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WDSU-TV became the first television station in the New Orleans market to telecast its programming in color in 1955. WDSU-TV was the ratings leader in New Orleans for over a quarter century, largely because of its strong commitment to coverage of local events and news.
In preparation for the Super Bowl, protective bollards to prevent traffic from entering Bourbon Street were being replaced and local news station WDSU cited witnesses who said they were not in ...
Early in his career, Monroe served as the first news director for WDSU-TV, an NBC affiliate, in his hometown of New Orleans. [5] In 1959, Monroe's team at WDSU-TV won a George Foster Peabody Award. His news reporting on NBC's Today show, won a Peabody in 1973. He was also a prominent figure in arguing for greater press access to courtrooms and ...
Taylor "loved the city of New Orleans with all his heart and the city let him down," his fiancee Heather Genusa told local television station WDSU. "Our future together completely shattered and my ...
Security barriers in New Orleans that were intended to protect pedestrians from vehicles but at times malfunctioned were removed for replacement before an attacker drove a pickup truck into a ...
Mel Leavitt (né Mahlon Tirre Leavitt) was a local historian and broadcast journalist that served the New Orleans, Louisiana, market from 1949 until near the time of his death in 1997 at age 70. His 35-year broadcast career was primarily at WDSU-TV, a New Orleans television station.
She started her weather forecasting career in Charleston, South Carolina but returned home to New Orleans in July 1979, when she joined WDSU, and she has remained there ever since. She co-hosted Breakfast Edition and also co-hosted World's Fair Show during the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition . [ 1 ]
At WDSU, Moreno became anchor for the morning news. While covering Hurricane Katrina, Moreno received accolades such as Broadcaster of the Year from the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, though these awards came amid widespread criticism of media coverage during the disaster. She was voted best television reporter by Gambit readers for four ...