WGUO

WGUO (94.9 MHz "Gumbo 94.9"), is a commercial FM radio station, licensed to Reserve, Louisiana, and serving the New Orleans area. The station is owned by Dowdy Broadcasting and airs a Classic Country radio format. The studios and offices are on West Main Street in Houma, Louisiana.
WGUO has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts. The transmitter is off Burma Road in Raceland, Louisiana.
History.
The station signed on in August, 1991, as WADU-FM. It was owned by Virgie Hare du Treil, with studios in [[Laplace, Louisiana|Laplace]]. WADU carried an [[easy listening]] - [[adult standards]] format. It was only powered at 1,900 watts, a fraction of its current output.
It flipped to [[smooth jazz]] as WSJZ on May 24, 2000. On June 6, 2002, it changed its [[call sign]], becoming WXXM. It played [[active rock]] and carried the [[radio syndication|syndicated]] [[Opie & Anthony]] morning show briefly before switching to [[urban gospel]] as WPRF on April 21, 2003.
As WPRF, the station's slogan was "New Orleans' Inspiration Station." The Program Director was Jojo Walker, whose experience included Morning Show Producer of the K.D. Bowe Morning Show at the Sheridan Gospel Network. He also held morning and afternoon [[drive time]] jobs at 98.5 [[WYLD-FM]] in New Orleans, and positions at Mix 96 [[WBTP]] and 1380 [[WWMI|WTMP]] in [[Tampa]] and 1080 [[WUFO]] in [[Buffalo, New York]].
On October 3, 2012, WPRF changed call letters to WGUO. On November 10, 2012, WGUO changed its format to [[classic country]], branded as "Gumbo 94.9". The programming is aimed at both the [[New Orleans metropolitan area|New Orleans]] and [[Houma, Louisiana|Houma]] - [[Thibodaux]] [[media market|radio market]]s.
External links.
[[Category:Radio stations in New Orleans]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1991]]
[[Category:Classic country radio stations in the United States]]