WSLA

WSLA
City of license	Slidell, Louisiana
Broadcast area	New Orleans metropolitan area
Branding	WSLA Radio
Frequency	1560 kHz
First air date	1960s
Format	Sports talk
Power	1,000 watts day
Class	D
Facility ID	39849
Callsign meaning	Slidell, LouisiAna
Former callsigns	WBGS WSDL
Affiliations	various talk
Owner	Mapa Broadcasting
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wslaradio.com

WSLA is a Sports Talk outlet serving the New Orleans area. The station, which is owned by Mapa Broadcasting, operates at 1560 kHz with 1 kW/Daytime-only power and is licensed to Slidell, Louisiana.

History

WSLA AM 1560, originally WSDL, was founded by George Mayoral (a New Orleans radio and television pioneer and member of the NAB Hall Of Fame) in the 1960s. It began broadcasting as WBGS, owned by Bill Garrett, a Slidell Chevrolet dealer, in 1963. The station's studios and transmitter were originally housed on the showroom floor of the Chevrolet dealership on Pontchartrain Drive. As WSDL, the station was sold in the 1980s and became WSLA on February 27, 1989. It was later repossessed by the Mayoral family in 1993. WSLA has been through various talk, political, local high school and college sports formats. WSLA remains one of the last independent stations in the New Orleans DMA, completely owned by New Orleans indie MAPA Broadcasting. WSLA is a primary outlet for high school football in the Slidell/St. Tammany Parish area. In recent years the station has been the New Orleans market host for the Houston Astros.

WSLA's offices, transmitter, and tower are located in Slidell, LA. The station experienced flooding and some roof damage during Hurricane Katrina, all of which has since been repaired.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WSLA

Radio-Locator Information on WSLA

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WSLA

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