KKND (106.7

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station airs a gospel music

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. The studios and offices are located at the

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site is on Delacroix Highway (Route 300) in

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History

The station began broadcasting on July 4, 1989 as

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KQLD. In 1993, it flipped to

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as KGTR, ''106.7 The Gator''. In 1994, the station flipped to

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as KLJZ. In September 1996, the station flipped to

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as ''106.7 The End'', introducing its current KKND calls. The station added the

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show in January 1997, and eventually dropped it in December 1999. In August 2005, KKND was knocked off the air by Hurricane Katrina. On January 8, 2006, KKND returned to air with a new hybrid country/rock format, ''Rockin' Country 106.7''. In early-2007, the station dropped this hybrid format and shifted to a more conventional country format, later rebranding on December 26 as ''106.7 The Wolf''. On May 20, 2008, KKND flipped to

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as ''Old School 106.7'', assuming the format of sister station KMEZ. The two stations simulcasted until July 3, when KMEZ flipped to

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as ''Power 102.9''. KKND's calls were also moved to 102.9, being briefly replaced by KXOS before switching to KMEZ itself. On December 6, 2018, the two stations began to simulcast once more, this time to migrate the urban AC format back to 102.9 (with the KKND calls also returning to 106.7). Cumulus stated that the simulcast would last for 30 days, after which KKND would launch a new format. On January 3, 2019, KKND flipped to

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as ''106.7 The Krewe'', adding

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's ''The Spud Show'' for mornings. On September 8, 2020, KKND flipped to

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, maintaining the ''Krewe'' branding, and replacing McConnell with the syndicated ''The Bert Show''. On September 10, 2021, KKND changed their format to gospel, branded as "Heaven 106.7". The change came after the station had briefly gone off air, along with the rest of their sister stations, after the transmitter had been destroyed in the midst of

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three weeks prior. The change also came after the station, despite the Hot AC move, barely registered in the local Nielsen Audio Ratings, carrying just a 0.3 in the July ratings.Heaven Lands In New Orleans
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