WBYU
Encyclopedia
WBYU is the New Orleans, Louisiana
affiliate of Radio Disney
and is owned by the American Broadcasting Company
's Radio Disney Group. The station broadcasts at 1450 kHz with 1 kW-Unlimited power.
1450 was originally WTIX
with a Classical format until the 1950s when it flipped to Top 40. By 1958 it moved to 690 and donated the 1450 signal to the city of New Orleans and became WNPS.
In the 1970s it returned to commercial status and became a Country outlet. By the late 1970s it switched to Adult Standards as WWIW (In 1988 they picked up the call letters of the former WBYU-FM
to replace WWIW).
But by 2001 the Adult Standards format was not profitable and it was replaced by a brokered health talk format until 2003 when ABC bought the station and flipped it to its current format.
On September 27, 2011 WBYU went silent.
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
affiliate of Radio Disney
Radio Disney
Radio Disney is a radio network based in Burbank, California and headquartered out of the Disney Channel headquarters on West Alameda Ave., from where it has been based since November 2008. Prior to that, the network was based in Dallas, Texas...
and is owned by the American Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's Radio Disney Group. The station broadcasts at 1450 kHz with 1 kW-Unlimited power.
History
AMAM broadcasting
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1450 was originally WTIX
WIST (AM)
WIST is a combo news/sports talk station based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The locally owned & operated station is an affiliate of Fox Sports Radio and broadcasts at 690 kHz with a power level of 10,000 watts daytime and 5,000 watts nighttime.The facilities of the station, previously called...
with a Classical format until the 1950s when it flipped to Top 40. By 1958 it moved to 690 and donated the 1450 signal to the city of New Orleans and became WNPS.
In the 1970s it returned to commercial status and became a Country outlet. By the late 1970s it switched to Adult Standards as WWIW (In 1988 they picked up the call letters of the former WBYU-FM
WKBU
WKBU, aka Bayou 95.7, is a classic rock radio station serving the New Orleans area in the US. The Entercom station is licensed to New Orleans, Louisiana and broadcast at 95.7 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW....
to replace WWIW).
But by 2001 the Adult Standards format was not profitable and it was replaced by a brokered health talk format until 2003 when ABC bought the station and flipped it to its current format.
On September 27, 2011 WBYU went silent.