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New Orleans TV station.

Which tv stations are on the air, and which New Orleans TV station are off the air? Also, is WVUE and WGNO still doing news for New Orleans area since we cannot see their news on the internet?
 
> Which tv stations are on the air, and which New Orleans TV
> station are off the air? Also, is WVUE and WGNO still doing
> news for New Orleans area since we cannot see their news on
> the internet?
>

WWL(CBS) and WDSU(NBC) are still on the air. WWL is broadcasting out of Baton Rouge and WDSU is out of Orlando. As far as I know, all other stations are off the air.
 
WGNO is broadcasting from WBRZ in Baton Rouge. No idea about Fox 8.

> > Which tv stations are on the air, and which New Orleans TV
>
> > station are off the air? Also, is WVUE and WGNO still
> doing
> > news for New Orleans area since we cannot see their news
> on
> > the internet?
> >
>
> WWL(CBS) and WDSU(NBC) are still on the air. WWL is
> broadcasting out of Baton Rouge and WDSU is out of Orlando.
> As far as I know, all other stations are off the air.
>
 
Also, a slight correction on WDSU ... they're actually based out of WAPT in Jackson, Miss., right now. The folks at WESH in Orlando are just filling in from time to time to give the WDSU crew a breather. All 3 stations are owned by Hearst-Argyle.

> WGNO is broadcasting from WBRZ in Baton Rouge. No idea about
> Fox 8.
>
> > > Which tv stations are on the air, and which New Orleans
> TV
> >
> > > station are off the air? Also, is WVUE and WGNO still
> > doing
> > > news for New Orleans area since we cannot see their news
>
> > on
> > > the internet?
> > >
> >
> > WWL(CBS) and WDSU(NBC) are still on the air. WWL is
> > broadcasting out of Baton Rouge and WDSU is out of
> Orlando.
> > As far as I know, all other stations are off the air.
> >
>
 
> The forums at WWL-TV's website has a thread with all of the
> different streams available that is updated twice a day.

I compile the list and republish it a few times a day. If folks find other streams, let me know. There are tons of people displaced who are absolutely hanging on to the WWL website looking for info.
 
Ok for dense people like myself...

LOL

When you says such and such a station is broadcasting from Jackson MS, or where ever, you are referring to their news right? What I am getting at is the transmitters are still working right. In other words if I had a battery powered TV I could get the TV station over the air.
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> When you says such and such a station is broadcasting from
> Jackson MS, or where ever, you are referring to their news
> right? What I am getting at is the transmitters are still
> working right. In other words if I had a battery powered TV
> I could get the TV station over the air.

They are cities of license. I am not sure where their transmitters actually are or if they are in operation. I think most are in service - just the news teams have been displaced.
 
> They are cities of license. I am not sure where their
> transmitters actually are or if they are in operation. I
> think most are in service - just the news teams have been
> displaced.
>
That's how I understand it as of this date. I've read elsewhere that WDSU's OTA signal was pretty bad Monday, but may have improved since then.

Some WWL staffers have supposedly returned to the facility in the French Quarter, but how much actual operation is taking place there is a good question.

WGNO is largely carrying WBRZ. If I'm not mistaken, they may be allowing WBRZ's signal to be carried in their place on New Orleans area cable systems-that is, for those who still have electricity, much less cable TV.

I've heard little on WVUE, save that staffers were operating out of 'current' sister-station WALA in Mobile at one point. And I haven't heard a thing about other stations-WYES, WHNO, WLAE, WUPL, WPXL, etc.
 
> I've heard little on WVUE, save that staffers were operating
> out of 'current' sister-station WALA in Mobile at one point.
> And I haven't heard a thing about other stations-WYES, WHNO,
> WLAE, WUPL, WPXL, etc.

It's my understanding that only two OTA signals are on right now - WWL and (with some interruptions) WDSU. I heard from WUPL's engineer today that the tower in Lacombe (on the north shore) is still standing, but that the studios in Metairie haven't been occupied since Sunday. They're on the fourth floor there, so there shouldn't be damage to the studios themselves. WUPL is off the air, however, as are WYES, WVUE and WGNO. No solid word on WHNO, WLAE or WPXL, but it's a pretty good guess that they're not on. <P ID="signature">______________
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> No solid word on WHNO, WLAE or WPXL,
> but it's a pretty good guess that they're not on.

I deal with LaSea so I can report that WHNO's "studios" (they mostly relay programming) and offices were totally destroyed by Katrina, but the transmitter and antenna are intact. They were estimating a month before resuming operation, but that is almost certainly optimistic as most of the city will still be empty then.

WLAE is off the air as well, but even if they were on, they'd simply be relaying WWL. I have no idea about WPXL.
 
WDSU showed its transmitter site yesterday and there was water up to the roof of the building housing all the electronic gear. So I'm guessing the only people getting them are cable subscribers since cable operators can take the broadcasts from Orlando and Jackson via satellite instead of over the air.


> > They are cities of license. I am not sure where their
> > transmitters actually are or if they are in operation. I
> > think most are in service - just the news teams have been
> > displaced.
> >
> That's how I understand it as of this date. I've read
> elsewhere that WDSU's OTA signal was pretty bad Monday, but
> may have improved since then.
>
> Some WWL staffers have supposedly returned to the facility
> in the French Quarter, but how much actual operation is
> taking place there is a good question.
>
> WGNO is largely carrying WBRZ. If I'm not mistaken, they may
> be allowing WBRZ's signal to be carried in their place on
> New Orleans area cable systems-that is, for those who still
> have electricity, much less cable TV.
>
> I've heard little on WVUE, save that staffers were operating
> out of 'current' sister-station WALA in Mobile at one point.
> And I haven't heard a thing about other stations-WYES, WHNO,
> WLAE, WUPL, WPXL, etc.
>
 
> WDSU is down OTA as of yesterday according to the president
> of Hearst-Argyle.
>
> http://www.wdsu.com/news/4921129/detail.html
>

WDSU is webcasting only. I'm picking it up on ku-band satellite, which I assume is the feed coming out of Jackson MS. WDSU anchors are in Jackson. Occasionally they have Jackson's anchors on, and a fair amount of time the coverage is coming from Orlando.

On Wednesday night, they mentioned they were working to get back on the air in NO, apparently using an operational transmitter belong to another station. But I haven't heard any more mention of that today (thursday) so apparently they haven't been able to get something in operation OTA.

WDSU has been running some news programming from NBC, and right now has MSNBC on, but mostly it's been local coverage, and very good.
 
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