WROX (AM)

WROX
Clarksdale, Mississippi;
Broadcast area	Coahoma County, Mississippi
Frequency	1450 kHz
Programming
Format	Rhythmic oldies
Affiliations	Fox News Radio
Ownership
Owner	LL James Media, LLC
History
First air date	June 5, 1944
Call sign meaning	sounds like "rocks"
Technical information
Facility ID	11611
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	34°12′40″N 90°34′42″W / 34.21111°N 90.57833°W
Translator(s)	97.5 W289AP (Clarksdale)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wroxradio.com
	WROX Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Original WROX building at 257 Delta Avenue in Clarksdale
Location	257 Delta Ave., Clarksdale, Mississippi
Coordinates	34°12′5″N 90°34′29″W / 34.20139°N 90.57472°W
NRHP reference No.	02000854
Added to NRHP	August 9, 2002

WROX is a rhythmic oldies radio station in Clarksdale, Mississippi. It is a class C station operating at 1000 watts on 1450 kHz. Translator W289AP operates on 97.5 MHz. The WROX business office is located at 628 DeSoto Avenue.

WROX is noted for having had the first black radio announcer in Mississippi, Early Wright, also known as "The Soul Man".^[2]^[3] Musicians Wright hosted on WROX included Sam Cooke, B.B. King, Little Milton, Pinetop Perkins, Elvis Presley, Charley Pride, Bobby Rush, Rufus Thomas, and Muddy Waters. Others performers on WROX included Jackie Brenston, Raymond Hill, Robert Nighthawk, Doctor Ross, and Sonny Boy Williamson II.^[3]^[4] Musician Ike Turner worked as a janitor at WROX, while attending Clarksdale High School.^[3]

History

WROX started transmitting on June 5, 1944, operating from 321 Delta Avenue with 250 watts. It moved to 257 Delta Avenue in July 1945,^[5] presently the location of the WROX museum. Station power was increased to 1000 watts in 1964, using a RCA BTA-1R transmitter.^[3] The 257 Delta Avenue location was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002,^[1] and a Mississippi Blues Trail marker was placed there.^[4] The AM transmitter was updated with a Broadcast Electronics AM-1A transmitter in 2006. The FM simulcast on 105.7 FM was set up in 2010.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Cheseborough, Steve. Blues Traveling, The Holy Sites of Delta Blues. 3rd ed. University Press of Mississippi, 2009. ISBN 978-1-60473-124-8. p. 93.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "WROX History". WROX Radio. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
^ ^a ^b "WROX - Clarksdale". Mississippi Blues Commission. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
^ Audra Leslie Brecher (August 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: WROX Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-11-06. Photos

External links

WROX in the FCC AM station database
WROX in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
W289AP in the FCC FM station database
W289AP at FCCdata.org

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[Blues_Traveling-2] Cheseborough, Steve. Blues Traveling, The Holy Sites of Delta Blues. 3rd ed. University Press of Mississippi, 2009. ISBN 978-1-60473-124-8. p. 93.

[WROX_History-3] "WROX History". WROX Radio. Retrieved 2016-08-15.

[MBT-4] "WROX - Clarksdale". Mississippi Blues Commission. Retrieved 2016-08-15.

[nom-5] Audra Leslie Brecher (August 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: WROX Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-11-06. Photos

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v t e Clarksdale, Mississippi
Education	Clarksdale MSD Clarksdale HS Lee Academy Coahoma Community College() Coahoma ECHS()
Transportation	Fletcher Field
Media	Clarksdale Press Register WAID WROX (AM)
Landmarks	Delta Blues Museum Ground Zero Blues Club New Alcazar Hotel
*()** The community college main campus and early college (formerly agricultural) high school are not in the city limits while one college building away from the main campus is in the city limits; Clarksdale is in the community college's service area (the city was in the service area of the Mississippi Delta Community College until 1995) Coahoma County Junior-Senior High School of the Coahoma County School District is within the Clarksdale city limits, but does not serve the City of Clarksdale

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