WRJO is a radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

 broadcasting an Oldies

Oldies

Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....

 music format. Licensed to Eagle River, Wisconsin

Eagle River, Wisconsin

Eagle River is a city in Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,443 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Vilas County. The city is known for being a popular "Northwoods" vacation town...

, USA. The station is currently owned by Heartland Comm. License, LLC and features programing from ABC Radio.

History

The station went on the air as WERL-FM. On 1985-04-05, the station changed its call sign to the current WRJO.

The WERL

Werl

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call sign remains on its AM station at 950 kHz.

WERL was a reference to "Werl(as in "Whirl")-Wide Radio" taken from its early logo in the 1960s and 70s.

Before the oldies format, WRJO held a country music format with the nickname "Eagle Country".