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