WYLD (AM)

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WYLD
Image:Amen940.jpg
Broadcast area New Orleans
Branding "AMen 940"
Slogan WYLD for Jesus
First air date 1960s
Frequency 940 (kHz)
Format Urban Gospel
Power 10,000 watts (day)
500 watts (night)
Class B
Owner Clear Channel Communications
Website http://www.am940.com/

WYLD is a traditional Urban Gospel outlet based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Clear Channel Communications stations broadcasts at 940 kHz with 10 kW-Daytime/500 W-Nighttime power.

[edit] History

WYLD was a very successful Urban Contemporary outlet in the 1960s and 1970s before it shifted its format to sister station WYLD-FM. The AM would later evolve to a community-oriented Urban Adult Contemporary format in the 1970s to its current format in the 1990s.

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AM Radio Stations in the New Orleans, Louisiana Market (Arbitron #57)

By Frequency: 600 | 690 | 730 | 750 | 800 | 830 | 870 | 940 | 990 | 1010 | 1060 | 1230 | 1280 | 1320 | 1350 | 1450 | 1540 | 1560

By Callsign: KGLA | KKNO | WASO | WBOK | WBYU | WCKW | WFNO | WGSO | WIST | WLNO | WODT | WRJW | WSHO | WSLA | WWWL | WVOG | WWL | WYLD

See also: New Orleans (FM) (AM)

See also: List of United States radio markets