WNOL-TV, broadcasting on virtual channel 38, is a CW Television Network affiliate in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is owned by Tribune Broadcasting, and is a sister station to ABC affiliate WGNO.
WNOL-TV signed on in March 1984 as a general entertainment independent television station as well as New Orleans' second, after WGNO, running a variety of cartoons, sitcoms, older movies, drama shows, and religious programs (a lot of which were formerly see...
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WNOL-TV, broadcasting on virtual channel 38, is a CW Television Network affiliate in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is owned by Tribune Broadcasting, and is a sister station to ABC affiliate WGNO.
WNOL-TV signed on in March 1984 as a general entertainment independent television station as well as New Orleans' second, after WGNO, running a variety of cartoons, sitcoms, older movies, drama shows, and religious programs (a lot of which were formerly seen on WGNO). Its slogan was, "Don't Stay Home Without Us," a homage to Karl Malden's American Express commercial campaign.
In 1985, the station was sold to the TVX Broadcast Group. Along with the other stations in the TVX group, WNOL affiliated with Fox in 1986 (it has been said that when WGNO passed on the Fox affiliation, TVX used WNOL's affiliation with Fox as leverage to get Fox on its other stations, TVX actually affiliated all their stations with Fox). In 1987, TVX acquired Taft Broadcasting's independent stations and Fox affiliates. The...
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