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WRR (101.1 FM ) is a municipally-owned Radio Station , owned by the city of Dallas, Texas , that broadcasts a Classical Music Format . WRR original began broadcasting via , 1921 (The AM frequency is now privately owned as KTCK ). In 1948, WRR-FM received its first FM license. After WRR was sold 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. WRR is the oldest commercially operated radio station in Texas and the second oldest in the United States http://www.wrr101.com/about.shtml "About WRR," ''WRR Classical 101.1 FM'' behind KDKA in Pittsburgh. 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 also first brought the voice of Singer Kay Starr to the airwaves. EXTERNAL LINKS REFERENCES |
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