WWL-FM

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WWL-FM
Simulcast of WWL, New Orleans
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Broadcast area New Orleans metropolitan area
Frequency 105.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding105.3 WWL-FM
Programming
Language(s) English
Format News/talk; sports radio
Subchannels HD2: Sports–food–lifestyle
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Audacy, Inc.
  • (Audacy License, LLC, as Debtor-in-Possession)
History
First air date
September 8, 1970;53 years ago (1970-09-08)
Former call signs
  • WVSL-FM (1970–1975)
  • WXEL (1975–1981)
  • WAIL (1981–1984)
  • WLTS (1984)
  • WLTS-FM (1984–2000)
  • WKZN (2000–2005)
  • WKBU (2005)
  • WTKL (2005–2006)
Call sign meaning
Taken from WWL
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 52435
Class C1
ERP 96,000 watts
HAAT 306 meters (1,004 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 29°58′57″N89°57′9″W / 29.98250°N 89.95250°W / 29.98250; -89.95250
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Website www.audacy.com/wwl

WWL-FM (105.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station, licensed to Kenner, Louisiana, and serving the New Orleans metropolitan area. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. and airs a news/talk radio format, simulcast with WWL. The station's studios and offices are located at the 400 Poydras Tower in New Orleans' downtown district.

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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, its HD2 sub-channel carries both CBS Sports Radio and shows on food and lifestyles.

Programming

Weekdays begin with an hour of early news, anchored by Dave Cohen. A four-hour program of news, sports, traffic and weather, WWL's First News, is hosted by Tommy Tucker. Newell Norman and Scoot host midday talk shows. Afternoon drive time features a sports show with former New Orleans Saints' quarterback Bobby Hebert along with Kristian Garic. In the evening, WWL-AM-FM carry CBS Sports Radio when live sports are not on the air. Overnight, a syndicated family financial show hosted by Dave Ramsey is heard, followed by This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal .

Weekends feature programs on money, health, gardening, the outdoors, home repair and religion, as well as repeats of weekday shows. Some hours are paid brokered programming. Local reporters anchor news updates in most daytime hours. Nights and weekends, CBS News Radio is heard at the beginning of each hour.

WWL-AM-FM are the flagship stations of the NFL's New Orleans Saints. [2] On game days, the stations offer pre-game and post-game coverage from early morning to late night. The stations also carry Louisiana State University Tigers football.

History

Early years

On September 8, 1970, the station signed on the air as WVSL-FM in Slidell, Louisiana. [3] It was owned by Bill Garrett Broadcasting, which also owned WBGS (1560 AM). In 1981, the station switched formats to rhythmic contemporary as WAIL.

The station was acquired in 1984 by Phase Two Broadcasting, which changed the call sign to WLTS, and flipped to a soft adult contemporary format. [4] "Lite 105" spent 16 years in this format, although over time, the format would shift to a more uptempo, mainstream direction.

In 1999, the station was acquired by Entercom, its current owner. [5] The city of license was changed from Slidell to Kenner, where Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is located. During this time, the station switched to a hot adult contemporary format as WKZN "105.3 The Zone".

Switch to WWL simulcast

On August 29, 2005, the station's transmitter was severely damaged during Hurricane Katrina, knocking it off the air. It returned to broadcasting with low power as a temporary simulcast of co-owned WWL. Other FM stations in New Orleans suspended their music formats during the storm's aftermath to rebroadcast news from local TV stations.

In early October 2005, Entercom decided to switch two of its New Orleans FM station dial positions, with WTKL and WKBU switching frequencies. The 105.3 frequency became WTKL with a classic hits format and the "Kool" name, formerly "Kool 95.7". However, only three weeks later, it was decided by Entercom to scrap the classic hits format and return 105.3 to the WWL simulcast. Entercom cited positive listener response to WWL being heard on FM and complaints about its removal from the FM dial. Some listeners said they wanted WWL programming to remain on FM due to issues receiving the AM station in the New Orleans Central Business District. The "Kool 105.3" format continued as an Internet-only webcast for a short time after it was discontinued on FM. [6]

With 105.3 simulcasting WWL, Entercom asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to switch the call letters to WWL-FM. Sister station WLMG was the original home of the WWL-FM call sign, from 1970 to 1980, airing beautiful music at first, and then Top 40 hits.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WWL-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Saints Radio Network Stations". New Orleans Saints. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1972 page B-92
  4. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1992 page A-153
  5. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2003-2004 page D-206
  6. ↑ Tucker, Ken (April 14, 2016). "Oldies Come And Go In New Orleans". Billboard Radio Monitor. Archived from the original on May 5, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
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