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.

WKBU

New Orleans, Louisiana
Broadcast area	New Orleans metropolitan area
Frequency	95.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	Bayou 95.7
Programming
Language	English
Format	Classic rock
Affiliations	United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner	Audacy, Inc. (Audacy License, LLC)
Sister stations	WEZB WLMG WWL WWL-FM WWWL
History
First air date	February 1953 (1953-02)
Former call signs	WWMT (1953–71) WBYU (1971–87) WQXY (1987–90) WMXZ (1990–93) WTKL (1993–2005)
Call sign meaning	Kenner (city of license for 105.3 FM); "Bayou"
Technical information[1]
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 / 29.920; -90.025
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via Audacy)
Website	www.audacy.com/bayou957

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.^[2]

History

WTKL was at one time beautiful music WBYU (called Bayou 96) before going through a succession of ill-fated formats from country as WQXY (Y-96) from 1987 to 1990 and adult contemporary as WMXZ (Mix 95.7) from 1990 to 1993.

1993-2005: Oldies

In 1993, the station finally found suceess with an oldies format known as Kool 95.7 FM.

2005-present: Classic rock

Former logo

Due to flood damage to its transmitter in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, WKBU and WTKL switched frequencies in early-October 2005.^[3] At this time, the station became WKBU "Bayou 95-7" with a classic rock format.