WQNO

WQNO is a station based in

The facilities of the station, previously called WTIX, were severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005. The station had the target date to resume broadcasting on December 1, and in November requested the new letters WIST. Other stations have used the WTIX letters in the years since 2005.

WTIX, which was originally at 1450 until 1958, was a very successful Top 40 powerhouse throughout the 1960s and 1970s owned by Todd Storz's Mid-Continent Broadcasting Company and later under Robert Storz's Storz Broadcasting after Todd Storz's death in 1964. The 690 facility had signed on in 1948 as WWEZ, owned by the Sky Broadcasting Service. When Storz bought 690, WTIX moved from the 1450 facility. Station power increased to 10,000 watts daytime, 5000 night with a directional pattern. In 1954 WTIX was the first radio station to air a Top 40 radio show. The program director who developed the format was William L. "Bud" Armstrong who later served as a U. S. Senator from Colorado. Generations of New Orleanians were familiar with their signature call jingle "WTIX, We Love You," and the station was referred to as, "Fun-Lovin' WTIX, The Mighty 690!" Famed disc jockeys on The Mighty 690 during its heyday included The Real Robert Mitchell, Russell Glen "Buzz" Bennett, Ted Green, Don Anthony, Skip Broussard, Bobby Reno, "Oldie King" Bob Walker, Marc Sommers, "Skinny" Tom Cheney, Nick "Bazoo" Ferrara, Michael Green, Chuck Kirr, "Hot" Rod Glenn, Marty "With the Party" Maxwell, Terry Young, "Pal" Al Nassar, Blair "On the Air" Kullman, Kim Stephens and Captain Humble (Hugh Dillard). The news staff included Jeff Stierman, J. Andrew Michaels, Todd Bauer, Kathy Fischman, Larry Hamilton, Katie Caraway, Ed Clancy (Radio Cartoons) and Joe Culotta, hosting "Let's Talk It Over" on Sunday mornings from 1965-1986. (Rod Glenn, Bobby Reno and Bob Walker would later DJ for WTIX-FM.)

In the 1970s, WTIX was a current based Top 40 format focusing on new music and going back only a couple years. By 1980, WTIX began to mix in more 1970s hits and some popular 1960s hits. They evolved into an adult leaning top 40 format at that point, which would be considered

Previous notable WTIX talk radio hosts included Michael & Bob Delgiorno (WWL-AM) Ron Hunter, Robert Namer, and long time radio personality Keith Rush. WTIX was also the first New Orleans home to Rush Limbaugh. At one time, in the 1980s, there was a weekly call-in talk show hosted by former professional wrestler Buck "Yellow Belly" Robley. The topics were about professional wrestling. In 2005, WTIX dropped their call letters taking the calls WIST. Than after 21 years as an All-Talk station, The Mighty 690 reverted to its musical roots by adopting an America's Greatest Music format on January 1, 2009, which was an oldies based format with some New Orleans music mixed in, though it still retained a Talk Block from Noon to 6:00 pm, Eric Asher (noon-3:00 p.m.) and Kaare Johnson (3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.) (according to the official WIST website). The format lasted less than a year and ratings were very low still so WIST announced on December 28, 2009 that they were abandoning the America's Greatest Music format and bringing in Fox Sports Radio to go along with its local talk block that was then 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. WIST was also now the flagship for all Tulane athletics play-by-play.

On December 8, 2012, WIST was sold to a Catholic Community Radio, Inc. They changed their format from sports talk to Roman Catholic religious programming and changed their call letters to WQNO on December 19, 2012. The station now runs Catholic programming from EWTN, Ave Maria, and Catholic Answers but also runs a number of local programs such as "Wake Up Louisiana", live mass from St. Louis Cathedral, a food/restaurant show "Around the Table", an apologetics program, and other local shows that feature south Louisiana Catholic culture.

• Official website
• "History Cards for WQNO". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
• Facility details for Facility ID 74090 (WQNO) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WQNO in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• New Orleans Radio Shrine - WTIX And New Orleans Radio Thru The Years