Great oldies every hour, plus news at the top of the hour. Sgt. T-Ben Boudreaux offers a funny…read moretake on traffic. If you're online, you can also listen to them via the Radio Garden website and smartphone app.

Sometimes you need to turn on the radio & step back in time. WTIX was the station you listened to…read moreon your transitor AM radio (kids go look it up). Then they got all fancy & went FM in the mid70s. They play oldies with a distinct New Orleans flair. Plus it turns out it's now owned by one of the big 70s/80s era morning DJs. Could for him. Inspiration for this review? Fats Domino singing Jambalaya @ 8:15 this morning

On January 20, decent, loyal Americans lost control of our country to the Russians and a handful of…read morehomegrown oligarchs, but maybe we'll make it through the darkness; the good guys won Super Bowl LIX, and New Orleans' Mardi Gras went off (mostly) without a hitch. How do I know that Mardi Gras was a success? I followed the celebration on WWOZ, New Orleans' "Guardian of the Groove." Throughout the 2025 Carnival season, as I have in past years, I listened to live performances and music played from WWOZ's vast archive, and viewed video and photos from the city's parades and other celebrations. And I'm able to enjoy the New Orleans vibe year round, because, since 1980, WWOZ has hosted and presented the city's music, from classic to current, and the station streams its daily programming on its website, providing the world a handy connection to the place. And wwoz.org hosts a two-week archive of shows, calendars of musical and other community events, and its Flickr archive of photos from Jazz Fest, the Satchmo SummerFest, and more. How valuable is WWOZ? In their book, "Up From the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II", authors Jason Berry, Jonathan Foose and Tad Jones refer to the station as "...a kaleidoscope of voices, rich in oral imagery -- jazzmen, composers, Cajun fiddlers, parades, grand marshals, gospel artists and R&B bluesmen, writers, occasional filmmakers, historians, Mardi Gras Indians, fathers and sons and mothers and daughters of musical families." WWOZ, they say, provides "...intimacy between the musicians and listeners, immeasurably broadening the sense of place." If you miss New Orleans, or you've never been, and wonder what you're missing about the place, tune in WWOZ. And don't forget to make a donation; listener support keeps the bon temps rolling!

Lived in Lakeview (NOLA) yall for many years with wife and kids. WWOZ was always one of my…read morefavorite stations. Love the depth and breadth of traditional jazz, blues and "Louisiana" original music. My kids are grown and the wife and I only get to visit once or twice a year now, but nothing brings back the memories of living in New Orleans like WWOZ radio.

It's so great to almost have a alternative rock station in Nola!!! Love that they play 90's music!…read moreWish they played more actual alternative, rock and metal! Not just the soft wanna be alternative whinny bush, nickel back stuff!! Tool for example is still rocking it out making new millennial and generation z fans!! I do love love love that it's loads of music and hardly and talk and commercials!!!

As a general rule, I loathe the radio. This station, though, continues to surprise me. They…read moreactually play music. Often. In fact, the majority of the time, they seem to be playing actual music, rather than commercials (I hate hate hate radio commercials), or letting some DJ ramble on and on in a failed attempt at being funny. (I also hate most radio "personalities." They're annoying and most of what comes out of their mouth is, at best, inane, and at worst offensively stupid. But I digress.) So, yeah. A radio station that doesn't suck. Yay! I'm amazed those even still exist in this post-Pandora world. Thanks for playing music, Rock 92.3! Please keep doing what you're doing, because you're doing it right. Or, at least, better than your peers. Rock on.

I am not a fan of most organized sports. In fact, I rarely listen to this station other than on my…read moreafternoon drive home. It's during that time that Tom Fitzmorris' food show airs. The show is a perfect fit for New Orleans as it covers all topics related to food. As a amateur foodie, I enjoy hearing other opinions of restaurants. It is like the radio broadcast version of Yelp. It does seem that Tom is not a huge fan of Yelp or similar sites, but I don't hold that against him. He does a very good job of getting people talking about the local dining scene. He is also an expert when it comes to recipes and often gives out advice or full recipes on the air. I hope WSMB keeps Tom on for many years to come.

Good morning wgno I have been a great fan of the station I was very disappointed with not seeing…read morethe SHERRI SHOW On 08/28/2023 please let the viewers know if it's not returning my family and I Love the laughter in the morning with our community coffee nola style. Thanks for year's.

I listened to Sefenech Henok laugh and giggle over video of two lobster fisherman struggle to be…read morerescued. Very poor performance. Those men weren't laughing. It was appalling.

Ever wonder why we need public broadcasting? Look no further than New Orleans' own WYES…read more As a small child I learned valuable lessons watching the Sesame Street broadcast on channel 12. Back then there was no HD version. It was just a generic non remote controlled TV and my favorite characters. I even learned how to count to ten in Spanish. That knowledge has come in very handy throughout the years. Now my own kids watch the informative children's shows and Big Bird is still relevant. As an adult I no longer care for the kid shows, but do regularly watch the specials on New Orleans, John Besh's New Orleans, and Chef Paul Pruhdohmme's cooking show. In summary, I have learned a lot from channel 12 and I am forever grateful that it's around.

I thought I was all burned out on parades and then I run across a 1980ish documentary on our local…read morePBS station recounting that year's carnival season and it was AWESOME. Bacchus still went into the Rivergate (RIP) and Krewe of Clones was still parading. Seriously WYES does some great local programming, including the bizarrety that is the Meeting of the Courts on Mardi Gras night. Ooh! And John Besh cooking on Justin Wilson's old set. Love! AND they bring me the national PBS shows like Antiques Roadshow, Nature, and Sesame Street...because sometimes you just want to hang out with Grover.

Great place for classical music and jazz. NPR shows are…read moresomewhat liberal-biased, but informative. Consider a contribution towards a membership if you can.

I'm a big fan of WWNO. I get most of my news from them (NPR affiliate) or from Twitter. I know…read morethat's weird. I also like the classical music, opera, and jazz shows. And, of course, there is my small obsession with Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. Good stuff all the way around.

Talk about Freedom of Speech, I can't believe they can print that on the front page. Frank doesn't…read moreknow if he should be shocked or applaud for a newspaper printing news... Well, you decide for yourself if the freedom of speech is alive and well in America !

I enjoy reading the Weekly and always pick up a copy wherever I see it. It is closer to what I was…read moreused to in a local African American publication, growing up in Omaha and reading the Omaha Star. As I quickly learned after coming to New Orleans post-Katrina, there are "multiple" Black cultures in the Big Easy. The Weekly covers its community very well.