WXRR (104.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic rock format. Licensed to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA, the station serves the Laurel-Hattiesburg area. The station is currently owned by Blakeney Communications.[2][3]
The station's previous call letters were WHSY as Y104 a Rock format when it was owned by Charlie Holt. The station was purchased in 1994 by Blakeney Communications. In its present form, the station signed on for the first time April 1, 1995.
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The Morning Crew on ROCK104 is the number one local morning radio show in the Laurel-Hattiesburg market.[citation needed] Composed of Tom Colt, Andy Webb, and Flyin' Bryan Hicks, The Morning Crew can be heard live each weekday from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. -- with a "best of" hour weekdays at 5:00 a.m. In 2006, The Morning Crew on ROCK104 have been named as "The Mississippi Association of Broadcasters'" Personalities of the Year, in 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010. The show's signature bits include News Not Making the News, The Stupid Question of the Day, and Andy's Uncle Ray Wallbanger.
The Morning Crew on ROCK104
WXRR is currently in a multi-year contract as the flagship station for The University of Southern Mississippi football and men's basketball. In addition to carrying live coverage of the football and basketball teams' games, WXRR also airs coach's talk shows with Larry Fedora and Larry Eustachy. Effective 2006, WXRR will carry a number of Southern Miss baseball games; the remaining baseball broadcasts can be heard on WXRR's sister station, WXHB (96.5).
Birthplace of rock and roll [edit]
The station often identifies itself as "Broadcasting from the birthplace of rock and roll." Hattiesburg was home to The Graves Brothers, Blind Roosevelt Graves and Uaroy Graves who, along with piano player Cooney Vaughn recorded, two songs in 1936 that "featured fully formed rock and roll guitar riffs and a stomping rock and roll beat."[4]
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