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New Orleans “Voodoo” casts a Rhythmic AC spell on NOLA (again)!

RFLA said:
Supposedly a station was in negotiations to sell and I think they had a country format planned for it, then Katrina killed it the deal. As it was not a country /Rock hybrid but more of a harder driving presentation with more guitar featured songs (and sped up music real bad)

Katrina also moved a newly minted Bayou 105.3 (classic rock) for Walton and Johnson to 95.7 where it lives 21 years later and once repaired 105.3 just became WWL-FM.

92.3 and 106.7 have been some of my most memorable, but nothing really has changed in 20 years other than the format wheel at 104.1 (now 103.7), flip flopping on 106.1/106.7 with format of the week.. (as im thinking gospel will probably be out by end of 2026)

I mean even Audacy cant be bothered to go to the transmitter or go into the air chain and change the RDS on their translator on 92.9 ...(still shows hot 92.9)
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It seemed odd to go from a hard guitar based rock song to play Waylon,or Merle unless they were trying to revitalize the old Southern rock format as an experiment. The real burn was promising at the first Voodoo Fest-Lite (At waldenburg park behind Audubon Zoo) their return only to change at the power up of the new transmitter. At the time Citadel was known for bad decisions.
 
briancraig said:
A few others

WQUE from beautiful music to TM Rock in 1975
WEZB from beautiful music to Disco in 1979 to top 40 in 1980
WWL FM from top 40 (Rampart 102) to beautiful music in 1976 to WAJY in late 1980 MOR to WLMG and AC in 1987
WVSL from rock to R&B WXEL in 1974, later changed calls to WAIL as they had planned to go country but WNOE beat them to it in 1980. Became WLTS with AC in 1984. A few other formats until becoming WWL simulcast in 2005.
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Back in the day I only heard WXEL on a skip it was a rimshot to New Orleans I think the upgrade came when it became WLTS to where I could hear it down the bayou.
 


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