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WKBU
WKBU (95.7 FM broadcasting, FM, "Bayou 95.7") is a radio station city of license, licensed to New Orleans. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it broadcasts a classic rock radio format, format. It shares studios with its sister stations at 400 Poydras Tower in downtown New Orleans, and the transmitter site is in the city's Algiers, New Orleans, Algiers district. The station broadcasts in HD Radio; its second subchannel formerly carried ''Metal Militia''—a Heavy metal music, heavy metal-based format which changed its name in 2018 from ''The Metal Channel''. The subchannel previously carried ''Live Rock''. History WWL-FM, WTKL was at one time beautiful music WBYU (called Bayou 96) before going through a succession of ill-fated formats from country as WQXY (Y-96) from 1987 to 1990 and adult contemporary as WMXZ (Mix 95.7) from 1990 to 1993. 1993-2005: Oldies In 1993, the station finally found suceess with an oldies format known as Kool 95.7 FM. 2005-present: Classic rock Due to floo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWL-FM
WWL-FM (105.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station city of license, licensed to Kenner, Louisiana, and serving the New Orleans metropolitan area. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. WWL-FM and sister station WWL (AM), WWL (870 AM) simulcast a Talk radio, news-talk-sports radio, sports radio format. The studios and offices are in the 400 Poydras Tower in the New Orleans Central Business District. WWL-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 96,000 watts. Its transmitter site is off Paris Road in Chalmette, Louisiana. WWL-FM broadcasts in the HD Radio hybrid format, with its HD2 digital subchannel carrying both Infinity Sports Network and shows on food and lifestyles. Programming News and talk The weekday schedule features news and talk programming mornings and early afternoons, shifting to sports talk and live play-by-play after 4 pm. All weekday programming from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. is hosted by local WWL personalities and reporters. The only nationally Broadcast syndication, syndi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEZB
WEZB (97.1 MHz, "B97 FM") is a commercial radio station licensed to New Orleans, Louisiana. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format. The radio studios and offices are located at the 400 Poydras Tower in Downtown New Orleans. The station airs the syndicated The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show from KHKS Dallas on weekdays. WEZB has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts. The transmitter site is off Behrman Highway in the city's Algiers neighborhood. WEZB broadcasts in the HD Radio hybrid format. History On September 1, 1945, 97.1 signed on the air as WRCM, the FM simulcast of WJMR (990 AM; WGSO) and sister station to WJMR-TV (now WVUE), all owned by George J. Mayoral. Then, around 1966–67 after the TV station had already been sold, the Supreme Broadcasting Company bought the two radio stations and changed the call signs to WNNR and WNNR-FM. At the time, the stations were located in the Jung Hotel at 1500 Canal Street in downto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLMG
WLMG (101.9 FM, "Magic 101.9 FM") is a good commercial radio station licensed to New Orleans, Louisiana. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format. From Black Friday to December 25 each year, it switches to all- Christmas music. The station's studios and offices are located at the 400 Poydras Tower in New Orleans' downtown district. WLMG has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for non- grandfathered FM stations. The transmitter site is off Behrman Highway in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. WLMG broadcasts in the HD Radio hybrid format. History WWL-FM On March 15, 1970, the station first signed on the air as WWL-FM. It was owned by Loyola University of the South, now known as Loyola University New Orleans. Loyola also owned WWL-TV and AM powerhouse WWL. WWL and WWL-FM had the same call sign but separate formats. The AM was a full service middle of the road station, while WWL-FM played beautif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWL (AM)
WWL (870 kHz) is an AM broadcasting, AM radio station in New Orleans, Louisiana, owned by Audacy, Inc. WWL and 105.3 WWL-FM simulcast a news/talk radio format with sports talk at night. The station's studios are in the 400 Poydras Tower in the New Orleans Central Business District. On January 7, 2024, it filed a chapter 11 plan for bankruptcy with almost $2 billion of debt. WWL is a clear-channel, list of broadcast station classes, Class A station. Its transmitter power output is 50,000 watts, the maximum for commercial AM stations in the U.S. It uses a directional antenna with a two-tower array. The transmitter is in the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park in Estelle, Louisiana. The daytime signal provides at least secondary coverage to large parts of the Gulf Coast, with city-grade coverage reaching as far east as Pensacola, Florida, and as far west as Lafayette, Louisiana. At night it can be heard across much of the central and southern United States. WWL is the Louisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWWL
WWWL (1350 AM broadcasting, AM, "The Bet New Orleans") is a commercial radio station in New Orleans, Louisiana. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it broadcasts a sports gambling format. The station's studios are located at the 400 Poydras Tower in Downtown New Orleans. Its transmitter site is in Algiers, New Orleans, Algiers, near the city limits of Gretna, Louisiana, Gretna and Terrytown, Louisiana, Terrytown. The station operates at 5,000 watts during the day and 480 watts at night, using a non-directional antenna. The station is simulcast on FM translator station W225CZ (92.9 FM). History Early years This station carried the call sign WSMB from its founding until 2006. It sign-on, signed on the airwaves April 1, 1925, as New Orleans' first professional radio station, a joint commercial venture by the local New Orleans Saenger Theatre, Saenger Theatre and the Maison Blanche department store. Programming was provided by the Saenger, allowing Maison Blanche to sell radio sets in the sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans Metropolitan Area
The New Orleans metropolitan area, designated the New Orleans–Metairie metropolitan statistical area by the Office of Management and Budget, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, or simply Greater New Orleans (, ), is a List of United States metropolitan areas, metropolitan statistical area designated by the United States Census Bureau encompassing seven Louisiana Parish (administrative division), parishes—the equivalent of County (United States), counties in other U.S. states—centered on the city of New Orleans. The population of Greater New Orleans was 1,007,275 in 2020. Greater New Orleans is the most populous metropolitan area in Louisiana, and the 45th most populous in the United States. The broader New Orleans–Metairie–Slidell combined statistical area had a population of 1,373,453 in 2020. The New Orleans metropolitan area was devastated by Hurricane Katrina—once a Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale#Category 5, category 5 hurricane, but a Category 3 hurricane, cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of municipalities in Louisiana, most populous city in Louisiana and the French Louisiana region, the second-most populous in the Deep South, and the twelfth-most populous in the Southeastern United States. The city is coextensive with Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Orleans Parish. New Orleans serves as a major port and a commercial hub for the broader Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast region. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1 million, making it the most populous metropolitan area in Louisiana and the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 59th-most populous in the United States. New Orleans is world-renowned for Music of New Orleans, its distincti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HD Radio
HD Radio (HDR) is a trademark for in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio broadcast technology. HD radio generally simulcast, simulcasts an existing analog radio station in digital format with less noise and with additional text information. HD Radio is used primarily by FM broadcasting, FM radio stations in the United States, U.S. Virgin Islands, Canada, Mexico and the Philippines, with a few implementations outside North America. HD Radio transmits the digital signals in unused portions of the same band as the analog AM and FM signals. As a result, radios are more easily designed to pick up both signals, which is why the HD in HD Radio is sometimes referred to stand for "hybrid digital", not "high definition". Officially, HD is not intended to stand for any term in HD Radio, it is simply part of iBiquity's trademark, and does not have any meaning on its own. HD Radios tune into the station's analog signal first and then look for a digital signal. The European DRM system shares c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
400 Poydras Tower
400 Poydras Tower, formerly known as the Texaco Center, located at 400 Poydras Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ..., is a 32-story, -tall skyscraper. Built in 1983, this modern office tower features more than of office space with an average of 22,000 rentable square feet per floor. The building is leased bBeau Box Commercial Real Estate See also * List of tallest buildings in New Orleans * List of tallest buildings in Louisiana References External links * {{New Orleans skyscrapers Skyscraper office buildings in New Orleans Office buildings completed in 1983 Texaco Skidmore, Owings & Merrill buildings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downtown New Orleans
In New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, downtown has historically referred to neighborhoods along the Mississippi River, downriver (roughly northeast) from Canal Street, New Orleans, Canal Street – including the French Quarter, Tremé, Faubourg Marigny, Bywater, New Orleans, Bywater, the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, 9th Ward, and other neighborhoods. Contrary to the common usage of the term downtown in other cities, this historic application of the term excluded the New Orleans Central Business District. The term continues to be employed as it has been historically, although many younger people and migrants from other parts of the country will use "downtown" as it is used elsewhere; that is, to mean the Central Business District/Warehouse District area. History In the 19th century, much of New Orleans' downtown (downriver from Canal Street) was still predominantly French language, Francophone. Downtown hosted the city's French-speaking Louisiana Creole people, Creole comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algiers, New Orleans
Algiers () is a historic neighborhood of New Orleans and is the only Orleans Parish community located on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. Algiers is known as the 15th Ward, one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans. It was once home to many jazz musicians History Early settlement Algiers was established in 1719 as a plantation, not a neighborhood. It was first used as the location for the city's powder magazine, a holding area for the newly arrived enslaved Africans. Decades later, it became a port call for the displaced Cajuns. This region of the city was a French colonial encampment originally managed by Le Page du Pratz on which cabins housed the enslaved. According to geographer Richard Campanella, Ph.D., this area was used as a "warehouse, workshop, lumber mill and a farm in service of the principal colony across the river. Its primary use, however, was as a depository for captive Africans recently arrived from Senegambia as well as the Bight of Benin and Congo region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a powerful, devastating and historic tropical cyclone that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $125 billion in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. It is tied with Hurricane Harvey as being the List of the costliest tropical cyclones, costliest tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin. Katrina was the twelfth tropical cyclone, the fifth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was also the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous United States, gauged by barometric pressure. Katrina formed on August 23, 2005, with the merger of a tropical wave and the remnants of a tropical depression. After briefly weakening to a Tropical cyclone, tropical storm over south Florida, Katrina entered the Gulf of Mexico on August 26 and Rapid intensification, rapidly intensified to a Saffir–Simpson scale, Category 5 hurricane befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
