KYRK-FM

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KYRK
City of license	Houma, Louisiana
Broadcast area	New Orleans metropolitan area
Branding	"The New 104.1"
Slogan	The Rock of New Orleans
First air date	1968
Frequency	104.1 (MHz)
Format	Active rock
ERP	100,000 watts
Callsign meaning	Your RocK station
Owner	Clear Channel Communications
Website	The New 104.1's website

KYRK (The New 104.1) is an Active rock outlet serving the New Orleans area. The Clear Channel Communications station is licensed to Houma, Louisiana and broadcasts at 104.1 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW.

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When it originally signed on the air in 1968 it only targeted the Houma area. But in 1989 it moved its transmitter closer to the New Orleans area as KHOM-FM, an Oldies outlet. But that all changed in 1994 when it filled the vacant Top 40 slot in 1994 as "Mix 104.1". The move paid off ratings wise until 2000 when WEZB-FM returned. By 2001 it flipped to Classic Rock as "The Fox" but it was a dismal failure.

By 2002 it returned to Top 40 as the adult-leaning "104.1 KISS-FM". But by November 2003 it shifted to Rhythmic Top 40. But the writing was already on the wall. In July 2005 it flipped to a Gospel format as "Hallelujah 104.1."

After 13 months in the format, Clear Channel decided to replace it with Active Rock on November 13, 2006, and in the process inherited "The Rock of New Orleans" slogan from sister station WRNO-FM, who on the same day dropped Classic Rock for All-Talk.

By FCC law, since the station is west of the Mississippi, any new set of calls will have to begin with a "K", which means, unless Clear Channel can get a waiver from the FCC, the WRNO calls will probably not move to the 104.1 frequency, plus the KRNO calls are already taken (In Reno, Nevada), which means that any chance of getting those calls would require legal and financial paperwork. On November 20, 2006 Clear Channel decided to keep the WRNO calls at 99.5 and replace the KHEV calls with the new calls KYRK.

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FM Radio Stations in the New Orleans, Louisiana Market (Arbitron #57)

By Frequency:
87.7¹ | 88.3 | 89.1 | 89.9 | 90.7 | 91.5 | 92.3 | 93.3 | 94.3 | 94.9 | 95.7 | 97.1 | 98.5 | 99.5 | 100.3 | 101.1 | 101.9 | 102.9 | 104.1 | 104.5 | 105.3 | 106.1 | 106.7 | 107.5

Stations broadcasting from outside the area:
94.7 | 98.1 | 98.9 | 100.7 | 101.5 | 102.5

¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (NBC)

See also: New Orleans (FM) (AM)

Louisiana Radio Markets New Orleans (AM) (FM) · Baton Rouge (AM) (FM) · Alexandria · Houma · Lafayette · Lake Charles · Lake Ponchartrain · Monroe · Shreveport

See also: List of radio stations in Louisiana and List of United States radio markets

See also: List of United States radio markets