WYLD (AM)
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| Broadcast area | New Orleans |
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| Branding | "AMen 940" |
| Slogan | We're WYLD for Jesus |
| Frequency | 940 kHz |
| First air date | 1960s |
| Format | Urban Gospel |
| Power |
10,000 watts (day) 500 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 60707 |
| Callsign meaning | play on the word WILD |
| Former callsigns | WTPS (1950s-1960s) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KVDU, WNOE-FM, WODT, WQUE-FM, WRNO-FM, WYLD-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | am940.com |
WYLD is a traditional Urban Gospel outlet based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The iHeartMedia, Inc. stations broadcasts at 940 kHz with 10 kW-Daytime/500 W-Nighttime power. Its transmitter is located in New Orleans' Algiers district, and its studios are located downtown.
History
In the 1950s stations call sign was WTPS owned by the Time-Picayune Newspaper and affiliated with the Mutual Broadcasting system. It then became WYLD. WYLD was a very successful Urban Contemporary outlet in the 1960s and 1970s before it shifted its format to sister station WYLD-FM. The AM would later evolve to a community-oriented Urban Adult Contemporary format in the 1970s to its current format in the 1990s.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WYLD
- Radio-Locator Information on WYLD
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WYLD
Coordinates: 29°53′57″N 90°00′17″W / 29.89917°N 90.00472°W
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