WGSO

WGSO

Infobox Radio station
name = WGSO-AM


city = New Orleans, Louisiana
area = New Orleans metropolitan area
branding = "WGSO 990am"
slogan =
airdate = 1980s
frequency = 990 kHz
format = News, Sports, Talk
power =
erp =
class =
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
owner = Northshore Radio LLC
webcast =
website =
affiliations =

WGSO, The Voice of the Northshore, is a news, talk, and sports outlet based in Slidell, Louisiana. The station, which is owned by Northshore Radio, LLC. , broadcasts at 990 kHz with 1 kW-Daytime/400 W-Nighttime.

History

The station was originally an AM daytimer and throughout its life went through a series of call letters and formats before going 24 hours in the 1980s. In 2001 they gave New Orleans its first and current Business Talk format. New Orleans in the 1950s it used the call sign WJMR owned by Jorge Mayorial and broadcast from the Jung Hotel. WJMR would become the sister station of WJMR-FM and WJMR-TV (New Orleans second television station in 1953).

In the mid-1950s it was home to "Poppa Stoppa" who's program featured long runs of uninterrupted Rock and Roll music. When WJMR-TV was sold the station call sign was changed to WNNR (Winner Radio). Under the call letters WYAT (capitalizing on the local street expression "Where y'at?"), it was also a popular Oldies outlet.

Transmitter

The transmission power of WGSO is at day 1 kW and at night 0.4 W. At all times omnidirectional radiation is used. The antenna of WGSO is unique, as it uses not a mast radiator situated on the ground, but instead a mast radiator on the top of a building situated at 29° 57' 24.00" N, 90 ° 04' 34.00" W.

External links

* [http://www.wgso.com WGSO 990's website]
*amq|WGSO


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