on september 1, 1945, 97.1 signed on the air. this was wrcm, the fm simulcast of am 990 wjmr (now wgso) and sister station to wjmr-tv 12 (now wvue channel 8), all owned by george j. mayoral. then, around 1966–67 after the tv station had already been sold, the supreme broadcasting company bought the two radio stations and changed the call signs to wnnr and wnnr-fm. at the time, the stations were located in the jung hotel at 1500 canal street in downtown new orleans. wnnr-fm had a power of only 20,500 watts from an antenna 310 feet atop the building, a fraction of its current wattage and antenna height.