WODT
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Who Dat? (New Orleans Saints chant) | |
| Technical information | |
|---|---|
| Facility ID | 11947 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°53′43″N 90°00′16″W / 29.89528°N 90.00444°W |
| Translator(s) | 96.7 K244FX (New Orleans) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | neworleans |
WODT (1280
WODT is powered at 5,000
History
NBC Blue Network
The station made its
With the 1941 enactment of the
Sports Radio
In the early 1990s, WQUE tried an all-sports format that included broadcasts of the New Orleans Saints, but it didn't last long. On February 1, 1996, the station flipped to an all-blues format as WODT. The call sign represented the chant used by fans of the New Orleans Saints, Who dat? Despite good ratings, the format did not attract advertisers.
In October 2003, WODT returned to sports programing from
Urban Gospel
On June 25, 2008, WODT switched to an
On September 15, 2014 WODT switched from ESPN Deportes' Spanish-language sports programming back to English-language sports, with programming from Fox Sports Radio.[6] WODT began rebroadcasting on the HD-2 subchannel of co-owned 101.1 WNOE-FM.[7] In 2020, WODT began simulcasting on an FM translator at 96.7 MHz.
Black Information Network
On June 29, 2020, fifteen iHeart stations in markets with large black populations, including WODT New Orleans, began stunting. The speeches of prominent African Americans were aired, interspersed with messages such as "Our Voices Will Be Heard" and "Our Side of the Story is About to be Told,." A new format was slated to debut on June 30.[8][9]
That day, WODT, along with the other fourteen stations, launched the Black Information Network. It broadcasts an African American-oriented all-news format.[10] Local news, traffic and weather updates are integrated into network programming.
References
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WODT
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/K244FX
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1940 page 124, Broadcasting & Cable
- ^ "New Orleans "Sports 1280" WODT flips to Gospel". Radio-Info.com. June 25, 2008.
- ^ "WODT flips to Spanish language sports". Radioinsight.com/Lance Venta. September 4, 2012.
- ^ Fox Sports Comes to New Orleans
- ^ "HD Radio station guide for New Orleans, LA". Archived from the original on 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- ^ Fifteen iHeartMedia Stations Stunting Ahead Of New Network Launch
- ^ "Several iHeartMedia Stations Stunting With Speeches, New Format To Be Announced Tomorrow". All Access. June 29, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- ^ "iHeartMedia Debuts All-News BIN: Black Information Network". All Access. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
External links
- FCC History Cards for WODT
- Official website
- WODT in the FCC AM station database
- WODT in Nielsen Audio's AM station database