WRR second oldest station in the US???

[TheRover]

101.1 used to broadcast in HD. That was the best use of HD Radio, imo, a Classical station, with the many "Loud" and "Soft" parts of symphonic music, and hearing it without ---any--- his, or crackle, or pop, in HD was The Best !

But, somewhere along the way, WRR stopped broadcasting in HD.

The "other" great benefit of broadcasting in HD, is that would allow the city to broadcast the City Council meetings, and still program classical music on a sub-channel, for those that have an HD radio.

Also, the HD sub-channel would allow for more programming, locally, to air the "other" symphonic music, that is, the other than "The Greatest Hits" format that drives 101.1.

We could even get a sub channel that plays a lot more movie music, than the tight movie playlist of all of the usual suspects.....

Talk about a Missed Opportunity to serve the beautiful music lovers of the region !!!!!

 

[Unregistered]

Actually, without looking it up, I would have to guess that WRR started on 833. Is there anything that didn't in those days? Nevertheless, only broadcasters would make the distinction that being on FM makes it a different station. Now if the current Los Angeles station, KRLA, on 870, were to claim legacy with 1110, that would be a different matter.

Here is WRR's frequency history:
8/4/21 - 400m, 450m, 500m (750, 666 and 600 kHz) "Commercial Land Station"
3/13/22 - 360m, 485m (833, 619 kHz) "Broadcast Radio Station" (All stations divided their time between these two original frequencies)
3/3/24 - 360m only (833 kHz) Shared time with multiple stations
Dec. 1924 - licensed to move to 1150 kHz
Apr. 1925 - unable to raise funds necessary for new equipment needed for upgrade, signed off and turned in license
Oct. 1925 - public outcry led to Dallas News funding new equipment. WRR issued new license and returns to the air at 1220
Nov. 1927 - 650 (shared with KRLD)
Nov. 1928 - 1280
Mar. 1941 - 1310

 

[K.M. Richards]

Dec. 1924 - licensed to move to 1150 kHz
Apr. 1925 - unable to raise funds necessary for new equipment needed for upgrade, signed off and turned in license
Oct. 1925 - public outcry led to Dallas News funding new equipment. WRR issued new license and returns to the air at 1220

Well, so much for that "continuous since 1921" claim, too.

If message board posters can find these things out easily, why can't whoever wrote that piece of crap the OP shared with us at the beginning of the thread?

 

[davideduardo]

Well, so much for that "continuous since 1921" claim, too.

If message board posters can find these things out easily, why can't whoever wrote that piece of crap the OP shared with us at the beginning of the thread?

Station "urban legends" tend to build, fueled on the internal self-aggrandizement at the station itself. It is just like finding that people at a station long positioned as "Smallvilles #1 Hit music station" actually start to believe the station is #1 in the ratings. Avid Listener's "hyperbole" becomes reality of perception.

I'm reminded of the time I told the staff at WKAQ in San Juan that their station was not the second station in the US to go on the air... somehow a misinterpretation of an old station list had made them believe, for decades that such was true. But the license was actually not granted till around August of 1922, after about 100 or so other stations had been granted. But at the station, they believed otherwise.

 

[Unregistered]

Well, so much for that "continuous since 1921" claim, too.

If message board posters can find these things out easily, why can't whoever wrote that piece of crap the OP shared with us at the beginning of the thread?

Because some of us have been doing the research for decades, sorting through multiple conflicting sources... station mythologies are a lot less work.

 

[TheRover]

WRR is back to HD broadcasting.... but just one HD channel, and, still no musical piece ID information displayed...

WRR Classical 101.1 FM Dallas / Fort Worth
Broadcasting in all-digital HD Radio

 

[Gregg.]

So what was the first radio station in the U.S.? How do you measure? Was it the first to be licensed by the FCC? KDKA Pittsburgh is credited in the history books as the "First Commercial Radio Station" in the U.S, getting it's commercial license in 1921, with maybe WRR-AM the second. That is possibly true, although there were plenty of other stations already on the air, with FCC experimental licenses.

I think this is a discussion that should go on the "United States - National Radio" page, so I'll post there, and leave it up to others who may have more to add or better research.