History
AM 1280 was Middle-of-the-road formatted WDSU and was the sister station to WDSU-TV and WDSU-FM until the radio stations were sold in 1972. The AM became WGSO with an adult contemporary format. On December 21, 1985 the station switched to R&B Oldies as WMKJ, "Majic 1280". On July 22, 1987 it switched to Top 40 as "13-Q" under the WQUE call sign. Soon thereafter, became a simulcast of WQUE-FM after the station evolved to R&B.
In the early 1990s WQUE tried a News/Talk format, but it was a failure. On February 1, 1996 the station flipped to an all-blues format as WODT. Despite good ratings, the format did not attract advertisers. In October 2003 WODT moved to sports/talk programing from Fox Sports Radio, ESPN Radio and The Jim Rome Show. WODT was the flagship station of the New Orleans Hornets radio network from 2003-2006. Hornets radio color analyst Gerry Vaillancourt hosted a popular afternoon sports talk call-in show from May 2004 - December 2006. The sports format ran for almost five years. The station's final sports-era legal ID was an homage both to the station's small, but loyal following, and to the Jim Rome Show; it contained a frequent Rome Show sign-off clip ("I think what I'm supposed to say is, 'Thank you. I'm out.'") On June 25, 2008, WODT switched to an urban contemporary gospel format, complementing a similar format on sister station WYLD-AM. On September 4, 2012, the station flipped to the syndicated ESPN Deportes format.
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