WODT

Infobox Radio station
name = WODT


city = New Orleans, Louisiana
area = New Orleans metropolitan area
branding = "Gospel 1280"
slogan =
airdate = 1970s
frequency = 1280 kHz
format = Urban Contemporary Gospel
power =
erp = 5,000 W
class =
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WDSU
WQUE
WMKJ
owner = Clear Channel Communications
sister_stations = KYRK, WNOE, WODT, WQUE, WRNO, WYLD (AM), WYLD-FM
webcast =
website =
affiliations =

WODT is an Urban Contemporary Gospel outlet based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Clear Channel Communications station broadcasts at 1280 kHz with 5 kW-Unlimited power.

History

AM 1280 was Middle-of-the-road formatted WDSU-AM and was the sister station to WDSU-TV and WDSU-FM until the radio stations were sold in 1972. The AM became WGSO with an Adult Contemporary format. By the 1980s it switched to Top 40 as "13-Q" under the WQUE call sign, only to later switch to R&B Oldies as WMKJ, "Majic 1280". In 1987 it became a simulcast of WQUE-FM after the station evolved to R&B.

In the early 1990s they tried a News/Talk format, but it was a failure. By the mid 1990s they flipped to an All-Blues format, and although it was successful ratings-wise, it wasn't a moneymaker. They would drop that format in October 2003 for sports/talk programing from Fox Sports, ESPN Radio and The Jim Rome Show. WODT was the flagship station of the New Orleans Hornets radio network from 2003-2006. Hornets radio color analyst Gerry Vaillancourt hosted a popular afternoon sports talk call-in show from May 2004 - December 2006. The sports format ran for almost five years. The station's final legal ID (voiced by program director Bruce Alan) was an homage both to the station's small, but loyal following, and to the Jim Rome Show; it contained a frequent Rome Show sign-off clip ("I think what I'm supposed to say is, 'Thank you. I'm out.'") On June 25, 2008, WODT switched to its current format -- complimenting the similar format of sister station WYLD-AM. [ [http://www.radio-info.com/news/index.php?date=2008-06-25 Radio-Info.com News for June 25, 2008] ] Currently, there is no air staff.

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External links

*amq|WODT
*aml|WODT