WQNO
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| City | New Orleans, Louisiana |
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| Broadcast area | New Orleans metropolitan area |
| Branding | Catholic Radio For The Crescent City, North Shore, And The Gulf Coast |
| Slogan | Catholic Radio For Your Community |
| Frequency | 690 kHz |
| First air date | September 10, 1953 (as WTIX) |
| Format | Religious |
| Power | 10,000 watts Daytime 5,000 watts Nighttime |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 74090 |
| Callsign meaning | W Queen of New Orleans (referring to Our Lady of Prompt Succor, patron saint of New Orleans) |
| Former callsigns | WTIX (1953-2005) WIST (2005-2012) |
| Owner | Catholic Community Radio Inc. |
| Website | catholiccommunityradio.org |
WQNO is a station based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The station is owned by Catholic Community Radio, Inc. and broadcasts at 690 kHz with a power level of 10,000 watts daytime and 5,000 watts nighttime. The station mostly runs Roman Catholic programming from EWTN radio.
The facilities of the station, previously called WTIX, were severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005. The station had the target date to resume broadcasting on 1 December, and in November requested the new letters. A sports talk station in Florence, South Carolina later claimed the WTIX call letters, which are now used by a Concord, North Carolina station.
On November 6, 2014 WQNO was granted a Federal Communications Commission construction permit to decrease day power to 9,100 watts and decrease night power to 2,100 watts. The permit expires on November 6, 2017.
WTIX, which was originally at 1450 until 1958, was a very successful Top 40 powerhouse throughout the 1960s and 1970s owned by Todd Storz's Mid-Continent Broadcasting Company. In 1954 WTIX was the first radio station to air a Top 40 radio show. The program director who developed the format was William L. Armstrong who later served as a U. S. Senator from Colorado. Generations of New Orleanians were familiar with their signature call jingle "WTIX, We Love You," and the station was referred to as, "Fun-Lovin' WTIX, The Mighty 690!" Famed jockeys on The Mighty 690 during its heyday included The Real Robert Mitchell, Russell Glen "Buzz" Bennett, Ted Green, Deane Johnson, Marc Sommers, "Skinny" Tom Cheney, J. Andrew Michaels, Todd Bauer, Kathy Fischman, Larry Hamilton, Michael Green, Chuck Kirr, "Hot" Rod Glenn, Marty Maxwell, Terry Young, Bobby Reno, "King" Bob Walker, Marty "With the Party" Maxwell, "TK" Terry Knight, Ed Clancy and Don Anthony. (Hot Rod, Reno, Knight and Walker would later DJ for WTIX-FM.)
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