WYLD (AM)

Infobox Radio Station
name = WYLD


area = New Orleans
branding = "AMen 940"
slogan = "WYLD for Jesus"
airdate = 1960s
frequency = 940 (kHz)
format = Urban Gospel
power = 10,000 watts (day)
500 watts (night)
class = B
owner = Clear Channel Communications
website = [http://www.am940.com/ http://www.am940.com/]
callsign_meaning = play on the word WILD
sister_stations = KYRK, WNOE, WODT, WQUE, WRNO, WYLD (AM), WYLD-FM

WYLD is a traditional Urban Gospel outlet based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Clear Channel Communications stations broadcasts at 940 kHz with 10 kW-Daytime/500 W-Nighttime power.

History

In the 1950's 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

*amq|WYLD