WQNO

WQNO

New Orleans, Louisiana
Broadcast area	New Orleans metropolitan area
Frequency	690 kHz
Branding	Catholic Community Radio
Programming
Format	Religious
Ownership
Owner	Catholic Community Radio Inc.
History
First air date	September 10, 1953; 71 years ago (1953-09-10)
Former call signs	WTIX (1953–2005) WIST (2005–2012)
Call sign meaning	the "Queen of New Orleans", Our Lady of Prompt Succor
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	74090
Class	B
Power	9,100 watts (daytime) 2,100 watts (nighttime)
Transmitter coordinates	29°57′53″N 89°57′31″W / 29.96472°N 89.95861°W / 29.96472; -89.95861
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	catholiccommunityradio.org

WQNO is a station based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The station is owned by Catholic Community Radio, Inc. and broadcasts at 690 kHz with a power level of 9,100 watts daytime and 2,100 watts nighttime. The station mostly runs Roman Catholic programming from EWTN radio.

The facilities of the station, previously called WTIX, were severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005. The station had the target date to resume broadcasting on December 1, and in November requested the new letters WIST. Other stations have used the WTIX letters in the years since 2005.