WRNO-FM
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| City of license | New Orleans, Louisiana |
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| Broadcast area | New Orleans metropolitan area |
| Branding | "The New 99.5FM.com" |
| Slogan | "The New Voice of New Orleans" |
| First air date | 1968 |
| Frequency | 99.5 (MHz)  |
| Format | Interactive Talk |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| Callsign meaning | Westbank Radio New Orleans |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
| Website | WRNO's website |
WRNO-FM (The New 99.5FM.com) is an Interactive Talk radio station serving New Orleans, Louisiana. The Clear Channel Communications station broadcasts at 99.5 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW.
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[edit] History
Although its previous slogan was "We're the Rock of New Orleans," the station's call letters stand for "Westbank Radio New Orleans." From 1968 WRNO went through many incarnations with different rock music formats, finally adopting the Classic rock format in 1997. WRNO was also home to a popular shortwave radio service in the 1970s and 1980s.
On November 13, 2006 at 4AM(CT), after signing off with The Doors' "The End," WRNO flipped to an interactive Talk radio format as the "The New 99.5FM.com." As explained in the official mission statement posted at its website, "The station is committed to providing listeners with everything they need to know on the radio at 99.5 FM and on demand at thenew995fm.com." On the same day Sister station KHEV would pick up "the Rock of New Orleans" slogan and use it as their new slogan for their flip from gospel to Active Rock.
[edit] Lineup
According to Radio and Records, the new station's daily programming lineup includes the following:
- Rob Couhig and Bo Walker (5-8 a.m.)
- Jim Brown (8-11 a.m.)
- Andre Trevigne (11 a.m.-2 p.m)
- ABC Radio Networks' Sean Hannity (2-5 p.m.)
- Bo Walker (5-7 p.m.)
- ABC's Mark Levin (7-9 p.m.)
- Dave Ramsey (9 p.m. - midnight).
[edit] Former airstaffers
WRNO alumni include former PD Mike Costello (brother of late WRNO owner Joe Costello), now owner of WTIX-FM; Jim White; DJ-turned-actor John Larroquette; Soxless Scott Seagraves; Jay "JD The DJ" Douglas, famous for his "Rock 'n' Roll Flight To Midnight" (which he currently hosts on WTIX-FM); Tom Owens; Johnny Tyler; "Weerd" Wayne Watkins; and writer-producer Vance DeGeneres.
[edit] Former Engineers
Kevin Duplantis Of WWL and WEZB fame. Now with WJXB & WIMZ in Knoxville; Joe Pollet Still with Entercom New Orleans; Tom Courtney Clear Channel.
[edit] External links
- WRNO's website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WRNO-FM
- The new website of WRNO Worldwide Short Wave Radio, which was formerly a part of WRNO-FM
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