WRNO-FM

WRNO-FM

City	New Orleans, Louisiana
Broadcast area	New Orleans metropolitan area
Branding	News Talk 99.5 WRNO
Slogan	The News and Talk of New Orleans
Frequency	99.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s)	96.3 K242CE (Meraux, relays HD2)
First air date	October 17, 1967
Format	News/Talk HD2: Active Rock "Rock 96.3"
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	306 meters
Class	C0
Facility ID	54890
Callsign meaning	Westbank Radio New Orleans
Affiliations	Fox News Radio Premiere Radio Networks
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	KVDU, WNOE-FM, WODT, WQUE, WYLD, WYLD-FM
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live (HD2)
Website	wrno.com rock963.com (HD2)

WRNO-FM (99.5 FM) is a news/talk formatted radio station servicing New Orleans, Louisiana. The iHeartMedia, Inc. station broadcasts at 99.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 100 kilowatts. Its transmitter is located in Chalmette, Louisiana, and its studios are located in downtown New Orleans.

History

Although its previous slogan was "We're the Rock of New Orleans," the station's call letters stand for "Westbank Radio New Orleans." The station operated a popular business selling rock t-shirts, records and other music related items called the WRNO "Rock Shop" on the ground level of the studio. Since its inception in 1967, WRNO endured many incarnations with different rock music formats, finally adopting the Classic rock format in 1997. WRNO was also home to a popular shortwave radio service in the 1980s and 1990s called WRNO Worldwide, now owned by a Christian broadcaster.

On November 13, 2006, at 4:00 AM (CST), after signing off with The Doors' "The End," WRNO flipped to an interactive Talk radio format as "The New 99.5FM.com." As explained in the official mission statement posted at its website, "The station is committed to providing listeners with everything they need to know on the radio at 99.5 FM and on demand at thenew995fm.com." On the same day Sister station KHEV would pick up "the Rock of New Orleans" slogan and use it as their new slogan for their flip from gospel to Active Rock.

On April 1, 2008, the station switched to "Rush Radio," all day repeats of The Rush Limbaugh Show and a tape loop of Rush's theme song, the instrumental from My City Was Gone by The Pretenders, during times when the show was not playing. The stunt was to celebrate the acquisition of the show from longtime affiliate WWL. The station resumed its regular schedule on April 7 and now only plays Limbaugh live except for one Saturday replay.

The Limbaugh program had previously aired on WRNO Worldwide, which Limbaugh called "The EIB World Service" on the air (in joking reference to the BBC World Service). The stations are no longer co-owned.

Notable programming includes Jim Bohannon's America in the Morning, New Orleans Morning News with Gerry V, Glenn Beck Program, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Sean Hannity Show, Michael Berry, Mark Levin, and George Noory.

Notable station alumni include Bill Burkett, E.Alvin Davis, Joe Clark, Bobby Reno (now on WTIX FM owned by Michael Costello, Joe's brother), Captain Humble, Doug Christian, and Russ Boney.

WRNO alumni also include former PD Michael Costello "Michael In The Morning"/"M&M" (brother of late WRNO founder/owner Joseph Mark Costello III); Jim White; DJ-turned-actor John Larroquette ; Soxless Scott Seagraves; Jeff "JD The DJ" Douglas, famous for his "Rock 'n' Roll Flight To Midnight"; Tom Owens; Jimbo Roberts :Johnny Tyler; "Weerd" Wayne Watkins (Now a Program Manager at L&L Broadcasting in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS); Mary London; Lyn Taylor (Now a Program Manager at CBS Radio Detroit); and writer-producer Vance DeGeneres. (Douglas and Costello are currently jocks at WTIX-FM, which Costello is owner.) Steve Suter (Now on Magic 101.9) did the Morning show with sidekick Kevin Carlile. They became the "Morning Dudes" are were hired away to Baton Rouge after 2 years.'

In September 2014 WRNO rebranded as "News Talk 99.5 WRNO".

Former engineers

Kevin Duplantis - Of WWL and WEZB fame. Now with WJXB-FM & WIMZ-FM in Knoxville, Tennessee
Joe Pollet - Still with Entercom New Orleans
Tom Courtney (radio) - Clear Channel.

External links

WRNO official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WRNO

Radio-Locator information on WRNO

Radio stations in the New Orleans, Louisiana market

By AM frequency	600 690 750 800 830 870 940 990 1010 1060 1230 1280 1320 1350 1540 1560

Shortwave radio stations	7.505

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.1 89.9 90.7 91.1 91.5 92.3 93.3 94.3 94.7 94.9 95.1 95.3 95.7 96.3 97.1 98.5 98.9 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.9 104.1 104.5 105.3 106.1 106.7 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475 162.550

Digital Radio	89.1-1 89.9-1 89.9-2 89.9-3 90.7-1 90.7-2 93.3-1 93.3-2 95.7-1 95.7-2 97.1-1 97.1-2 98.5-1 98.5-2 99.5-1 99.5-2 101.1-1 101.1-2 101.9-1 101.9-2 104.1-1 104.1-2 105.3-1 105.3-2

By callsign	K242CE KGLA KHB43 KKND KKNO KLRZ KMEZ KNOL KVDU KWMZ-FM WBOK WBSN-FM WCKW WEZB WFNO WGSO WGUO WHIV-LP WKBU WLMG WLNO WNKV WNOE-FM WNOZ-LP WODT WOTB WQNO WQUE-FM WRBH WRJW WRKN WRNO WRNO-FM WSHO WSLA WTIX-FM WTUL WVDL-LP WVOG WWL WWL-FM WWNO WWOZ WWWL WXDR-LP WXL41 WYLD WYLD-FM WYLK WZRH

Internet radio stations	Crescent City Radio

Defunct	WASO WBYU WLDC

Nearby radio markets Baton Rouge Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS Houma Lake Ponchartrain See also List of radio stations in Louisiana

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Louisiana

Stations	KAOK – Lake Charles KEEL – Shreveport KMLB- Monroe KPEL-FM – Breaux Bridge/Lafayette KTIB – Thibodaux–KWLA-Anacoco/Leesville WJBO – Baton Rouge WQNO – New Orleans WRNO-FM – New Orleans WWL – New Orleans WWL-FM – Kenner/New Orleans

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Louisiana

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

Coordinates: 29°58′59″N 89°57′11″W / 29.983°N 89.953°W / 29.983; -89.953

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