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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 89
BY SENATORS PEACOCK AND MI LLIGAN
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Robert J. Wright and Erin McCarthy on 25 years of
exceptional radio broadcasting.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend Robert J. Wright and Erin McCarthy on twenty-five years of exceptional radio
3 broadcasting.
4 WHEREAS, on August 12, 2021, Robert J. Wright and Erin McCarthy will celebrate
5 twenty-five years of working together on the radio in Shreveport, Louisiana; and
6 WHEREAS, the duo began their collaboration in 1996 on Shreveport/Bossier City's
7 K94.5 The Big Dog radio station, playing Top 40 music hits; in 2003, they moved to 96.5
8 KVKI where they hosted Townsquare Media Shreveport's Robert and Erin Morning Show;
9 and
10 WHEREAS, in March of 2014, Robert and Erin began their hit talk show, the KEEL
11 Morning Show with Robert and Erin, on KEEL 101.7FM and 710AM in Shreveport; and
12 WHEREAS, the pair have been keeping Northwestern Louisiana citizens informed
13 about all the topics that matter in the community, the state, and the nation; and
14 WHEREAS, Robert Wright, a native of Palestine, Texas, moved to Bossier City as
15 a teenager with his family; he is a graduate of Jesuit High School and of Loyola University
16 in New Orleans; he has conducted morning shows in several cities, including Philadelphia,
17 Pennsylvania, Cleveland, Ohio, and Orlando, Florida; in 1996, Robert returned to Shreveport
18 where he teamed with Erin McCarthy to debut their morning show on The Big Dog 94.5; and
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1 WHEREAS, Erin McCarthy is a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; she is a
2 thirty-five year veteran of broadcast journalism and has been in radio in Shreveport for
3 almost thirty years; she is a graduate of Baton Rouge Magnet High School and of Louisiana
4 State University, where she began broadcasting on KLSU 91.1; Erin is a recipient of the
5 2019 Gracie Award, presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation which
6 recognizes extraordinary women in broadcasting, and was designated as Top Female Talk
7 Show Host in the category of Talk/Personality in Small/Medium Markets as a local co-host
8 in a nonsyndicated program; she has worked in radio broadcasting in Tyler, Texas, Lubbock,
9 Texas, and Northfield, New Jersey; and
10 WHEREAS, Robert Wright and Erin McCarthy are fixtures on the airwaves in
11 Shreveport-Bossier and remain connected with what is happening in the community, the
12 state, and the nation, and local and statewide guests are featured on their show every
13 weekday morning between 6 AM and 9 AM.
14 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
15 commend Robert Wright and Erin McCarthy of KEEL 101.7FM and 710AM in Shreveport
16 on an exceptional twenty-five years of radio broadcasting.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be transmitted to
18 Robert Wright and Erin McCarthy.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Lebra R. Bias.
DIGEST
SCR 89 Engrossed 2021 Regular Session Peacock
Commends Robert J. Wright and Erin McCarthy on 25 years of exceptional radio
broadcasting.
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