WKBU

WKBU (95.7 FM, "Bayou 95.7") is a radio station licensed to New Orleans. Owned by Entercom, it broadcasts a classic rock format. It shares studios with its sister stations at 400 Poydras Tower in downtown New Orleans, and the transmitter site is in the city's Algiers district.

WKBU

City	New Orleans, Louisiana
Broadcast area	New Orleans metropolitan area
Frequency	95.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	Bayou 95.7
Slogan	New Orleans' Classic Rock
Programming
Format	Classic rock HD2: Heavy metal
Ownership
Owner	Entercom (Entercom License, LLC)
History
First air date	February 1953 (as WWMT)
Former call signs	WWMT (1953–1971) WBYU (1971–1987) WQXY (1987–1990) WMXZ (1990–1993) WTKL (1993–2005)
Call sign meaning	Former city of license was Kenner, Louisiana and a reference to Louisiana's BayoU
Technical information
Facility ID	52434
Class	C
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	300 metres (980 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	29.920°N 90.025°W
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	bayou957.com

The station broadcasts in HD Radio; its second subchannel carries Metal Militia—a heavy metal-based format which changed its name in 2018 from The Metal Channel. The subchannel previously carried Live Rock.[1]

History

Before October 2005, the station was oldies WTKL. WTKL was at one time beautiful music WBYU (called Bayou 96) before going through a succession of ill-fated formats from country as WQXY (Y-96) from 1987 to 1990 and adult contemporary as WMXZ (Mix 95.7) from 1990 to 1993 before settling on an oldies format that lasted for 12 years as Kool 95.7 FM.

Due to flood damage to its transmitter in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, WKBU and WTKL switched frequencies in early-October 2005.[2]

References

1. "Entercom Launches All-Metal HD2 In Six Markets". RadioInsight. 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
2. "Application to FCC of Damage to 105.3 (WKBU/WTKL)". FCC. Retrieved January 3, 2012.

External links

• Official website
• WKBU in the FCC's FM station database
• WKBU on Radio-Locator
• WKBU in Nielsen Audio's FM station database