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WWOZ To Second Line to New Home at Jax Brewery
Calling All Guardians of the Groove! Join WWOZ-FM as they second line from their home of the last 17 years in the French Market Building (1008 N. Peters St.) to […]
WWOZ Ready to Move: A “Game Changer”
From the moment it was launched from a beer storage room above Tipitina’s, where DJs sometimes dropped a mic down to the stage to send live music across the airwaves, the namesake radio station of the Wonderful Wizard Of Oz has kept its laser focus exactly where it belongs: on the musical heartbeat of New Orleans.
WWOZ Announces Relocation to Jax Brewery Millhouse Building
WWOZ, the established New Orleans community radio station, will relocate to a new home. The station will move to the entire fifth floor of The Jax Brewery Millhouse building, a […]
WWOZ Needs A Permanant Home Now
Radio station WWOZ is negotiating to sign a long-term lease for a new home to be located on the entire fifth floor of The Shops at Jax Brewery, a prime […]
WWOZ Announces Fall Groove Gala Lineup
New Orleans’ WWOZ has two big fundraisers every year, in addition to its ongoing fund drives: “Piano Night” during Jazz Fest every year, and a fall event, the “Groove Gala.” […]
WWOZ Seeks New Home; Jazz & Heritage Foundation Votes Down Building Purchase
Local station WWOZ has had several homes: the first being an upstairs storage room at Tipitina’s when the station was first founded in 1980 by brothers Jerry and Walter Brock. […]
WWOZ seeking ‘Guardians of the Groove’ donors for annual membership drive
WWOZ, New Orleans’ non-profit community-supported radio station and winner of OffBeat’s Best of the Beat award for Best Radio Station, is seeking “Guardians of the Groove” donors with a Spring […]
Husband of WWOZ broadcaster Leslie Cooper shot in attempted home invasion
Joe Cooper, a resident of the 4400 block of St. Roch Avenue in the Gentilly Terrace neighborhood, was shot during an attempted home invasion on the afternoon of Monday, May […]
WWOZ announces lineup for October Festing in Place
UPDATE: The full lineup of WWOZ’s Festing in Place programs will remain archived on the radio station’s website for a limited time. The schedule for the October 2021 edition of […]
WWOZ announces return of Festing in Place for October
By popular demand, Jazz Festing In Place will return to the airwaves this fall as WWOZ presents recordings from past Jazz Fests over two four-day weekends, from October 7 to […]
