A History of Station WRR: Pioneer in Municipally Owned Radio
Description:
This study presents an overall history of WRR, the first municipally owned radio station and describes the problems it encountered by competing in a commercial Dallas market. The study marks the establishment of WRR in 1920 as a signal transmitter for the Dallas Fire Department, its transition to an entertainment station, the addition of WRR-FM, retirement of long-time Station Manager Durward J. Tucker, heavy financial losses, public complaints, format changes, and the sale of the station. A fi…
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Date:
May 1978
Creator:
Sachs, Robin Leslie
Partner:
UNT Libraries