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 |
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| Callsign meaning | None-merely a sister FM to the former WRR 1310 |
| Former callsigns | WRR-FM (1948-1978) |
| 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. The station's studios are located in the Fair Park complex in South Dallas and the transmitter site is in Cedar Hill. WRR is broadcasting with its maximum allowed power of 100,000 watts.[1]
WRR (AM), now known as KTCK), began broadcasting via AM in 1920 [2] and received its license and call letters on March 13, 1922.[3] In 1948, WRR-FM received its first FM license. After WRR 1310 was sold and its callsign changed, 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.
On September 19, some people listen to WRR over-the-air or on the internet to celebrate "International Talk Like a Pirate Day" because the last two letters spoken aloud are "R-R".[citation needed]
KTCK 1310, formerly WRR, is the oldest commercially operated radio station in Texas [4] behind KDKA in Pittsburgh.
WRR broadcasts in the HD (hybrid) format.[5]
Notable figures
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.
References
- ↑ http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/fmpower
- ↑ http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ebr01 Handbook of Texas Online.
- ↑ http://www.oldradio.com/archives/general/100oldest.html
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- ↑ http://www.hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=10 HD Radio Guide for Dallas-Ft. Worth
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External links
- Pages with broken file links
- HD Radio stations
- Articles with unsourced statements from July 2013
- Radio stations in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
- Classical music radio stations in the United States
- Texas classical music
- Government of Dallas, Texas
- American Basketball Association flagship radio stations
- Radio stations established in 1920
