WRR (FM)

"WRR-FM" redirects here. For the radio station in Philippines, see DWRR-FM.

WRR

City	Dallas, Texas
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
Transmitter coordinates	32°35′19″N 96°58′05″W / 32.58861°N 96.96806°W / 32.58861; -96.96806Coordinates: 32°35′19″N 96°58′05″W / 32.58861°N 96.96806°W / 32.58861; -96.96806
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 callsign 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".

KTCK 1310, formerly WRR (AM), is the oldest commercially operated radio station in Texas ^[4] It is one of the oldest radio stations in the U.S., although KDKA in Pittsburgh is usually credited with being the first commercial radio station. Due to its early origins, WRR has only three call letters and they begin with a "W," dating from the early 1920s when stations in Texas were given call signs that started with "W." Today in Texas, four letter call signs beginning with a "K" are the norm.

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

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
↑ http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ebr01 Handbook of Texas Online.
↑ http://www.oldradio.com/archives/general/100oldest.html
↑ "About WRR". WRR Classical 101.1 FM. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
↑ http://www.hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=10 HD Radio Guide for Dallas-Ft. Worth

Nicholson, Eric (February 12, 2013). "At WRR, Dallas' Classical Music Station, Employees Blame the Bloodletting on City Hall". Dallas Observer. Dallas, TX: Voice Media Group. Retrieved February 12, 2013.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WRR

Radio-Locator information on WRR

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WRR

Radio stations in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex market

By AM frequency	540 570 620 660 700 730 770 820¹ 850² 870² 890 910 970 990 1040² 1080¹ 1110² 1140 1160 1190 1220 1270 1310 1340 1360 1390 1420 1440 1460 1480 1540 1570 1600 1630 1700

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.5 88.5 88.7 89.1 89.3 89.5 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.1 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.7 99.1 99.5 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.5 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.1 106.7 106.9 107.1 107.5 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.4 (Dallas) 162.525 (Corsicana) 162.525 (Mineral Wells) 162.55 (Fort Worth)

Digital radio	570 1080 1270 1700 88.5-1 89.3-1 92.5-1 92.5-2 94.1-1 94.5-1 96.3-1 96.3-2 97.1-1 97.1-2 97.5-1 97.9-1 97.9-2 98.7-1 98.7-2 98.7-3 99.5-1 99.5-2 100.3-1 100.3-2 100.3-3 101.1-1 102.1-1 102.1-2 102.9-1 102.9-2 103.7-1 103.7-2 105.3-1 105.3-2 105.3-3 106.1-1 106.1-2 107.1-1 107.5-1 107.5-2 107.5-3 107.9-1 107.9-2

By callsign	K273BJ KAAM KAND KATH KAWA KBEC KBFB KBOC KBXD KCBI KCLE KDFT KDGE KDKR KDMX KDXX KEC55 KEC56 KEGL KEOM KERA KESN KESS-FM KEXB KFCD KFJZ² KFLC KFWR KFXR KFZO KGGR² KHFX KHKS KHSE KHVN KHYI KJKK KJON² KJRN KKDA KKDA-FM KKGM KKLF KKXT KLAK KLIF KLIF-FM KLNO KLTY KLUV KMNY KMQX KMVK KNON KNOR KNTU KPIR KPLX KPYK KRLD¹ KRLD-FM KRNB KRVA KRVF KSCS KSKY KSOC KSQX KTCK KTCK-FM KTCU-FM KTFW-FM KTNO KTXG KTXV KVCE KVIL KVTT² KWRD-FM KXEZ KXI87 KYDA KYQX KZEE KZMP KZMP-FM KZPS KZZA WBAP¹ WNG651 WRR

Defunct	KTDK-FM 104.1 The Indie-Verse

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