New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/13/05)

[TheBigTymer]

I figured we should keep a running tally of the status of New Orleans radio/TV stations.

Post updates here, and I'll add them to the list. Check the date on this particular post to get the most up-to-date information.

<u>Radio:</u>

AM

600 WVOG: off air
690 WTIX: off air, most staff safe in Houston
730 WASO: broadcasting information for St. Tammany Parish*
750 KKNO: off air
800 WSHO: off air
830 WFNO: off air
870 WWL : flagship for United Radio Broadcasters of New Orleans**
940 WYLD: off air
990 WGSO: off air
1010 WCKW: normal programming
1060 WLNO: off air
1230 WBOK: off air***
1280 WODT: URBNO
1350 WSMB: URBNO
1450 WBYU: off air
1540 KGLA: broadcasting Spanish-language information
1560 WSLA: off air

FM

88.3 WRBH: off air
89.1 WBSN: off air
89.9 WWNO: off air, hopes to find new offices soon to share with WWOZ and get back on real soon
90.7 WWOZ: see 89.9
91.5 WTUL: off air
92.3 WDVW: simulcasting Diva 103.3 from Baton Rouge
93.3 WQUE: URBNO
94.3 WTIX: off air
94.7 WOPR: silent, but still pick up carrier
94.9 WPRF: see 94.7
95.7 WTKL: off air
97.1 WEZB: off air
98.5 WYLD: URBNO
99.5 WRNO: off air
101.1 WNOE: off air
101.9 WLMG: URBNO****
102.9 KMEZ: off air
104.1 KHEV: URBNO
104.5 KNOU: on air at low power, regular programming*****
105.3 WKBU: off air
106.1 WKSY: simulcasting with other Northshore Broadcasting stations, doing Northshore news and playing a weird mix of music
106.7 KKND: off air

<u>TV:</u>

4 WWL: using LPB studios in BR to run news, but also running regular CBS programming
6 WDSU: off air
8 WVUE: relocatied temporarily to Mobile, doing 15-minute newscasts in loop; supposedly suffered major studio damage
12 WYES: off air
20 WHNO: regular programming, but carrying WBRZ/WGNO news
26 WGNO: off air
32 WLAE: off air, supposedly suffered real major damage to studios
38 WNOL: off air
49 WPXL: running WDSU feed of continous news from WAPT studios in Jackson, MS
54 WUPL: simulcast of WWL, but does break off for UPN programming

* - now this station is much more listenable than when Namer owned it
** - great cooperation between Entercom and CC! I probably shouldn't laugh at the situation, but listening to Garland Robinette and Gerry V. together is hilarious!
*** - I think it was off-air anyway before the storm
**** - looks like before Katrina, they redid the logo; I can't believe they got rid of the "rainbow" logo that's been there almost 20 years! you can see the new logo at wwl.com.
***** - fire sale, maybe? anyway, Hot got a new website just before the storm, which you can see at knouhot1045fm.com.<P ID="signature">______________

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[smashedcd]

Re: New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/9/05)

> I figured we should keep a running tally of the status of
> New Orleans radio/TV stations.
>
> Post updates here, and I'll add them to the list. Check the
> date on this particular post to get the most up-to-date
> information.
>
> Radio:
>
> AM
>
> 600 WVOG: off air
> 690 WTIX: off air, most staff safe in Houston
> 730 WASO: broadcasting information for St. Tammany Parish*
> 750 KKNO: off air
> 800 WSHO: off air
> 830 WFNO: off air
> 870 WWL : flagship for United Radio Broadcasters of New
> Orleans**
> 940 WYLD: off air
> 990 WGSO: off air
> 1010 WCKW: on air?
> 1060 WLNO: off air
> 1230 WBOK: off air***
> 1280 WODT: URBNO
> 1350 WSMB: URBNO
> 1450 WBYU: off air
> 1540 KGLA: broadcasting Spanish-language information
> 1560 WSLA: off air
>
> FM
>
> 88.3 WRBH: off air?
> 89.1 WBSN: off air?
> 89.9 WWNO: off air, hopes to find new offices soon to share
> with WWOZ and get back on real soon
> 90.7 WWOZ: see 89.9
> 91.5 WTUL: off air
> 92.3 WDVW: simulcasting 1300 WIBR from Baton Rouge
> 93.3 WQUE: URBNO
> 94.3 WTIX: off air
> 94.7 WOPR: silent, but still pick up carrier
> 94.9 WPRF: see 94.7
> 95.7 WTKL: off air
> 97.1 WEZB: off air
> 98.5 WYLD: URBNO
> 99.5 WRNO: off air
> 101.1 WNOE: off air
> 101.9 WLMG: URBNO****
> 102.9 KMEZ: off air
> 104.1 KHEV: URBNO
> 104.5 KNOU: on air at low power maybe? I hear hip-hop behind
> the static!*****
> 105.3 WKBU: off air
> 106.1 WKSY: simulcasting with 107.1 WHMD/Hammond, doing
> Northshore news and playing a weird mix of music
> 106.7 KKND: off air
>
> TV:
>
> 4 WWL: using LPB studios in BR to run continuous news
> 6 WDSU: off air
> 8 WVUE: off air, relocating temporarily to Mobile,
> supposedly suffered major studio damage
> 12 WYES: off air
> 20 WHNO: off air, hopes to return in a month
> 26 WGNO: off air
> 32 WLAE: off air, supposedly suffered real major damage to
> studios
> 38 WNOL: off air
> 49 WPXL: running WDSU feed of continous news from WAPT
> studios in Jackson, MS
> 54 WUPL: simulcast of WWL
>
> * - now this station is much more listenable than when Namer
> owned it
> ** - great cooperation between Entercom and CC! I probably
> shouldn't laugh at the situation, but listening to Garland
> Robinette and Gerry V. together is hilarious!
> *** - I think it was off-air anyway before the storm
> **** - looks like before Katrina, they redid the logo; I
> can't believe they got rid of the "rainbow" logo that's been
> there almost 20 years! you can see the new logo at wwl.com.
> ***** - fire sale, maybe? anyway, Hot got a new website just
> before the storm, which you can see at knouhot1045fm.com.
>
96.5/106.1/ and 107.1 all broadcasting tangi 96.5..oldies/ classic hits..
104.5 is playing hip hop


baton rouge..1550 wpfc..off air..<P ID="signature">______________
note to tvland...bring back wkrp!!!</P>

 

[RFLA]

Re: New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/9/05)

> I figured we should keep a running tally of the status of
> New Orleans radio/TV stations.
>
> Post updates here, and I'll add them to the list. Check the
> date on this particular post to get the most up-to-date
> information.
>
> Radio:
>
> AM
>

> 730 WASO: broadcasting information for St. Tammany Parish*

Something to check out.... Is equipment from 1330 in Lafayette being used for this station? It was said it was being used for a NOLA station.. and this one was helped back on air by Pittman...
http://www.radio-info.com/mods/board?Post=534706&Board=louisiana




> 800 WSHO: off air
For some odd reason, I've been hearing a dead carrier sound on this frequency for a few days in the Bayou area

> 1010 WCKW: on air?
On air with releigious broadcasting since at least monday (I beleive I heard them last week)



> FM

> 89.1 WBSN: off air?
I know their translator on 97.7 in Houma is completely off air

> 89.9 WWNO: off air, hopes to find new offices soon to share
> with WWOZ and get back on real soon
Translator KTLN 90.5 for this station is on air in Thibodaux but dead air


> 94.9 WPRF: see 94.7
Dead carrier only


> 104.1 KHEV: URBNO
Most of the CC stations in Baton Rouge are telling listeners to tune in here for info on Katrina (instead of 1210?!?)

> 104.5 KNOU: on air at low power maybe? I hear hip-hop behind
> the static!*****
Yep, my bad in another post (but Smashedcd is in listening distance to WNXX however..and some alternative does sound hip hop) but I can verify to you 100% it is Hot 104.5... Airchecked for 20 minutes and this puppy is running on computer only... Before the storm, when everyone else was relaying storm info, they were playing hip hop and sweepers... They are doing the same thing with the Hot 104.5 promos like nothing happened.

So technically, they are the first station to go back to regular programming in the 504

> TV:
>

> 54 WUPL: simulcast of WWL
There was a LPTV station on 18 before the storm relaying WUPL but apparently no lps are on the air in town.....

Any word on if NOLA will become a translator town soon (with the stations relaying programming from elsewhere?

RFLA

 

[NewsType]

Re: New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/9/05)

> I figured we should keep a running tally of the status of
> New Orleans radio/TV stations.
>
> Post updates here, and I'll add them to the list. Check the
> date on this particular post to get the most up-to-date
> information.
>
> Radio:
>
> AM
>
> 600 WVOG: off air
> 690 WTIX: off air, most staff safe in Houston
> 730 WASO: broadcasting information for St. Tammany Parish*
> 750 KKNO: off air
> 800 WSHO: off air
> 830 WFNO: off air
> 870 WWL : flagship for United Radio Broadcasters of New
> Orleans**
> 940 WYLD: off air
> 990 WGSO: off air
> 1010 WCKW: on air?
> 1060 WLNO: off air
> 1230 WBOK: off air***
> 1280 WODT: URBNO
> 1350 WSMB: URBNO
> 1450 WBYU: off air
> 1540 KGLA: broadcasting Spanish-language information
> 1560 WSLA: off air
>
> FM
>
> 88.3 WRBH: off air?
> 89.1 WBSN: off air?
> 89.9 WWNO: off air, hopes to find new offices soon to share
> with WWOZ and get back on real soon
> 90.7 WWOZ: see 89.9
> 91.5 WTUL: off air
> 92.3 WDVW: simulcasting 1300 WIBR from Baton Rouge
> 93.3 WQUE: URBNO
> 94.3 WTIX: off air
> 94.7 WOPR: silent, but still pick up carrier
> 94.9 WPRF: see 94.7
> 95.7 WTKL: off air
> 97.1 WEZB: off air
> 98.5 WYLD: URBNO
> 99.5 WRNO: off air
> 101.1 WNOE: off air
> 101.9 WLMG: URBNO****
> 102.9 KMEZ: off air
> 104.1 KHEV: URBNO
> 104.5 KNOU: on air at low power maybe? I hear hip-hop behind
> the static!*****
> 105.3 WKBU: off air
> 106.1 WKSY: simulcasting with 107.1 WHMD/Hammond, doing
> Northshore news and playing a weird mix of music
> 106.7 KKND: off air
>
> TV:
>
> 4 WWL: using LPB studios in BR to run continuous news
> 6 WDSU: off air
> 8 WVUE: off air, relocating temporarily to Mobile,
> supposedly suffered major studio damage
> 12 WYES: off air
> 20 WHNO: off air, hopes to return in a month
> 26 WGNO: off air
> 32 WLAE: off air, supposedly suffered real major damage to
> studios
> 38 WNOL: off air
> 49 WPXL: running WDSU feed of continous news from WAPT
> studios in Jackson, MS
> 54 WUPL: simulcast of WWL
>
> * - now this station is much more listenable than when Namer
> owned it
> ** - great cooperation between Entercom and CC! I probably
> shouldn't laugh at the situation, but listening to Garland
> Robinette and Gerry V. together is hilarious!
> *** - I think it was off-air anyway before the storm
> **** - looks like before Katrina, they redid the logo; I
> can't believe they got rid of the "rainbow" logo that's been
> there almost 20 years! you can see the new logo at wwl.com.
> ***** - fire sale, maybe? anyway, Hot got a new website just
> before the storm, which you can see at knouhot1045fm.com.
>
Good update, folks!
I've been waiting for someone to do this.
I counted 3 AMs and 4 FMs carrying the URBoNO program.
Seems like a waste of diesel. It would be better to just carry it on 1 AM (WWL) and perhaps 1 Clear Channel FM simulcast. And keep the other transmitters on standby only.

 

[rugrats1]

Re: New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/9/05)

> I counted 3 AMs and 4 FMs carrying the URBoNO program.
> Seems like a waste of diesel. It would be better to just
> carry it on 1 AM (WWL) and perhaps 1 Clear Channel FM
> simulcast. And keep the other transmitters on standby only.
>
I think WWL is on full time; others take turns broadcasting alternately, to conserve fuel, leaving the air when the other station's on.

This round-robin method will continue until either a steady stream of fuel is available, or power to the trannies come back on.

 

[Pat2]

Re: New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/9/05)

I'm curious, someone mentioned that a station was playing hip hop like nothing even happened. I wonder if the listeners had been listening to WWL instead of rap, would they have taken the storm more serious. Here in Jackson, MS our two hip hop stations were rapping away while all hell broke loose around us as if nothing was going on. They kept it up until they got knocked off the air. As soon as the stations were back on the air is was back to the rap. It seems like most of the urban stations in my area had very little or at least routine news and weather if any at all. Clear Channel "Hallelujah FM" had some but not nearly as much as the Country sister station. In all fairness, If you had been listening to Jack FM and hadn't looked out the window you would have never known it was a hurricane outside. Thats the problem with computerized radio, when something bad happens, there is no one at the station that can do the news and weather.

 

[boiseengineer]

Re: New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/9/05)

If there had been multiple EAS alerts sent for flooding, hurricane warning, civil emergency, evacuation, etc, did those stations even had their EAS boxes programmed to relay any of them?

 

[noisebox]

Re: New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/9/05)

> If there had been multiple EAS alerts sent for flooding,
> hurricane warning, civil emergency, evacuation, etc, did
> those stations even had their EAS boxes programmed to relay
> any of them?
>

I was just thinking the same thing. Whatever happened to the good ol' EBS?

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[jserigny]

Re: New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/9/05)

> > If there had been multiple EAS alerts sent for flooding,
> > hurricane warning, civil emergency, evacuation, etc, did
> > those stations even had their EAS boxes programmed to
> relay
> > any of them?
> >
>
> I was just thinking the same thing. Whatever happened to the
> good ol' EBS?
>


From what I understand about the EAS system, unless its major event (which I know that this one should classify it as, but EAS may not) their EAS systems should have taken over, but some EAS systems will only repeat the message once or twice depending on how its programmed and will only relay it when its recieved.

Also in New Orleans, WWL, WLMG, and NOAA Weather Radio are responsible for relaying those messages (civil emergencies, hurricane warnings, and evacuations)with alert tones to activate other recievers down the line. And I remember listening to some of the coverage on WWL radio, and there was no Alert tones when reading evacuation information espcially the mandatory ones. And then when the levee broke in New Orleans all three of the stations, I believe, were off the air. And most TV was off too.

But also, local officials are some what to blame for not activating the system. Sure their evacuation orders were recieved on the live news media side of the EAS, but the computer tracked automation side it wasn't.

Also, I found it rather disturbing that local media did not join forces before the storm to suspend programming in favor of special Hurricane coverage with either a pool of radio stations or simulcast of TV.

Hopefully, the FCC looks at New Orleans as a test case of the failure of EAS, and some stations inability to serve the public. Also, will some New Orleans TV stations will be fined like the 2 in Fort Meyers for not providing hearing impaired services espicially since some stations cut and run and ran to sister-stations around the area as the storm bore down on the city, and may not have had their normal CC equipment working, even though they may have been relaying the same information on those useless crawls.

I know that this is after the fact, but now WWL-TV has someone doing sign-language in a box above their logo during their aftermath coverage. I know WAFB brought one out first the Monday that the storm hit.

What also this storm proves is the fact that the communities SW of New Orleans around Houma-Thibodaux needs its own alotment Full Power TV stations not tied to the New Orleans DMA? I fear that once Digital takes over and portable battery operated DTVs are in existance in about 2008, Houma-Thibodaux residents will not be able to pickup any signal in the digital that you need at least 60 to 70 percent signal strenght to get any type of uninterupted audio stream to listen to for vital information.

Then also Houma-Thibodaux, New Orleans, and the Northshore are in for a dramatic shift in the demographics of the New Orleans DMA and there is no question about that now.

In my opinion, I feel that the Northshore is in for a dramatic leap in the number of residents turning Slidell and St. Tammany into the new Jefferson and Kenner in population. Surely Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Bernard will retain some residents with stronger and taller levees, but this area will mainly become a Business/Commerce/Tourism district with some residents living in High-rise condos or houses that are made of concrete and elevated 5 to 10 feet in the air. Population-wise this area could be about as much as half smaller than it is now with many of those residents living on the Northshore. That could trigger New Orleans Radio/TV to shift from having facilities on the Southshore to the Northshore to better serve that population. Insurance-wise they would have better facilities that are not subject to tidal surge flooding.

Now that leaves Houma-Thibodaux, now if a shift in media like that would occur, Houma-Thibodaux essentially moves out of the range of most New Orleans TV stations. Also, if Houma-Thibodaux picks up enough population, it would rival in size to Lafayette currently and in a sense create a new DMA, Houma-Thibodaux, with at least 1 to 2 full power DT alotments, 1 education alotment, and 2 Class A's for translators for some NO stations to fill the Networks or the religious/shopping holes. Radio would see the same jump in the number of Class Cs for the area.

 

[NewsType]

Re: New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/9/05)

> If there had been multiple EAS alerts sent for flooding,
> hurricane warning, civil emergency, evacuation, etc, did
> those stations even had their EAS boxes programmed to relay
> any of them?
>
I tend to doubt WWL radio had any EAN gear at its emergency studio in the EOC in West Jefferson Parish. It sounds like all they had was a mike or two and a cassette recorder. And they performed wonders with just that!
I wonder if they had a real STL connection from there? Or just a remote pickup unit to get the program audio to the transmitter?

 

[BarryATL]

Re: New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/9/05)

>
> Now that leaves Houma-Thibodaux, now if a shift in media
> like that would occur, Houma-Thibodaux essentially moves out
> of the range of most New Orleans TV stations. Also, if
> Houma-Thibodaux picks up enough population, it would rival
> in size to Lafayette currently and in a sense create a new
> DMA, Houma-Thibodaux, with at least 1 to 2 full power DT
> alotments, 1 education alotment, and 2 Class A's for
> translators for some NO stations to fill the Networks or the
> religious/shopping holes. Radio would see the same jump in
> the number of Class Cs for the area.
>

The Houma-Thibadaux had NO coverage during the storm and after. All of the media is New Orleans based. The station at 640AM was filling the void in Houma, but it is no more. If 640 ever makes it back on the air and is something other than religious, it would seem to make sense to partner with the LP-TV station there. The LP station has lots of good, local programming and does local news every night at 10PM. There is even a COPS like show with the Houma police.

I own a business in Houma. I spent three days on the phone with my employees in the Houma-Thibadaux-St. Charles area. They were not getting news that affects them. The only news they were getting came from what I read off of the Houma Courier www.HoumaToday.com website.

 

[tstevens]

Again,WWL Proves Itself

I agree,WWL did work wonders with what they had to work with and they have made me so proud to be associated with radio. I don't know if you guys read the Dallas board, but MANY, MANY people were tuned in to their broadcast( even up in Oklahoma). I also watched the WWL TV online feed as long as I could before and during the storm and those guys did a great job as well. It was there that I got my first look at Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard. He held a press conference with the area mayors and Harry Lee, and I remember being so impressed with the information he was sending out to viewers concerning what they should do to prepare for the storm. He said to have an axe or chainsaw in order to cut through the roof if you were trapped in the attic....have flares...fill the upstairs bathtub with water....all the while the joke of a governor was telling people to "drive safe and be nice to one another". I really hope you guys run her out of town on a rail. In all the mayhem, south Louisiana media stepped up to the plate with WWL leading the way. Your efforts are greatly appreciated!




> > If there had been multiple EAS alerts sent for flooding,
> > hurricane warning, civil emergency, evacuation, etc, did
> > those stations even had their EAS boxes programmed to
> relay
> > any of them?
> >
> I tend to doubt WWL radio had any EAN gear at its emergency
> studio in the EOC in West Jefferson Parish. It sounds like
> all they had was a mike or two and a cassette recorder. And
> they performed wonders with just that!
> I wonder if they had a real STL connection from there? Or
> just a remote pickup unit to get the program audio to the
> transmitter?
>

 

[RFLA]

Re: New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/9/05)

> Also, I found it rather disturbing that local media did not
> join forces before the storm to suspend programming in favor
> of special Hurricane coverage with either a pool of radio
> stations or simulcast of TV.

Almost all the stations suspended for their own branded coverage, then rebroadcast the local TV stations while they them selves were evacuating. If you remember On-top licensee of KNOU is in financial straits and was already running on computer but yeah, whereas everyone else had storm coverage, they were hip hoping.....

However the number 1 and 2 urban stations were however covering the storm as part of Clear Channel.. (I'm just outside of coverage for KMEZ 102.9 but if it was like other Citadel stations, they were relaying one of the TV stations)




> What also this storm proves is the fact that the communities
> SW of New Orleans around Houma-Thibodaux needs its own
> alotment Full Power TV stations not tied to the New Orleans
> DMA? I fear that once Digital takes over and portable
> battery operated DTVs are in existance in about 2008,
> Houma-Thibodaux residents will not be able to pickup any
> signal in the digital that you need at least 60 to 70
> percent signal strenght to get any type of uninterupted
> audio stream to listen to for vital information.

I covered that in a post I made on the National TV forum and people I don't think see the impact just yet...
http://www.radio-info.com/mods/board?Post=530378&Board=tv-usa

>
> Then also Houma-Thibodaux, New Orleans, and the Northshore
> are in for a dramatic shift in the demographics of the New
> Orleans DMA and there is no question about that now.
>
> In my opinion, I feel that the Northshore is in for a
> dramatic leap in the number of residents turning Slidell and
> St. Tammany into the new Jefferson and Kenner in population.
> Surely Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Bernard will retain some
> residents with stronger and taller levees, but this area
> will mainly become a Business/Commerce/Tourism district with
> some residents living in High-rise condos or houses that are
> made of concrete and elevated 5 to 10 feet in the air.
> Population-wise this area could be about as much as half
> smaller than it is now with many of those residents living
> on the Northshore. That could trigger New Orleans Radio/TV
> to shift from having facilities on the Southshore to the
> Northshore to better serve that population. Insurance-wise
> they would have better facilities that are not subject to
> tidal surge flooding.


Well WUPL's DT signal is actually coming from the southshore and not the north but I can see where you are coming from... I think depending upon how the transmitters get damaged etc. if we are gonna see anything happen..cause technically they still have to cover south of New Orleans somehow... and most of the radio and TV I see didn't get any damage so far

>
> Now that leaves Houma-Thibodaux, now if a shift in media
> like that would occur, Houma-Thibodaux essentially moves out
> of the range of most New Orleans TV stations. Also, if
> Houma-Thibodaux picks up enough population, it would rival
> in size to Lafayette currently and in a sense create a new
> DMA, Houma-Thibodaux, with at least 1 to 2 full power DT
> alotments, 1 education alotment, and 2 Class A's for
> translators for some NO stations to fill the Networks or the
> religious/shopping holes. Radio would see the same jump in
> the number of Class Cs for the area.
>

Personaly , If this was a market up north with a DMA the size of ours (roughly 200k and would place higher than some others DMAs in Louisiana) we would have already had the stations in place.
WWL is about the only one that has showed some coverage of the area on their TV station even though it was lacking. Baton Rouge stations have given more care about Houma/Thibodaux than New Orleans does.

depending upon how DTV implements when we are all forced to go to it, may mean some stations in New Orleans looking at either boosting signals, setting up repeaters or like in Lafayette with KPLC, the locals and other declairing that the stations don't serve our needs and get people to put up stations in the area.

My thing would be,can we get the people here to sponser stations? Most of the people here who run TV stations,only run class A's (Martin Folse in Houma , The Price family in Morgan City)..We would need big bucks and would either involve outside area people or convincing local millionares to help establish our area in the National light more... One group to go after I think would be Guaranty even though they sold their TV holding years ago (I beleive ch.9 WAFB)

But anyhow..Found a new article on the state of NOLA TV:
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6255758.html?display=Feature&referral=SUPP

RFLA

 

[jserigny]

Re: New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/9/05)

> >
> > Now that leaves Houma-Thibodaux, now if a shift in media
> > like that would occur, Houma-Thibodaux essentially moves
> out
> > of the range of most New Orleans TV stations. Also, if
> > Houma-Thibodaux picks up enough population, it would rival
>
> > in size to Lafayette currently and in a sense create a new
>
> > DMA, Houma-Thibodaux, with at least 1 to 2 full power DT
> > alotments, 1 education alotment, and 2 Class A's for
> > translators for some NO stations to fill the Networks or
> the
> > religious/shopping holes. Radio would see the same jump in
>
> > the number of Class Cs for the area.
> >
>
> The Houma-Thibadaux had NO coverage during the storm and
> after. All of the media is New Orleans based. The station
> at 640AM was filling the void in Houma, but it is no more.
> If 640 ever makes it back on the air and is something other
> than religious, it would seem to make sense to partner with
> the LP-TV station there. The LP station has lots of good,
> local programming and does local news every night at 10PM.
> There is even a COPS like show with the Houma police.
>
> I own a business in Houma. I spent three days on the phone
> with my employees in the Houma-Thibadaux-St. Charles area.
> They were not getting news that affects them. The only news
> they were getting came from what I read off of the Houma
> Courier www.HoumaToday.com website.
>

So like I said, with more population coming from NO and setting up shop. The FCC should realize it is time to bring back the good old Channel 11 alotment. Of course Channel 11 is no longer available (now taken by WYES's digital alotment). A new Houma based full power would have to be a new channel alotment with the same range as old Channel 11 to make it sustainable as far as advertising and Nielson demographics.

As a Wildcard, the FCC could mandate a New Orleans station move to the bayou area since much less population needs to be served in the immediate New Orleans area and create a hyphenated New Orleans-Houma market/area of dominance.

As far as the current Houma LP/Class A they did okay in some of its coverage. They crawled graphics related to the Houma-Thibodaux area on the Saturday. Then Saturday night they went on for about 3 hours taking phone calls and talked to some local officials. On sunday morning they came back for a few hours, and then they left with the Radar, satellite, and position of Katrina because at that point local officials were telling every one to leave if you can. The weather graphics stayed on as long as the station had power. They came back on Tuesday during the day on generator with a simulcast of WWL during the day, and then that night they came back local news coverage live and taped with the aftermath until Tuesday of this past week.

An as a side note, when most of th NO stations went off the only place for news and information on the TV side there was only one choice, WAFB, which penetrates Houma better than any of the NO stations when you have to use an in door rabbit ears antenna.

 

[RFLA]

Re: New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/9/05)

> >
> > Now that leaves Houma-Thibodaux, now if a shift in media
> > like that would occur, Houma-Thibodaux essentially moves
> out
> > of the range of most New Orleans TV stations. Also, if
> > Houma-Thibodaux picks up enough population, it would rival
>
> > in size to Lafayette currently and in a sense create a new
>
> > DMA, Houma-Thibodaux, with at least 1 to 2 full power DT
> > alotments, 1 education alotment, and 2 Class A's for
> > translators for some NO stations to fill the Networks or
> the
> > religious/shopping holes. Radio would see the same jump in
>
> > the number of Class Cs for the area.
> >
>
> The Houma-Thibadaux had NO coverage during the storm and
> after. All of the media is New Orleans based. The station
> at 640AM was filling the void in Houma, but it is no more.
> If 640 ever makes it back on the air and is something other
> than religious, it would seem to make sense to partner with
> the LP-TV station there. The LP station has lots of good,
> local programming and does local news every night at 10PM.
> There is even a COPS like show with the Houma police.
>
> I own a business in Houma. I spent three days on the phone
> with my employees in the Houma-Thibadaux-St. Charles area.
> They were not getting news that affects them. The only news
> they were getting came from what I read off of the Houma
> Courier www.HoumaToday.com website.
>


I'm around Thibodaux and we actually had to wait until Guaranty Broadcasting came back on the air about 2pm on the day of the storm with them being only on KCIL 107.5 for the time before finally working their system back up to the 4 stations in the area (KCIL 107.5,KXOR 106.3,KBZZ 96.7,KJIN 1490) and they were broadcasting local information more on where to get supplies than damage coverage however ... It took 2 days for the paper to come around (to deliver one) with power and dial-up taking that long to come up also....

KTIB... I have questions if it will make it back or what espcially after this.. The local paper has said that the releigious broadcaster backed out of the deal already..so unless someone else comes forward, the question on this legendary station is up in the air.

KLRZ is actually now licensed to Citadel now and was off the air for a few days until Jerry Gisclair put it on the air broadcasting swamp pop then later information...KLEB is still apparently off-air

KHEV is licensed to Houma but is a New Orleans station

WTIX-FM is licensed to Galliano but is a New Orleans station

KFOL-CA (HTV) was on with in a day or so covering the storm but a lot of his broadcast was of the path of the storm in the form of a graphic.. Martin Folse does a lot of Local programming for the area but you can tell he still plays it for the cable tv folks (It was a local access station before he got his class a tv licenses) however in that you only know it's over the air during announcements of the callsigns (It's called on air HTV 10 after it's cable location) and the program is "the beat" where he rides with local police on routine calls.

His newscasts last I heard was live at 7:30pm with a rebroadcast at 10pm. Folse does have a agreement with WWL TV to cover the local area and they use his footage for their broadcasts.

We have a station KBZE that tries to play it up as a regional station but is just a class A station from Morgan City that has problems occasionally getting into the area. (I haven't considered the other 2 stations in east St.Mary parish)

But yeah info was very lacking in our area, and that's why I agree with Tri-parish in that if this area gets any more isolation from New Orleans..maybe the Bayou region people need to rise and do something about it..

RFLA

 

[BarryATL]

Re: New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/9/05)

I have a question about WWL-TV coverage. I was in Houma Tuesday through Thursday.... as a side note, I had to sleep at the business because of no hotel rooms.... joined the YMCA in Houma so I could take a shower.

Anyway, on Thursday, I noticed the WWL-TV channel on TW cable was showing CBS programming during the day. I looked on the web and they were still doing news. I did not have time to figure it out as I was late leaving out for Lake Charles.

 

[RFLA]

Edit: New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/9/05)

> I have a question about WWL-TV coverage. I was in Houma
> Tuesday through Thursday.... as a side note, I had to sleep
> at the business because of no hotel rooms.... joined the
> YMCA in Houma so I could take a shower.
>
> Anyway, on Thursday, I noticed the WWL-TV channel on TW
> cable was showing CBS programming during the day. I looked
> on the web and they were still doing news. I did not have
> time to figure it out as I was late leaving out for Lake
> Charles.
>

Don't know but most of the time I've been tuning in (I catch it over the air BTW) it was still storm news, but I haven't been able to tune in lately to WWL during the day the past week or so .

It may be they are feeding the cable companies different programming than the O-T-A people (Like WBRZ was doing in Baton Rouge). Last time I remember about cable companies here, most were getting their signals from antennas about 100 feet up....

Also on TW in Houma, I know they feature 2 CBS affliates, WWL New Orleans and WAFB Baton Rouge.

RFLA


Edit: Apparently WWL is broadcasting normal CBS programming..I'm off my game lately...Showing the end of Oceans Eleven at 10:20pm Sunday
Sorry barryATL ....

RFLA<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by RFLA on 09/12/05 03:36 AM.</FONT></P>

 

[mightynine]

Re: New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/9/05)

92.3 is now simulcasting 103.3 out of BR, as of Sunday. I heard a new sweep earlier today IDing the two. Guess this means WIBR 1300 will finally go back to regular programming, which is a good idea as what I've heard lately was just nowhere near informative and really was defeating any purpose of staying non-stop Katrina coverage.

And as to CCBR telling folks to go to 104.1 opposed to 1210...they're using 1210's stream for the United Radio broadcast (if you look at the stream's web address, you can see WSKR in there) but the over-the-air signal is the Score's regular programming.

 

[RFLA]

update on WGNO(abc 26)and WNOL (Wb 38)

From : http://abc26.trb.com/wgno-employee-message,0,4048062.story?coll=wgno-promo

According to the site, plans are in place for WGNO's master control to be handled at a regional operating center in Indianapolis,Indiana and WNOL will be hosted by WGN-TV in Chicago.

Pretty interesting

RFLA

 

[Pat2]

Re: New Orleans Radio/TV Status (Updated 9/9/05)

> If there had been multiple EAS alerts sent for flooding,
> hurricane warning, civil emergency, evacuation, etc, did
> those stations even had their EAS boxes programmed to relay
> any of them?
>
I'm sure they had some EAS but I was listening to other stations while the storm was passing. Jack FM mostly stuck with the format as did most of the AM stations until they were knocked off here in Jackson. The best hurricane coverage here came from the FM country stations, MS public radio and an FM talker. The oldies station, and most of the urban stations were still playing music during the storm with an occasional break in. I mostly listened to WWL in Jackson and daytime reception was clear as a bell when the lights went out because there was no power line noise. As a matter of fact the AM band was clearer than I've ever heard it. I was able to hear stuff rarely heard here since so many stations were off the air.