Media of New Orleans
The media of New Orleans serve a large population in the New Orleans area as well as southeastern Louisiana and coastal Mississippi.
Newspapers
Historically, the major newspaper in the area has been The Times-Picayune; it is published three times a week on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The "Times-Pic" made headlines of its own in 2012 when owner
Baton Rouge newspaper The Advocate began a New Orleans edition in 2013. Later in 2013 the New Orleans edition became The New Orleans Advocate. In 2019, the papers merged to form The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
.
The student-run newspaper of Tulane University. New Orleans CityBusiness is published in Metairie, but covers the weekly business news of the New Orleans metropolitan area. The Neutral Ground News[2] is an Onion-like, online satirical news publication focusing on the people, places and things of the greater New Orleans area.
Television stations
PSIP Channel | Call Sign | Network | Digital subchannels | Owner |
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4.1 | WWL | CBS | 4.2 and 4.4 QVC2, 4.8 Shop LC
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Tegna, Inc.
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6.1 | WDSU | NBC | 6.2 MeTV, 6.4 Story Television, 6.5 TheGrio, 6.6 QVC | Hearst Television |
8.1 | WVUE | Fox | 8.2 | Gray Television |
12.1 | WYES | PBS
|
12.2 | Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation |
20.1 | WHNO | CTN | 20.2 CTN Lifestyle, 20.3 CTNi | Christian Television Network |
22 | WTNO-CD | Azteca América | N/A | HC2 Holdings
|
26.1 | WGNO | ABC | 26.2 Antenna TV, 26.3 Rewind TV, 26.4 TBD | Nexstar Media Group |
28.1 | KNLD
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Daystar | Daystar Television Network | |
30.1 | KFOL-CD | Independent | Folse Communications, LLC | |
32.1 | WLAE | Public Independent
|
32.2 WLAE Encore, 32.3 CatholicTV | Educational Broadcasting Foundation |
38.1 | WNOL | CW
|
38.2 Grit, 38.3 Comet, 38.4 Charge! | Nexstar Media Group |
41.1 | KNOV
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Independent | Beach TV Properties, Inc | |
42.1 | KGLA | Telemundo | 42.2 Laff, 42.3 Cozi TV, 42.4 Sonlife (via WLFT-CD) | Mayavision, Inc |
47.1 | K20MM-D | HSN
|
Home Shopping Network
| |
49.1 | WPXL | Ion | 49.2 Grit, 49.3 Laff, 49.4 Jewelry Television 49.5 Scripps News, 49.6 HSN, 49.7 QVC, 49.8 HSN2 | ION Media Networks, Inc.
|
54.1 | WUPL | MyNetworkTV | 54.2 Quest, 54.3 Heroes & Icons, 54.4 Defy TV, 54.5 This TV | Tegna, Inc.
|
Radio
AM radio
Frequency (kHz) | Call Sign | Format | Affiliations | Owner |
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600 | WVOG | Gospel music | F.W. Robbert Broadcasting | |
690 | WQNO | News/Sports talk | Fox Sports Radio | WTIX Inc. |
750 | KKNO | Gospel music | Robert C. Blakes Enterprises, Inc. | |
800 | WSHO | Music
|
Salem Communications
|
Shadowlands Communications, LLC |
830 | KGLA | Spanish Contemporary | AP and CNN | Sunburst Media |
870 | WWL | Sports
|
CBS and New Orleans Saints Radio Network | Audacy, Inc. |
940 | WYLD | Urban gospel | Clear Channel Communications
| |
990 | WGSO | Sports
|
North Shore Radio, LLC | |
1010 | WCKW | Gospel and Christian radio | Covenant Network | |
1060 | WLNO | Christian Radio
|
Communicom Company of Louisiana, LP | |
1230 | WBOK | Gospel Music
|
ABC 26 News | Bakewell Media of Louisiana, LLC |
1280 | WODT | Spanish Sports
|
ESPN Deportes | Clear Channel Communications
|
1320 | WRJW | Country/Christian/Gospel | Citadel Media and Jones Radio Networks
|
Pearl River Communications, Inc. |
1350 | WWWL | Sports/Talk | ESPN Radio | Audacy, Inc. |
1540 | WFNO | Spanish Tropical | Telemundo and KGLA TV | Crocodile Broadcasting |
1560 | WSLA | Sports Talk | Mapa Broadcasting |
FM radio
Frequency (MHz) | Call Sign | Format | Affiliations | Owner |
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88.3 | WRBH | Radio for the blind and handicapped | Radio For The Blind & Handicapped, Inc. | |
89.1 | WBSN | Contemporary Christian music | Providence Educational Foundation | |
89.9 | WWNO | Public /Classical, Fine Arts, Jazz, & Talk
|
NPR
|
University of New Orleans |
90.7 | WWOZ | Jazz, Blues, New Orleans community music | New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation | |
91.1 | WNKV
|
Contemporary Christian music | K-Love | Educational Media Foundation |
91.5 | WTUL | Progressive Radio | Tulane University | |
92.3 | WZRH | Alternative | Cumulus Media | |
93.3 | WQUE | Mainstream Urban
|
iHeartMedia | |
94.3 | WTIX | Oldies | Fleur de Lis Broadcasting | |
94.9 | WGUO | Classic Country
|
Dowdy Broadcasting | |
95.7 | WKBU | Classic rock | Audacy, Inc. | |
97.1 | WEZB | Top 40 | Audacy, Inc. | |
98.5 | WYLD | Urban Adult Contemporary
|
iHeartMedia | |
98.9 | WUUU | Top 40/CHR | Pittman Broadcasting Services, LLC | |
99.5 | WRNO | Talk Radio | Premiere Radio Networks
|
iHeartMedia |
100.3 | KLRZ | Sports
|
Coastal Broadcasting of Larose | |
100.7 | WTGE | Country/Sports | LSU Sports and New Orleans Saints Radio Network | Guaranty Broadcasting Company of Baton Rouge, LLC |
101.1 | WNOE | Country | iHeartMedia | |
101.9 | WLMG | Adult Contemporary
|
Audacy, Inc. | |
102.3 | WHIV-LP | Community radio | Nonprofit board | |
102.9 | KMEZ | Urban AC
|
Cumulus Media | |
104.1 | KVDU | Hot Adult Contemporary
|
iHeartMedia | |
104.5 | KWMZ-FM | '80s | M.A.C. Broadcasting, LLC | |
105.3 | WWL | Sports
|
CBS and New Orleans Saints Radio Network | Audacy, Inc. |
106.1 | WRKN | Country | Cumulus Media | |
106.7 | KKND | Urban adult contemporary | Cumulus Media | |
107.5 | KNOL | Spanish Top 40 | Sunburst Media Louisiana, LLC |
Internet radio
Station | Format | Affiliations | Owner |
---|---|---|---|
Crescent City Radio | College
|
Loyola University New Orleans |
See also
References
Bibliography
- Stuart Babington (2010). "Shell-Shocked in New Orleans: A Competitive Press During a Bloody Season, January 1973". American Journalism. 27: 63–85.
- Bala Baptiste (2013). "How Disc Jockey Vernon Winslow, aka Dr. Daddy-O, Racially Integrated Radio in New Orleans and Changed the Culture of the Medium". Louisiana History. 54.
External links
- "US Newspaper Directory: Louisiana: New Orleans". Chronicling America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress.