Welcome To Case's Column
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.
In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
The Dallas Radio That I Never Knew
Looking up information on how Texas radio used to be is very fascinating. Sometimes, what you thought took place really didn't. And such was the case when I learned a little bit about Texas' first radio station.
It happened right here in Dallas. The first call letters in Texas were WRR, and for many years, those letters resided on 1310 AM in Big D. Well, that was from about World War II until the late 1970s, when KAAM took over that frequency, and later, the present KTCK (The Ticket). So, where was WRR before 1310? Believe it or not, the Dallas radio market had 1240 and 1280 on the air in the 1920s and 30s. WRR was actually broadcast on the 1280 spot when it first went on. Fort Worth's KFJZ occupied the 1570 spot (later moved to Terrell, TX) before 1240 and 1280 would be moved to the Abilene, Texas, market. Oh, I've known for a long time that WRR was the first radio station in the Lone Star State, but who knew how many times a radio station would bounce around different frequencies while trying to get ingrained in people's minds? And would you believe that they opened FM 101.1 with a classical format...............in 1948? Yeppers. WRR has had that FM frequency from day one, and the format and call letters have not changed. They've had classical and nothing else. Nothing else. No rock, no jazz, no country, no alternative, none of that; none of those things have ever occupied 101.1 FM in Dallas. Ever. That's an incredible run.
And now you know a little bit more about the Dallas radio that even this writer didn't know before.
It happened right here in Dallas. The first call letters in Texas were WRR, and for many years, those letters resided on 1310 AM in Big D. Well, that was from about World War II until the late 1970s, when KAAM took over that frequency, and later, the present KTCK (The Ticket). So, where was WRR before 1310? Believe it or not, the Dallas radio market had 1240 and 1280 on the air in the 1920s and 30s. WRR was actually broadcast on the 1280 spot when it first went on. Fort Worth's KFJZ occupied the 1570 spot (later moved to Terrell, TX) before 1240 and 1280 would be moved to the Abilene, Texas, market. Oh, I've known for a long time that WRR was the first radio station in the Lone Star State, but who knew how many times a radio station would bounce around different frequencies while trying to get ingrained in people's minds? And would you believe that they opened FM 101.1 with a classical format...............in 1948? Yeppers. WRR has had that FM frequency from day one, and the format and call letters have not changed. They've had classical and nothing else. Nothing else. No rock, no jazz, no country, no alternative, none of that; none of those things have ever occupied 101.1 FM in Dallas. Ever. That's an incredible run.
And now you know a little bit more about the Dallas radio that even this writer didn't know before.
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