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History Early history. The station first signed on the air on September 7, 1957. Coincidentally, it was the fourth television station (and the third commercial station) to sign on in the New Orleans media market, behind WDSU-TV (channel 6), WJMR-TV (channel 61, now WVUE-DT on channel 8) and non-commercial WYES-TV (channel 8, now on channel 12)—all signing on in under a timeframe of nine years.
Accuracy of hurricane forecasts. Nash Charles Roberts Jr. (April 13, 1918 – December 18, 2010) was a New Orleans, Louisiana -based meteorologist widely known for the accuracy of his hurricane forecasts. He began his career in weather as an officer of the United States Navy during World War II. He worked for Admiral Chester Nimitz in the Pacific.
Bernard moved to WWL-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1997. He was the meteorologist for the morning news programs at the station for eight years. For his coverage of Hurricane Ivan in 2004, Bernard earned critical praise from Dave Walker, TV columnist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Walker wrote: “Nuts-and-bolts when he needed to be ...
A graduate of Louisiana State University and a certificate holder from the meteorology program at Mississippi State University, Orr had a fascination with weather ever since Hurricane Betsy hit New Orleans in 1965. She started her weather forecasting career in Charleston, South Carolina but returned home to New Orleans in July 1979, when she ...
WWL (870 kHz) is an AM radio station in New Orleans, Louisiana, owned by Audacy, Inc. The station has a news/talk format with sports talk at night. Its studios are at the 400 Poydras Tower in the New Orleans Central Business District. WWL is a clear channel station, operating with 50,000 watts around the clock from a transmitter site in Estelle ...
WVUE-DT (channel 8) is a television station in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. Owned by Gray Television, the station maintains primary studios on Norman C. Francis Parkway in the city's Gert Town section, with a secondary studio within the Benson Tower in downtown New Orleans; its transmitter is located on Magistrate Street in Chalmette, Louisiana.
WDSU. / 29.95000°N 89.95778°W / 29.95000; -89.95778. WDSU (channel 6) is a television station in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Hearst Television. The station's studios are located on Howard Avenue in the city's Central Business District, and its transmitter is located on East Josephine Street ...
Nancy Halstead Rhett. . . ( m. 1994) . [4] Charles Garland Robinette (born August 21, 1943 in Boutte, Louisiana) is a journalist in the New Orleans area. He was recently the host of "The Think Tank" on New Orleans radio station WWL (AM) . Robinette was a news anchor and investigative reporter on New Orleans TV station WWL-TV Channel 4 for ...