KYRK

Infobox Radio Station
name = KYRK


city = Houma, Louisiana
area = New Orleans metropolitan area
branding = "The New 104.1"
slogan = "The Rock of New Orleans"
airdate = 1968
frequency = 104.1 (MHz) HD Radio
format = Active rock
erp = 100,000 watts
haat = 593 meters
class = C
facility_id = 34528
owner = Aloha Station Trust, LLC
webcast = [http://www.therockofneworleans.com/cc-common/streaming_new/index.html?refreshed=yes Listen Live]
website = [http://www.therockofneworleans.com/main.html The New 104.1's website]
callsign_meaning = Your RocK station
sister_stations = WNOE, WODT, WQUE, WRNO, WYLD (AM), WYLD-FM

KYRK (The New 104.1) is an Active rock outlet serving the New Orleans area. The Clear Channel Communications station is licensed to Houma, Louisiana and broadcasts at 104.1 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW.

History

When it originally signed on the air in 1968 it only targeted the Houma area. But in 1989 it moved its transmitter closer to the New Orleans area as KHOM-FM, an Oldies outlet, which is how it remained until 1994 when it filled the vacant Top 40 slot in 1994 as "Mix 104.1". The move paid off ratings wise until 2000 when WEZB-FM returned. By 2001 it flipped to Classic Rock as "The Fox" but it was a dismal failure. In 2002 it returned to Top 40 as the adult-leaning "104.1 KISS-FM"; it shifted to Rhythmic Top 40 by November 2003. But the writing was already on the wall; in July 2005 it flipped to a Gospel format as "Hallelujah 104.1."

After 13 months in the format, Clear Channel decided to replace it with Active Rock on November 13, 2006, and in the process inherited "The Rock of New Orleans" slogan from sister station WRNO-FM, who on the same day dropped Classic Rock for All-Talk.

On November 20, 2006 Clear Channel decided to keep the WRNO calls at 99.5 and replace the KHEV calls with the new calls KYRK.

External links

* [http://www.therockofneworleans.com/main.html The New 104.1's website]
*FMQ|KYRK
*FML|KYRK
*FMARB|KYRK