WRDB
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Broadcast area | Sauk County, Wisconsin |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 1400 kHz |
| Branding | 97.3 WRDB |
| Programming | |
| LanguageTemplate:Pluralize from text | English |
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| Affiliations | ESPN Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Magnum Communications, Inc. |
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Call sign meaning | Reedsburg |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| 59233 | |
| Class | C |
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| [[Broadcast relay station|TranslatorTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Template:Radio Relay |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
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WRDB (1400 AM) is a radio station in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, the station transmits 1,000 watts during the daytime and 640 watts during the nighttime from a tower located just west of Reedsburg. WRDB currently airs a mixture of oldies and sports radio– including Reedsburg Beavers high school football, boys and girls basketball, and baseball, as well as Milwaukee Brewers baseball, ESPN Sunday Night Baseball and Wisconsin Badgers football, basketball and hockey. WRDB is the primary sports station in the Reedsburg and Wisconsin Dells area.[2][3][4]
History
WRDB first signed on the air in 1953.[5] Initially operating with 250 watts of power, WRDB functioned as a "full-service" station, providing a mix of local news, agricultural reports, and popular music.[6] In 1967, the station expanded its local presence by launching an FM sister station, WRDB-FM (104.9), which later became WNFM.[7][8]
In late 2007, the station was acquired by Magnum Communications (Magnum Media), a family-owned broadcaster led by Dave Magnum.[9] Longtime local broadcaster Thomas "Tommy Lee" Bychinski, who joined the station in 1973, became a defining voice of the station for over five decades before his passing in late 2025.[10]
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WRDB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Reedsburg Beavers on WRDB". 97.3 WRDB. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Brewers Radio Network Affiliates". MLB.com. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."National Radio Club DX News: Volume 90" (PDF). National Radio Club. September 22, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WRDB Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Broadcasting Magazine: April 6, 1953" (PDF). World Radio History. April 6, 1953. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fybush, Scott (January 28, 2011). "A Drive Up Wisconsin's I-94". Fybush.com. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."45th Edition of the NRC AM Log" (PDF). National Radio Club. November 7, 2025. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ellis, Jon (September 25, 2007). "Broadcasting News-September 2007". NorthPine: Upper Midwest Broadcasting. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Thomas "Tommy Lee" Bychinski Obituary". Farber Funeral Home. December 15, 2025. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
External links
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- WRDB in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- FM translator
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- W247CY at FCCdata.org
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