The AM 1450 frequency began on 1420 when WBNO, licensed to Coliseum Place Baptist Church, moved there from 1200 in 1938. The call letters became WNOE on June 23, 1939, shortly after James A. Noe gained control of the station. On March 29, 1941, the FCC shifted most broadcast frequencies nationwide, and WNOE moved to 1450. WNOE moved to 1060 on June 1, 1950, to become a 50 kW station. Royal Broadcasting Corporation began operating WTIX on 1450 on December 5, 1951, with a Classical format. WTIX was sold to Mid Continent Broadcasting, owned by Todd Storz, on September 10, 1953, and the format flipped to Top 40. In 1958, WTIX purchased the 690 frequency from WWEZ and subsequently donated 1450 to the Orleans Parish School Board. WNPS began broadcasting May 7, 1958 with a 600 LP library donated by Mitch Miller and Columbia Records. In the fall of 1966 it broke away from strictly classical music, shifting more to popular music and introducing news and weather reports. WNPS moved to nostalgia and easy listening in 1973 before flipping to country in July 1974. In 1977 the station was sold to Sun Broadcasting, who flipped it to a "contemporary" soft rock & jazz format branded "14-D" that lasted four months. In August 1977 the station flipped to Adult standards playing big band and New Orleans jazz and changed call letters to WWIW (the Way It Was) on September 14. In 1988, easy-listening WBYU-FM abruptly flipped to country, creating a public uproar. WWIW owner David Smith immediately petitioned the FCC for the highly recognizable call letters, and 1450 began broadcasting as WBYU with no format change on November 28, 1988.
In 2001 the station was sold to Beasley Broadcast Group, who flipped the format on April 23 of that year to a brokered health talk format, simulcasting WWNN in Boca Raton, Florida. The non-stop infomercials continued until February 6, 2003, when new owners ABC, Inc., who bought the station in 2002,[1] flipped it to Radio Disney. On September 26, 2011, WBYU went silent as ABC bought a buyer for the station.[2] On September 27, 2012, ABC surrendered WBYU's license to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[3] The FCC cancelled the station's license and deleted the WBYU call sign from their database on October 3, 2012.[4]
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^"Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 16, 2002. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
wbyu, confused, with, kbyu, 1450, radio, station, licensed, orleans, louisiana, served, orleans, metropolitan, area, station, owned, walt, disney, company, featured, programming, from, radio, disney, 2003, 2011, orleans, louisianaunited, statesbroadcast, arean. Not to be confused with KBYU WBYU 1450 AM was a radio station licensed in New Orleans Louisiana and served the New Orleans metropolitan area The station was owned by The Walt Disney Company and featured programming from Radio Disney 2003 2011 WBYUNew Orleans LouisianaUnited StatesBroadcast areaNew Orleans metroFrequency1450 kHzOwnershipOwnerABC Inc Disney Radio Disney Group LLC HistoryFirst air dateDecember 5 1951 72 years ago 1951 12 05 Last air dateSeptember 26 2011 12 years ago 2011 09 26 Former call signsWTIX 1951 1958 WNPS 1958 1977 WWIW 1977 1988 Call sign meaning Bayou Technical informationFacility ID20347ClassCPower1 000 wattsTransmitter coordinates29 57 49 N 90 06 34 W 29 96361 N 90 10944 W 29 96361 90 10944History editThe AM 1450 frequency began on 1420 when WBNO licensed to Coliseum Place Baptist Church moved there from 1200 in 1938 The call letters became WNOE on June 23 1939 shortly after James A Noe gained control of the station On March 29 1941 the FCC shifted most broadcast frequencies nationwide and WNOE moved to 1450 WNOE moved to 1060 on June 1 1950 to become a 50 kW station Royal Broadcasting Corporation began operating WTIX on 1450 on December 5 1951 with a Classical format WTIX was sold to Mid Continent Broadcasting owned by Todd Storz on September 10 1953 and the format flipped to Top 40 In 1958 WTIX purchased the 690 frequency from WWEZ and subsequently donated 1450 to the Orleans Parish School Board WNPS began broadcasting May 7 1958 with a 600 LP library donated by Mitch Miller and Columbia Records In the fall of 1966 it broke away from strictly classical music shifting more to popular music and introducing news and weather reports WNPS moved to nostalgia and easy listening in 1973 before flipping to country in July 1974 In 1977 the station was sold to Sun Broadcasting who flipped it to a contemporary soft rock amp jazz format branded 14 D that lasted four months In August 1977 the station flipped to Adult standards playing big band and New Orleans jazz and changed call letters to WWIW the Way It Was on September 14 In 1988 easy listening WBYU FM abruptly flipped to country creating a public uproar WWIW owner David Smith immediately petitioned the FCC for the highly recognizable call letters and 1450 began broadcasting as WBYU with no format change on November 28 1988 In 2001 the station was sold to Beasley Broadcast Group who flipped the format on April 23 of that year to a brokered health talk format simulcasting WWNN in Boca Raton Florida The non stop infomercials continued until February 6 2003 when new owners ABC Inc who bought the station in 2002 1 flipped it to Radio Disney On September 26 2011 WBYU went silent as ABC bought a buyer for the station 2 On September 27 2012 ABC surrendered WBYU s license to the Federal Communications Commission FCC 3 The FCC cancelled the station s license and deleted the WBYU call sign from their database on October 3 2012 4 References edit Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License CDBS Public Access Federal Communications Commission October 16 2002 Retrieved May 20 2015 Scanlan Lisa A December 5 2011 WBYU AM New Orleans LA Federal Communications Commission Retrieved June 24 2014 Artim David N September 27 2012 Notification of Discontinued Operation WBYU ABC Inc Federal Communications Commission Retrieved June 24 2014 FCC status page for WBYUExternal links editFCC Station Search Details DWBYU Facility ID 20347 FCC History Cards for WBYU covering 1949 1980 as WHHW WTIX WNPS WXPD WWIW nbsp nbsp This article about a radio station in Louisiana is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WBYU amp oldid 1191946348, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
