City Indianapolis, Indiana First air date 1961 | Frequency 1500 kHz Format Religious | |
Broadcast area Indianapolis metropolitan area Power 5,000 watts (daytime only) | ||
WBRI (1500 AM) is a Religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Indianapolis, Indiana, serving the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The station is owned and operated by Wilkins Radio Network, Inc. The WBRI broadcast license is held by Heritage Christian Radio, Inc. WBRI is one of the oldest Christian talk stations in the United States.
The station is authorized to broadcast only during daytime hours, as it shares the same frequency as clear channel station KSTP in St. Paul, Minnesota.
History
The station went on the air in 1961 as WNDY.
In 1964, the station changed the call sign to WBRI and its format to Christian.
In 2003, WBRI was sold to Heritage Christian Radio, Inc. (a subsidiary of Wilkins Radio Network, Inc.) for $1.5 million.
References
WBRI Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA