3 towers day and night:
Nulls to the northeast and south; primary lobe heads northwest towards
New Orleans, secondary is southeast.
Other Information:
Owned by Clear Channel
History:
1280 was originally
WDSU, a high-class NBC radio affiliate with an adult sound. WDSU TV 6 was
brone from this AM -- as the South's first TV station in 1948. This station
also spawned WDSU FM 93.3. In the early 70's, TV and radio were sold seperately
and the AM became WGSO (Gulf SOuth radio). The format became news and talk
with some music. For a while, the station became more music oriented (with
drive-time news blocks) and WGSO came to mean "Gentle SOund". WWL finally
beat out WGSO in the late 80's, thanks in part to a superior signal. By
then, the FM had gone to a black sound, so 1280 went to the black oldies
"Heart and Soul" format as WMKJ (Magic 1280). Later it became WQUE AM as
essentially a simulcast of the FM counterpart; also the station was all-sports
briefly. In the mid-90's there was a brief attempt at news and talk as
WODT (for a New Orleans street-slang expression, "Who dat?") Still WODT,
it is now a blues station.
