WYLD (AM)

WYLD

Broadcast area	New Orleans
Branding	"AMen 940"
Slogan	We're WYLD for Jesus
Frequency	940 kHz
First air date	1960s
Format	Urban Gospel
Power	10,000 watts (day) 500 watts (night)
Class	B
Facility ID	60707
Callsign meaning	play on the word WILD
Former callsigns	WTPS (1950s-1960s)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	KVDU, WNOE-FM, WODT, WQUE-FM, WRNO-FM, WYLD-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	am940.com

WYLD is a traditional Urban Gospel outlet based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The iHeartMedia, Inc. stations broadcasts at 940 kHz with 10 kW-Daytime/500 W-Nighttime power. Its transmitter is located in New Orleans' Algiers district, and its studios are located downtown.

History

In the 1950s 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

Query the FCC's AM station database for WYLD

Radio-Locator Information on WYLD

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WYLD

Urban and Urban AC Radio Stations in the U.S. state of Louisiana

Stations	Hip-Hop KBTT-FM - Haughton/Shreveport KBCE-FM - Boyce/Alexandria KCJM-LP - Alexandria KJMH-FM - Lake Arthur/Lake Charles KKST-FM - Oakdale/Alexandria KMJJ-FM - Shreveport KRRQ-FM - Lafayette KRVV-FM - Bastrop/Monroe KZJM-LP - Lafayette WQUE-FM - New Orleans Urban AC KAYT-FM - Jena/Alexandria KBZE - Berwick KCLF - New Roads KDKS-FM - Blanchard/Shreveport KFXZ-FM - Opelousas KGRM - Grambling KJMG - Bastrop/Monroe KMVX - Monroe KMXH - Alexandria KNEK-AM - Washington KNOC-AM - Natchitoches KQXL-FM - New Roads KVMA-FM - Shreveport KZWA - Moss Bluff WYLD-FM - New Orleans Oldies KBRH - Baton Rouge KOUS-LP - Monroe KTJZ - Tallulah/Vicksburg Gospel WYLD (AM) - New Orleans WTQT-LP - Baton Rouge

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

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

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°53′57″N 90°00′17″W / 29.89917°N 90.00472°W / 29.89917; -90.00472

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