_of_April_1,_2014_(after_the_ESPN_rebranding).jpg]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.michiguide.com/dials/rad-a/waor.html Michiguide.com - WAOR History]

==External links==
*{{FM station data|49174|WRDI}}

{{South Bend Radio}}
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{{Relevant Radio}}

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