WRDZ-1300 La Grange, Illinois, is back on the air after a two-year absence. The station was reported in late November and I tried a few different nights and never heard them. I tuned in 12/8 midday and there they were with the Rebel Radio hard rock music format. Today, 12/9, I listened in the afternoon and heard them cut power or go off at 1531 CST, leaving the powerful WNQM in Nashville. The temporary authorization allows for only 10 watts at night, and even though I am within four miles of their new site I can’t tell if they are using that. WRDZ is using the former WSBC-1240 tower on Belmont Avenue in Chicago. They lost their transmitter site southwest of the city and went off the air in November 2023.
Karl Forth to IRCA iog (2025-12-10)