BATON ROUGE — Powered by three 100,000-watt stations and another six 50,000-watt stations, the LSU Sports Network will carry LSU’s national champion football team into 37 states across the nation in 2004.
Headlining the list of radio affiliates for the LSU Sports Network includes 50,000-watt WWL-AM out of New Orleans along with 50,000-watt KWKH-AM in Shreveport. According to Jim Hawthorne, LSU’s assistant athletic director for radio and Voice of the Tigers, WWL and KWKH can be heard in 37 states as well as generating a clear signal into Mexico and Central America at night.
Other 100,000-watt affiliates on the network are WDGL-FM in Baton Rouge, KNOE-FM in Monroe, and KCIL-FM in Houma.
In all, 47 affiliates from four states – Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas – will be a part of the LSU Sports Network this year. Of the 47 affiliates, 40 are in Louisiana, five in Mississippi and one each in Arkansas and Texas.
“I would find it hard to believe that there is a more powerful radio network for college athletics in the country,” said Hawthorne, who oversees the LSU Sports Network said. “Our No. 1 priority as a network is making sure that wherever you are in the state of Louisiana, day or night, you should be able to catch the Tigers. With this lineup of affiliates, we’ve done that.
“This is a very exciting time to be a part of LSU athletics and we’re proud to have put together a network that reaches all the way into the northeastern part of the United States to the southwestern part of the country.”
Hawthorne added that thanks to LSUsports.net and the Internet, LSU football can be heard internationally as well.
“The impact that LSUsports.net has had on a network has been tremendous,” Hawthorne said. “We’ve had people email from all of the World telling us that they’re listening to our broadcast of LSU sporting events.”
The LSU Sports Network kicks of its 2004-05 programming with the airing of Tiger Sportsline with Nick Saban on Wednesday, Sept. 1 from 7 to 8 p.m. at Superior Grill in Baton Rouge.
2004 NETWORK AFFILIATES
LOUISIANA
CITY CALL LETTERS POWER FREQUENCY
ABBEVILLE KPEL-FM 25,000 105.1 Mhz
ALEXANDRIA KFAD-FM 6,000 93.9 Khz
ALEXANDRIA KSYL-AM 1,000 970 Khz
AMITE WTGG-FM 6,000 96.5 Mhz
BASTROP KJMG-FM 8,000 97.3 Mhz
BATON ROUGE WDGL-FM 100,000 98.1 Mhz
BOGALUSA WBOX-AM 1,000 920 Mhz
BOGALUSA WBOX-FM 3,000 92.9 Mhz
BUNKIE KEZP-FM 18,000 104.3 Mhz
EUNICE KEUN-AM 1,000 1490 Khz
FERRIDAY KFNV-FM 18,500 107.1 Mhz
HAMMOND WFPR-AM 1,000 1400 Khz
HOMER KYLA-FM 50,000 106.7 Mhz
HOUMA KCIL-FM 100,000 107.5 Mhz
JENA KJNA-FM 6,000 102.7 Mhz
JENNINGS KJEF-AM 5,000 1290 Khz
JONESVILLE KTGV-FM 6,000 105.1 Mhz
LAKE CHARLES KLCL-AM 5,000 1470 Khz
LEESVILLE KJAE-FM 3,000 93.5 Mhz
LEESVILLE KLLA-AM 1,000 1570 Khz
MANY KWLV-FM 25,000 107.1 Mhz
MARKSVILLE KAPB-FM 3,000 97.7 Mhz
MINDEN KASO-AM 5,000 1240 Khz
MONROE KNOE-FM 100,000 101.1 Mhz
MOREAUVILLE KLIL-FM 3,000 92.1 Mhz
MORGAN CITY KFXY-AM 1,000 1490 Khz
MORGAN CITY KBZZ-FM 25,000 96.7 Mhz
NATCHITOCHES KZBL-FM 50,000 100.7 Mhz
NEW IBERIA KANE-AM 1,000 1240 Khz
NEW ORLEANS WWL-AM 50,000 870 Khz
OAK GROVE KWCL-FM 23,000 96.7 Mhz
OPELOUSAS KSLO-AM 1,000 1230 Khz
RUSTON KPCH-FM 50,000 97.7 Mhz
SHREVEPORT KWKH-AM 50,000 1130 Khz
SLIDELL WSLA-AM 1,000 1560 Khz
SULPHUR KKGB-FM 25,000 101.3 Mhz
THIBODAUX KTIB-AM 5,000 640 Khz
VILLE PLATTE KVPI-FM 3,000 92.5 Mhz
VILLE PLATTE KVPI-AM 500 1050 Khz
WINNSBORO KMAR-FM 3,000 95.9 Mhz
ARKANSAS
CROSSETT KWLT-FM 25,000 102.7 Mhz
MISSISSIPPI
HATTIESBURG WBKH-AM 5,000 950 Khz
JACKSON WSFZ-AM 5,000 930 Khz
McCOMB WHNY-AM 5,000 1250 Khz
MONTICELLO WRQO-FM 50,000 102.1 Mhz
PICAYUNE WKSY-FM 50,000 106.1 Mhz
TEXAS
HEMPHILL KTHP-FM 6,000 103.9 Mhz