- WKBU
Infobox Radio Station
name = WKBU
city =New Orleans, Louisiana
area =New Orleans metropolitan area
branding = "Bayou 95.7"
slogan = "Rockin' The Bayou"
airdate = 1960s
frequency = 95.7 (MHz) HD Radio 95.7 HD-2 for Live Rock Concerts
format =Classic rock
erp = 99,500watt s
haat = 300 meters
class = C
facility_id = 52434
owner =Entercom
webcast = [http://wmc1.liquidviewer.net/WKBU Listen Live]
website = [http://www.bayou957.com Bayou 95.7's website]
callsign_meaning = Former city of license was Kenner, Louisiana and a reference to Louisiana's BayoUWKBU, aka Bayou 95.7, is a
classic rock radio station serving the New Orleans area in the US. TheEntercom station is licensed toNew Orleans, Louisiana and broadcast at 95.7 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW.WKBU has an HD-2 station coming soon, and its format consists of live concerts of "Bayou 95.7"'s format.
History
Before October 2005, the station was Oldies WTKL. WTKL was at one time Beautiful music WBYU (also ironically called Bayou 96FM) 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.
In early October 2005, WKBU (Bayou 105.3 FM) and WTKL (Kool 95.7 FM) switched frequencies because according to Chief Engineer Kevin Duplantis "WKBU's original transmitter was badly damaged" during Hurricane Katrina.
In May 2006, Bayou 95.7 changed its slogan from "Rockin' The Bayou" to "Everything That Rocks" and broadened its playlist as the station became the only terrestrial ROCK format in the Crescent City. But that all changed on November 13, 2006, when Clear Channel Communications flipped
KHEV to Active rock, thus giving the New Orleans radio market two rock-formatted stations, the exception being KHEV targeting young adult (18+) male listeners and avoiding the older material WKBU currently plays.For the 2007 season, 95.7 became the home of game broadcasts for the New Orleans VooDoo arena football team.
Current on air talent includes (but not limited to):
Weekday mornings:Walton & Johnson (syndicated from Houston,TX)
Weekday mid-morning/afternoon:
Mitch 10AM-2PM (does the "Free Ride" at 10AM until 11:35AM.The Free Ride is 95 minutes of commercial free music.)Weekday afternoons:
Kat 2PM-7PM (used to work at WRNO 99.5,before it became an all Talk Radio station)External links
* [http://www.bayou957.com Rockin' The Bayou!]
*FMQ|WKBU
*FML|WKBU
*FMARB|WKBU
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