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300 NEW ORLEANS TRICENTENNIAL 171 8 ~ 201 8 COURTESY PAULA BURCH-CELENTANO COURTESY AL KENNEDY The community radio station was the idea of brothers Jerry and Walter Brock. While the two secured the 90.7 frequency in 1976, it would take four years of work before the station would go on the air. The station’s call letters refer to the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and a line in the movie: “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain,” a nod to the fact the station would focus on the music, not the personalities. But through the years, the station had its share of memorable DJs including Brown Sugar, Black Mold and musicians Ernie K-Doe and Bob French. Early programming was broadcast from an apartment upstairs of Tipitina’s nightclub at the corner of Napoleon and Tchoupitoulas streets. The station’s DJs would often drop a microphone through a hole in the ﬂoor and broadcast whoever was playing. However, most of the station’s programming, was, and continues to be, from the collections of the station’s volunteer DJs. In 1985, WWOZ moved to a building in Louis Armstrong Park, where it stayed until Hur- ricane Katrina. The station has operated out of the French Market since December 2005. The station has an open-door policy, which brings a steady stream of musicians to talk and play at the station — including a young Trombone Shorty who once knocked on the station’s door asking to plug a gig. Other regulars have included Snooks Eaglin, Dr. John and Earl King. WWOZ was created to showcase New Orleans’ unique musical heritage and soon became a part of that legacy itself. On Dec. 4, 1980, WWOZ received its federal permit to go on the air. From Bienville to Bourbon Street to bounce. 300 moments that make New Orleans unique. WHAT HAPPENED DJ Black Mold has been spin- ning ‘Music of Mass Destrac- tion,’ on OZ since 1989. Volunteers cram the OZ studios in Congo Square for a 1998 pledge drive. Dr. John visits the ‘Treehouse”’studios of WWOZ during the station’s 1999 spring pledge drive. In the 1980s Ernie K- Doe, shown here with DJ Billy Delle, had his own show on OZ where he was known for phrases including ‘Burn K-Doe Burn.’ WWOZ DJ ‘Ready Teddy’ McQuiston does a hand stand while in the booth in 1993.

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Page 1: From 300 moments that make New Orleans unique. 300€¦ · WWOZ was created to showcase New Orleans’ unique musical heritage and soon became a part of that legacy itself. On Dec

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The community radio station was the idea of brothers Jerry and Walter Brock. While the two secured the 90.7 frequency in 1976, it would take four years of work before the station would go on the air.

The station’s call letters refer to the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and a line in the movie: “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain,” a nod to the fact the station would focus on the mu-sic, not the personalities. But through the years, the station had its share of memorable DJs including Brown Sugar, Black Mold and musicians Ernie K-Doe and Bob French.

Early programming was broad-cast from an apartment upstairs of Tipitina’s nightclub at the corner of Napoleon and Tchoupitoulas streets. The station’s DJs would often drop a microphone through a hole in the floor and broadcast whoever was playing. However, most of the station’s programming, was, and continues to be, from the collections of the station’s volunteer DJs.

In 1985, WWOZ moved to a building in Louis Armstrong Park, where it stayed until Hur-ricane Katrina. The station has operated out of the French Market since December 2005.

The station has an open-door policy, which brings a steady stream of musicians to talk and play at the station — including a young Trombone Shorty who once knocked on the station’s door asking to plug a gig. Other regulars have included Snooks Eaglin, Dr. John and Earl King.

WWOZ was created to showcase New Orleans’ unique musical heritage and soon became a part of that legacy itself.

On Dec. 4, 1980, WWOZ received its federal permit to go on the air.

From Bienville to Bourbon Street to bounce. 300 moments that make New Orleans unique. WHAT

HAPPENED

DJ Black Mold has been spin-ning ‘Music of Mass Destrac-tion,’ on OZ since 1989.

Volunteers cram the OZ studios in Congo Square for a 1998 pledge drive.

Dr. John visits the ‘Treehouse”’studios of WWOZ during the station’s 1999 spring pledge drive.

In the 1980s Ernie K-Doe, shown here with DJ Billy Delle, had his own show on OZ where he was known for phrases includ-ing ‘Burn K-Doe Burn.’

WWOZ DJ ‘Ready Teddy’ McQuiston does a hand stand while in the booth in 1993.

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