WRR (FM)
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| City of license | Dallas, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex |
| Branding | Classical 101 WRR |
| Frequency | 101.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1920 on AM 1948 on FM 101.1 |
| Format | Classical music |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 508 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 11451 |
| Callsign meaning | Where Radio Radiates |
| Former callsigns | WRR-FM |
| Owner | City of Dallas |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wrr101.com |
WRR (101.1 FM, "Classical 101") is a municipally-owned radio station, owned by the city of Dallas, Texas, that broadcasts a classical music format.
WRR (AM), now known as KTCK), began broadcasting via AM in 1920 [1] and received its license and call letters on August 5, 1921. In 1948, WRR-FM received its first FM license. After WRR 1310 was sold WRR-FM changed its call letters to WRR.
Despite its public ownership, WRR is a commercial station and sells advertising. Over the years, private broadcasters in the Dallas-Fort Worth market have made numerous but unsuccessful calls for privatizing the station.
KTCK 1310, formerly WRR, is the oldest commercially operated radio station in Texas and the second oldest in the United States [2] behind KDKA in Pittsburgh.
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The station is the starting point of John Peel's radio career. Peel, who later became a British disc jockey, notably covered the arraignment hearing of Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before Oswald was shot and killed.
WRR 1310 also first brought the voice of singer Kay Starr to the airwaves.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/RR/ebr1.html Handbook of Texas Online.
- ^ http://www.wrr101.com/about.shtml "About WRR," WRR Classical 101.1 FM
[edit] External links
- WRR official website
- DFW Radio Archives - WRR
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WRR
- Radio-Locator information on WRR
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WRR
Coordinates: 32°35′19″N 96°58′05″W / 32.58861°N 96.96806°W
