WGNO TV 26 is a TV station in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA airing ABC network programs, local news and weather.
The station is an affiliate of the ABC Television Network.
WGNO TV 26 is the ABC network affiliate station in New Orleans, Louisiana.
It began broadcasting in October 1967 as WWOM TV, the first independent station in Louisiana. It was owned by David Wagenvoord until its sale to Communications Corp. of the South in 1971. Its call letters were then changed to the current WGNO.
WGNO was purchased by Glendive Media in 1978; Glendive sold the station to Nexstar Media Group in 1983.
This TV station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
For WGNO TV 26 contact information, see the Louisiana news media contacts at EasyMediaList.com.
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Anchors Deliver 'News with a Twist' for WGNO TV 26
-- On January 31, 2011, The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported:
"Anchors Susan Roesgen and LeBron “LBJ” Joseph will sit on bar stools as they introduce and comment on stories in mostly unscripted conversations. There will be a cocktail of the day, as concocted by a local bartender, and each broadcast will conclude with a mini-commentary called “Last Call.”
Clearly, stories will be on the...
Tribune Broadcasting Names John Cruse as General Manager of WGNO TV 26
-- May 17, 2010: Tribune Broadcasting today named New Orleans native John Cruse as Vice President/General Manager of its New Orleans television duopoly, WGNO-TV/WNOL-TV, effective immediately. Cruse, who previously served as director of sales for the two stations, has spent his entire career in radio and television advertising in the New Orleans market and knows the community extremely well.
"John's talent and...
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