WYLD (AM)
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WYLD | |
Broadcast area | New Orleans |
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Branding | "AMen 940" |
Slogan | WYLD for Jesus |
Frequency | 940 (kHz) |
First air date | 1960s |
Format | Urban Gospel |
Power | 10,000 watts (day) 500 watts (night) |
Class | B |
Callsign meaning | play on the word WILD |
Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
Sister stations | KYRK, WNOE, WODT, WQUE, WRNO, WYLD (AM), WYLD-FM |
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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