WDSU

WDSU

New Orleans, Louisiana United States
Channels	Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 6
Branding	WDSU Channel 6
Programming
Affiliations	6.1: NBC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Hearst Television (New Orleans Hearst Television Inc.)
History
First air date	December 18, 1948 (75 years ago) (1948-12-18)
Former call signs	WDSU-TV (1948–1993)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 6 (VHF, 1948–2009) Digital: 43 (UHF, until 2020)
Former affiliations	All secondary: DuMont (1948–1955) CBS (1948–1957) ABC (1948–1957) NTA Film Network (1957–1961)
Call sign meaning	Taken from WDSU-AM/FM, once housed at the DeSoto Hotel, States newspaper news partner and founded by Joseph Uhalt
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	71357
ERP	925 kW
HAAT	288.4 m (946 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	29°57′0″N 89°57′28″W / 29.95000°N 89.95778°W / 29.95000; -89.95778
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wdsu.com

WDSU (channel 6) is a television station in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Hearst Television. The station's studios are located on Howard Avenue in the city's Central Business District, and its transmitter is located on East Josephine Street in Chalmette.