Celebrating 75 years: WDSU’s championship ties to the Big Easy’s famous sports
As WDSU celebrates 75 years of service to our community, we want to highlight the people who represent our city and give us so many reasons to cheer. In the attached video report, sporting director Fletcher McKell takes you for a walk. A trip down memory lane showcasing WDSU’s championship and ties to big-time sports. WDSU first signed on for his December 18, 1948 broadcast. It was the first television station to sign up in the state of Louisiana and the first in the city of New Orleans. He is the first on the Gulf Coast, the first in the Deep South, and the 49th in the nation. The “D” in his name stands for his DeSoto, and his home was the DeSoto Hotel (now Le He Pavillon Hotel) on Rue Baronne. WDSU Radio. The “S” refers to the now-defunct New Orleans newspaper (which maintained a news-sharing agreement with WDSU), and the “U” refers to Joseph, who founded WDSU Radio in 1923 as WCBE. It represented Woohart. WDSU-TV originally operated. Part of the studio facility located in the Hibernia Bank Building, the tallest building in New Orleans at the time. WDSU moved to the historic Bourla Tour Mansion on Royal Street in the French Quarter in April 1950, and in 1996 to its current location at 846 Howard Avenue in the CBD. WDSU-TV has been New Orleans’ ratings leader for more than a quarter of a century, and here’s why: We focus on reporting local events and news. It launched the first live broadcasts of the Sugar Bowl and Mardi Gras, and was the first regional station to provide extensive coverage of the local Hurricanes. The station was also the first television station in the market to provide statewide election coverage and the first to utilize mobile reporting units. WDSU-TV was also the first television station to begin broadcasting internationally, relaying Today’s broadcast from Bimini. In the United States in 1955, he obtained special permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) given to NBC to use his 300,000 watt transmitter built by WDSU-TV engineers.
In honor of 75 years of community service, WDSU would like to highlight the people who represent our city and give us so many reasons to cheer.
In the accompanying video report, Athletic Director Fletcher McKell takes a trip down memory lane to highlight WDSU’s championship and big-time sports connections.
WDSU first signed on to broadcast on December 18, 1948. It was the first television station to sign on in Louisiana, the first in the city of New Orleans, the first on the Gulf Coast, and the first in the Deep South. and 49th in the nation.
The “D” in the name stands for DeSoto, and the DeSoto Hotel (now Le Pavillon Hotel) on Baronne Street was the home of WDSU radio. “S” no longer exists new orleans newspaper (which maintained a news-sharing agreement with WDSU), and the “U” stood for Joseph Uhardt, who founded WDSU Radio as WCBE in 1923. WDSU-TV originally operated from a studio facility located in the Hibernia Bank Building, the tallest building on the network. in New Orleans at the time. WDSU moved to the historic Bourla Tour Mansion on Royal Street in the French Quarter in April 1950, and in 1996 moved to its current location at 846 Howard Avenue in the CBD.
WDSU-TV has been the ratings leader in New Orleans for more than a quarter of a century, largely due to its focus on reporting local events and news. It launched the first live broadcasts of the Sugar Bowl and Mardi Gras, and was the first regional station to provide extensive coverage of the local Hurricanes. The station was also the first television station in the market to provide statewide election coverage and the first to utilize mobile reporting units.
WDSU-TV also began broadcasting internationally for the first time; today With special permission granted to NBC by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1955, it was broadcast from Bimini to the United States using a 300,000-watt transmitter built by WDSU-TV engineers.