WRIN

WRIN (1560 AM AM) is a radio station in Rensselaer, Indiana. The Broadcasting Yearbook notes it was founded by 5 partners on September 14, 1963. Rensselaer is about 84.5 miles (136.0 km) south of Chicago in Jasper County, Indiana.

WRIN airs a classic country format using the classic country format provided via satellite from Westwood One.

According to Standard Rate and Data service, the daytime only Class D radio station would cover Jasper, White, Newton, Benton and Pulaski counties. No other radio stations were located in any of these counties.

WRIN is important because, other than the local newspaper, The Rensselaer Republican it was the only local media for more than 10 years. Today, other local radio media exists in Earl Park, Monticello, Kentland, and Winamac, all within the original coverage of WRIN.

History

FCC records show that among the investors, Tony Capparelli (a landfill owner from Chicago Heights, Illinois), his wife, also Tony Capparelli Jr, Tony DiCarlo (son-in-law to Capparelli), and Bob Becker, an employee of the other radio stations owned by Capparelli and DiCarlo. These people earlier started WCGO, Chicago Heights, Illinois.