WWL-FM

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WWL-FM 105.3 is a commercial radio station licensed to Kenner, Louisiana, serving the New Orleans metro. It simulcasts WWL 870 AM and is owned by Audacy, Inc. The studios are in the 400 Poydras Tower in downtown New Orleans, and the transmitter sits off Paris Road in Chalmette. WWL-FM broadcasts at 96,000 watts and features HD Radio with an HD2 channel carrying Infinity Sports Network and a sports-food-lifestyle mix.

Programming
Weekdays start with local news and talk in the mornings, then shift to sports talk and live play-by-play after 4 pm. Local hosts handle 5 am–8 pm weekdays. Syndicated shows include Infinity Sports Network at 8 pm, Dave Ramsey at 1 am, and This Morning, America’s First News at 4 am. Weekends focus on money, law, gardening, home improvement and outdoors, followed by sports.

Affiliations and sports
WWL-FM is a CBS News Radio affiliate and carries Infinity Sports Network. It is a major sports station for New Orleans, serving as the flagship for the New Orleans Saints since 1995 and the New Orleans Pelicans (rejoining in 2024). It also carries LSU Tigers football (simulcast with LSU) and shares flagship duties with WDGL in Baton Rouge.

History
The station signed on September 8, 1970 as WVSL-FM in Slidell. It has used several call signs over the years and changed its city of license to Kenner. The transmitter was damaged by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, and the station returned as a low-power WWL simulcast. In late 2005, it briefly became WTKL with a Kool 105.3 format before returning to the WWL simulcast and adopting the WWL-FM call letters.