WODT

WODT is a sports outlet based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The iHeartMedia, Inc. station broadcasts at 1280 kHz with 5,000 watts full-time. It is affiliated with the Fox Sports Radio network. Its transmitter is located in New Orleans' Algiers district, and its studios are located downtown.

History

AM 1280 first signed on in 1923 as WCBE, owned by Joseph Uhalt and based in his New Orleans backyard. In 1928, he moved the station to the DeSoto Hotel (now the Le Pavillon Hotel) in downtown New Orleans and changed the calls to WDSU. For many years, it was a Middle-of-the-road formatted station. In 1948, it spawned Louisiana's first television station, WDSU-TV. A year later, it added an FM station, now WQUE. The radio stations were sold in 1972, and the AM became WGSO with an adult contemporary format. On December 21, 1985 the station switched to R&B Oldies as WMKJ, "Majic 1280". On July 22, 1987 it switched to a Top 40/CHR format as "Stereo 13Q" under the WQUE-AM call sign. Soon thereafter, it became a simulcast of WQUE-FM after the station evolved to a CHUrban format.