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re: WWL 87AM Radio Listeners
Posted on 8/26/25 at 11:41 am to Snipe
Posted on 8/26/25 at 11:41 am to Snipe
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You always hear about the WWL 50,000 watt flame thrower station and people up in BFE Minnesota picking up the WWL Saints programs, and I have never been able to listen to the damn station just 70 miles up the road in Baton Rouge
I used to listen to LSU games on WWL on Saturday nights when I was a kid growing up in Kentucky. AM radio signals "skip" a bit at night as the ionosphere rises higher, so the signal carries a pretty significant distance. Two other AM stations that enjoy this wide broadcast area at night are WSB in Atlanta and KMOX in St Louis.
As for whether WWL is worth listening to anymore, I have no idea. I know that WSB in Atlanta (which was very similar to WWL in many ways regarding programming) has gone to hell since Neal Boortz retired and Rush Limbaugh left this world to broadcast from the next. If WWL has followed suit in any fashion like WSB, then I would imagine it's good only for traffic and weather these days - along with catching an LSU game at night if you can't watch it on the TV or you don't have Sirius/XM radio to listen to the game in the car.
It's a shame that these former AM giants have dwindled away and become little more than midgets with megaphones.
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 11:44 am to BTRDD
It definitely took a left turn when soros outfit bought it. Scoot, though mainly moderate took a left turn as well, undoubtedly because he was told to. Tommy is not awful but not good. That Ian character is full blown hyphenated beta male. Pathetic. Mike hoss doesn’t have a radio drop of blood in his voice. Saints play by play is awful. You would think someone like kenny trahan would be the voice of the saints I guess Hoss is a friend of Gayle and that’s a problem. Gayle has the saints wearing those feminine black on black jerseys. So ghey !!!!!
Posted on 8/26/25 at 11:49 am to Picayuner
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You would think someone like kenny trahan would be the voice of the saints I
Then y’all would clown him for being a high school guy
Posted on 8/26/25 at 11:52 am to BTRDD
I listen every now and then to the top of the hour news, where they just touch on headlines, weather and traffic. I also listen to Newell every now and then and I don’t hate Mike Detillier when he’s on. Everybody else on there is insufferable, and their guests are as well. I had Tommy Tucker on at the beginning of the tariff stuff and he had 2 guests on blasting them and saying there was no way they could work. When they finished, Tucker said that they try to keep things even and had called around looking all over for “experts” who were pro tariff and they couldn’t find a single person who thought that they could work. That was the most disingenuous comment I ever heard and haven’t listened to a word he has said since. And Scoot is an absolute prick who I wouldn’t piss on if he was on fire.
This post was edited on 8/26/25 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 8/26/25 at 11:52 am to BTRDD
I'm trying to understand what NOLA.COM did to their weather section today. That was the only reason to still visit that place. Maybe needs it's own thread. Why does the weather forecast need to be gay now too?
This post was edited on 8/26/25 at 11:54 am
Posted on 8/26/25 at 12:02 pm to Bard
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I have to wonder if this is part of the larger trend of regional population shifting out of New Orleans while Baton Rouge continues to grow.
Is BR not losing people to Ascension and Livingston?
Posted on 8/26/25 at 12:08 pm to Harvey Vortac
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WWL started going downhill when David Tyree died
This is the truth.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 12:43 pm to SaintTigerPel
Scoot da froot
Posted on 8/26/25 at 12:46 pm to BTRDD
frick WWL and their liberal agenda. WRNO and this is what I turn on:
Walton And Johnson
5:00 AM - 10:00 AM
The Glenn Beck Program
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
The Sean Hannity Show
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Walton And Johnson
5:00 AM - 10:00 AM
The Glenn Beck Program
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
The Sean Hannity Show
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Posted on 8/26/25 at 12:47 pm to BTRDD
I only listen to WWL for Saints pre and post game coverage. That’s even decreased significantly over the years too
Posted on 8/26/25 at 1:09 pm to VOR
quote:Examples?
The definition of “woke”is now absurdly broad for some of you guys.
What was mainstream a few years ago is now being called “woke”.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 1:17 pm to Jake88
Back in the day, I'd leave Legends after a LSU night game broadcast and head home to mid-Maryland. I'd pick up WWL and Deke once I cleared the Newark Airport area and heading west on I-78. Would get a clear signal all the way home to Frederick County.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 2:17 pm to BTRDD
Been that way long before these two.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 2:42 pm to Bard
Other than Buddy D in the past, WWL was never known for great sports radio.
On terms of on air talent, David Tyree was about it for years in the late afternoon after Rush. Garland Robinette wasn't bad....Newell Norman is really good in dealing with local issues
On terms of on air talent, David Tyree was about it for years in the late afternoon after Rush. Garland Robinette wasn't bad....Newell Norman is really good in dealing with local issues
Posted on 8/26/25 at 3:06 pm to BTRDD
Posted on 8/26/25 at 3:06 pm to KiwiHead
quote:
Other than Buddy D in the past, WWL was never known for great sports radio.
On terms of on air talent, David Tyree was about it for years in the late afternoon after Rush. Garland Robinette wasn't bad....Newell Norman is really good in dealing with local issues
Hap Glaudi, when sober, was pretty good. I agree with Newell Norman. He is the only day time host worth listening to.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 3:22 pm to BTRDD
Anybody who wants to listen to good conservative talk radio tune in to WABC radio, 880AM on your radio dial.
-- Dominic from Bensonhurst
-- Dominic from Bensonhurst
Posted on 8/26/25 at 3:32 pm to Snipe
quote:I get WWL on my car radio and on my clock radio next to my bed and I live in Baton Rouge.
I have never been able to listen to the damn station just 70 miles up the road in Baton Rouge without so much static
Do you live near a high voltage electrical power line?
Posted on 8/26/25 at 3:38 pm to t00f
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Walton And Johnson
5:00 AM - 10:00 AM
This and the Michael Berry Show at 5 to 7 PM are the only 2 WRNO shows that are good.
Clay Travis and Buck Sexton are ok in small doses most of the time
I can't stand the way Hannity constantly interrupts whoever his guest is. Did you know he does karate?
Tommy Tucker and Scoot are both god awful. I'll only turn on Newell nowadays if there's some big local news story I want to hear about. Otherwise its just music in the truck any other time.
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