WKBU
WKBU (95.7 FM, "Bayou 95.7") is a radio station licensed to New Orleans. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it broadcasts a classic rock format. It shares studios with its sister stations at 400 Poydras Tower in downtown New Orleans, and the transmitter site is in the city's Algiers district.
| Broadcast area | New Orleans metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 95.7 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Bayou 95.7 |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Affiliations | United Stations Radio Networks |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | February 1953 |
Former call signs | WWMT (1953–71) WBYU (1971–87) WQXY (1987–90) WMXZ (1990–93) WTKL (1993–2005) |
Call sign meaning | Former city of license was Kenner, Louisiana and a reference to Louisiana's BayoU |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 52434 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 300 meters (980 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 29.920°N 90.025°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (via Audacy) |
| Website | www |
The station broadcasts in HD Radio; its second subchannel formerly carried Metal Militia—a heavy metal-based format which changed its name in 2018 from The Metal Channel. The subchannel previously carried Live Rock.
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