WWOZ French Market Studio

WWOZ 90.7 FM is the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Station, a community radio station broadcasting the music of the Crescent City to the world.

In December 2005, four months after Hurricane Katrina and the ensuing devastation rendered WWOZ’s Armstrong Park studio unusable, the radio station relocated here to the French Market.

As the station expanded its programming during the recovery, the studio grew from just a few rooms to the whole second floor of this building, which has overlooked the crescent bend of the Mississippi River here since the 1830s.

WWOZ’s on-air and performance studios became an integral part of the New Orleans music community, hosting hundreds of live performances every year, ranging from R&B legends like Irma Thomas and Bobby Rush, to jazz musicians both traditional and contemporary, to Cajun and folk music. The studios were familiar to even teenage future stars of New Orleans music, who perform live on the Cuttin’ Class program. Many of these performances are now shot on video, and can be watched online.

Following a move in 2024, ‘OZ now beams out the sounds of the city online and over the airwaves from Jax Brewery, five blocks upriver.

WWOZ is listener-supported and programmed by volunteers. To learn more visit https://www.wwoz.org/wwoz-membership