WWL (AM)
WWL (870 kHz) is a U.S. AM radio station in New Orleans, Louisiana, owned by Audacy, Inc. The station has a talk radio format with sports talk at night. Studios are at the 400 Poydras Tower in the New Orleans Central Business District.
| Broadcast area | New Orleans metropolitan area, Southeastern Louisiana |
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| Frequency | 870 kHz |
| Branding | The Big 870 |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Talk radio; sports radio |
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| History | |
First air date | March 31, 1922 |
Call sign meaning | None (randomly assigned) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 34377 |
| Class | A (Clear channel) |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
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| Repeater(s) | 105.3 WWL-FM (Kenner) |
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| Webcast | Listen live (via Audacy) |
| Website | www |
WWL is a clear channel station, operating with 50,000 watts around the clock from a transmitter site in Estelle, Louisiana. The daytime signal provides at least secondary coverage to large parts of the Gulf Coast, with city-grade coverage reaching as far east as Pensacola, Florida, and as far west as Lafayette, Louisiana. At night it can be heard across much of the central and southern United States, and, with a good radio, as far north as Minneapolis.
Since April 2006, WWL has been simulcast on WWL-FM 105.3 MHz, and is also carried on that station's HD1 signal.
WWL is the Louisiana Primary Entry Point for the Emergency Alert System (EAS), and with sister station WLMG is responsible for activations of the Southeast Louisiana EAS plan.