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United Radio Broadcasters of New Orleans

{{Short description|Consortium of radio stations in Greater New Orleans, Louisiana}}

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United Radio Broadcasters of New Orleans was a consortium of radio stations in Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, formed in response to the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. It began on September 1, 2005. Led by WWL-AM, the stations shared equipment, space, and personnel, and simulcast public affairs and public service programming—including efforts to reunite families.

The arrangement was unique in that it involved the cooperation of two large, rival media companies, Clear Channel Communications and Entercom Communications. Other participants included the Louisiana Network and independent stations KLCL in Lake Charles and KJEF in Jennings. It eventually included stations broadcasting in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. It also broadcast over the Internet and on a few shortwave frequencies.

United Radio Broadcasters of New Orleans was disbanded on November 4, 2005.

Member stations

The following stations were part of the United Radio Broadcasters of New Orleans network.

References

  • {{cite press release|publisher=Clear Channel Communications, Inc. |date=September 2, 2005 |title=Radio Groups Come Together to Form United Radio Broadcasters of New Orleans |url=http://www.csrwire.com/article.cgi/4349.html |access-date=May 21, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060317013702/http://www.csrwire.com/article.cgi/4349.html |archive-date=March 17, 2006 }}
  • {{cite news | first=Sarah | last=Childress | title=Good Morning, New Orleans | date=September 21, 2005 | work=Newsweek/MSNBC | url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/104493 }}
  • {{cite news | first=Dave | last=Walker | title=A fond farewell to the United Radio Broadcasters of New Orleans | date=November 5, 2005 | work=New Orleans Times-Picayune | url=http://www.nola.com/tv/t-p/index.ssf?/base/living-0/1131173829142250.xml | archive-url=https://archive.today/20060821231523/http://www.nola.com/tv/t-p/index.ssf?/base/living-0/1131173829142250.xml | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 21, 2006 }}

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Category:Mass media in New Orleans

Category:Effects of Hurricane Katrina

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