Media of New Orleans

The media of New Orleans serve a large population in the New Orleans area as well as southeastern Louisiana and coastal Mississippi.

Newspapers

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Historically, the major newspaper in the area has been The Times-Picayune; it is published three times a week on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The "Times-Pic" made headlines of its own in 2012 when owner Advance Publications cut back from daily publication, instead focusing its efforts on its website, nola.com. That action briefly made New Orleans the largest city in the country without a daily newspaper, until the Baton Rouge newspaper The Advocate began a New Orleans edition in 2013. Later in 2013 the New Orleans edition became The New Orleans Advocate. In 2019, the papers merged to form The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate.

The New Orleans Tribune and The Louisiana Weekly serve the city with an African American focus. The Clarion Herald is the official newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans. OffBeat is a monthly music magazine. Gambit is a free alternative weekly newspaper; Where Y'at? is a free monthly. Healthcare Journal of New Orleans[1] covers the city's healthcare issues. The Tulane Hullabaloo is the weekly student-run newspaper of Tulane University. New Orleans CityBusiness is published in Metairie, but covers the weekly business news of the New Orleans metropolitan area. The Neutral Ground News[2] is an Onion-like, online satirical news publication focusing on the people, places and things of the greater New Orleans area.

Television stations

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PSIP Channel Call Sign Network Digital subchannels Owner
4.1 WWL CBS 4.2 and 4.4 True Crime Network, 4.5 Get, 4.6 Dabl, 4.7 QVC2, 4.8 Shop LC Tegna, Inc.
6.1 WDSU NBC 6.2 MeTV, 6.4 Story Television, 6.5 TheGrio, 6.6 QVC Hearst Television
8.1 WVUE Fox 8.2 Bounce TV, 8.3 The365, 8.4 Ion Mystery, 8.5 Oxygen, 8.6 StartTV Gray Television
12.1 WYES PBS 12.2 World, 12.3 Create, 12.4 PBS Kids Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation
20.1 WHNO CTN 20.2 CTN Lifestyle, 20.3 CTNi Christian Television Network
22 WTNO-CD Azteca América N/A HC2 Holdings
26.1 WGNO ABC 26.2 Antenna TV, 26.3 Rewind TV, 26.4 TBD Nexstar Media Group
28.1 KNLD Daystar Daystar Television Network
30.1 KFOL-CD Independent Folse Communications, LLC
32.1 WLAE Public Independent 32.2 WLAE Encore, 32.3 CatholicTV Educational Broadcasting Foundation
38.1 WNOL CW 38.2 Grit, 38.3 Comet, 38.4 Charge! Nexstar Media Group
41.1 KNOV Independent Beach TV Properties, Inc
42.1 KGLA Telemundo 42.2 Laff, 42.3 Cozi TV, 42.4 Sonlife (via WLFT-CD) Mayavision, Inc
47.1 K20MM-D HSN Home Shopping Network
49.1 WPXL Ion 49.2 Grit, 49.3 Laff, 49.4 Jewelry Television 49.5 Scripps News, 49.6 HSN, 49.7 QVC, 49.8 HSN2 ION Media Networks, Inc.
54.1 WUPL MyNetworkTV 54.2 Quest, 54.3 Heroes & Icons, 54.4 Defy TV, 54.5 This TV Tegna, Inc.

Radio

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AM radio

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Frequency (kHz) Call Sign Format Affiliations Owner
600 WVOG Gospel music F.W. Robbert Broadcasting
690 WQNO News/Sports talk Fox Sports Radio WTIX Inc.
750 KKNO Gospel music Robert C. Blakes Enterprises, Inc.
800 WSHO Christian radio and Music Salem Communications Shadowlands Communications, LLC
830 KGLA Spanish Contemporary AP and CNN Sunburst Media
870 WWL News/Talk/Sports CBS and New Orleans Saints Radio Network Audacy, Inc.
940 WYLD Urban gospel Clear Channel Communications
990 WGSO News/Talk/Sports North Shore Radio, LLC
1010 WCKW Gospel and Christian radio Covenant Network
1060 WLNO Christian Radio Communicom Company of Louisiana, LP
1230 WBOK Gospel Music ABC 26 News Bakewell Media of Louisiana, LLC
1280 WODT Spanish Sports ESPN Deportes Clear Channel Communications
1320 WRJW Country/Christian/Gospel Citadel Media and Jones Radio Networks Pearl River Communications, Inc.
1350 WWWL Sports/Talk ESPN Radio Audacy, Inc.
1540 WFNO Spanish Tropical Telemundo and KGLA TV Crocodile Broadcasting
1560 WSLA Sports Talk Mapa Broadcasting

FM radio

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Frequency (MHz) Call Sign Format Affiliations Owner
88.3 WRBH Radio for the blind and handicapped Radio For The Blind & Handicapped, Inc.
89.1 WBSN Contemporary Christian music Providence Educational Foundation
89.9 WWNO Public/Classical, Fine Arts, Jazz, & Talk NPR University of New Orleans
90.7 WWOZ Jazz, Blues, New Orleans community music New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation
91.1 WNKV Contemporary Christian music K-Love Educational Media Foundation
91.5 WTUL Progressive Radio Tulane University
92.3 WZRH Alternative Cumulus Media
93.3 WQUE Mainstream Urban iHeartMedia
94.3 WTIX Oldies Fleur de Lis Broadcasting
94.9 WGUO Classic Country Dowdy Broadcasting
95.7 WKBU Classic rock Audacy, Inc.
97.1 WEZB Top 40 Audacy, Inc.
98.5 WYLD Urban Adult Contemporary iHeartMedia
98.9 WUUU Top 40/CHR Pittman Broadcasting Services, LLC
99.5 WRNO Talk Radio Fox News and Premiere Radio Networks iHeartMedia
100.3 KLRZ Sports Coastal Broadcasting of Larose
100.7 WTGE Country/Sports LSU Sports and New Orleans Saints Radio Network Guaranty Broadcasting Company of Baton Rouge, LLC
101.1 WNOE Country iHeartMedia
101.9 WLMG Adult Contemporary Audacy, Inc.
102.3 WHIV-LP Community radio Nonprofit board
102.9 KMEZ Urban AC Cumulus Media
104.1 KVDU Hot Adult Contemporary iHeartMedia
104.5 KWMZ-FM '80s M.A.C. Broadcasting, LLC
105.3 WWL News/Talk/Sports CBS and New Orleans Saints Radio Network Audacy, Inc.
106.1 WRKN Country Cumulus Media
106.7 KKND Urban adult contemporary Cumulus Media
107.5 KNOL Spanish Top 40 Sunburst Media Louisiana, LLC

Internet radio

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Station Format Affiliations Owner
Crescent City Radio College Loyola University New Orleans

See also

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References

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Bibliography

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  • Stuart Babington (2010). "Shell-Shocked in New Orleans: A Competitive Press During a Bloody Season, January 1973". American Journalism. 27: 63–85.
  • Bala Baptiste (2013). "How Disc Jockey Vernon Winslow, aka Dr. Daddy-O, Racially Integrated Radio in New Orleans and Changed the Culture of the Medium". Louisiana History. 54.
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