WDSO

Chesterton, Indiana
Broadcast area	Porter, Lake and LaPorte counties
Frequency	88.3 MHz
Branding	88.3 FM, The Rock
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	High School
Ownership
Owner	Duneland School Corp. (Duneland School Corp)
Operator	Chesterton High School
History
First air date	August 1976
Former frequencies	89.7 MHz
Call sign meaning	Duneland School Organization
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	17731
Class	A
ERP	400 watts
HAAT	41 meters (135 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°36′29″N 87°03′37″W / 41.60806°N 87.06028°W / 41.60806; -87.06028
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.duneland.k12.in.us/wdso

WDSO (88.3 FM, "The Rock") is a nonprofit high-school radio station at Chesterton High School, in Chesterton, Indiana, with the transmitter at the school. All its disc jockeys are high-school students, who are also responsible for the station's music selection and programming.

Format

WDSO's radio format is variety, mostly programming rock music. WDSO also broadcasts local news and covers high school sports.

History

In 2014, when WDSO was permitted to change its power from 10 watts to 410, WDSO purchased a brand new Nautel VS-1 Transmitter to replace its old one, which was from 1985. This allowed for broadcast 24/7, 365 days per year, with 2015 the first year the station broadcast continuously.

In 2018, WDSO purchased and installed an RDS unit, allowing listeners to see the song title and artist of the song currently playing in their cars.

In July 2020, WDSO's longtime operations manager Michele Stipanovich died after working at the station for 39 years. She was succeeded by Emily Fletcher.^[2]