please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message whno new orleans louisiana united states branding whno tv 20 channels digital 21 uhf virtual 20 psip subchannels 20.1 main programming 20.2 weathernation tv 20.3 cozi tv affiliations lesea weathernation tv dt2 cozi tv dt3 owner lesea broadcasting corporation lesea broadcasting of new orleans inc. first air date october 20 1994 call letters meaning world harvest new orleans former channel number s analog 20 uhf 1994 2009 transmitter power 300 kw height 254 m facility id 37106 transmitter coordinates 29 55 13.1 n 90 1 28.6 w 29.920306 n 90.024611 w 29.920306 ; 90.024611 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.whno.com whno virtual channel 20 uhf digital channel 21 is a lesea owned and operated television station located in new orleans louisiana united states . the station is owned by the lesea broadcasting corporation . whno maintains studio facilities located on st. charles avenue in downtown new orleans and its transmitter is located off behrman highway in the city s algiers neighborhood . contents 1 history 1.1 prior history of uhf channel 20 in new orleans 1.2 whno station history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 3.1 sports programming 4 references 5 external links history edit prior history of uhf channel 20 in new orleans edit the uhf channel 20 allocation in the new orleans market was originally occupied by wjmr tv now fox affiliate wvue a primary cbs and secondary abc affiliate which moved to that channel from uhf channel 61 on july 20 1955 . 1 that station changed its channel allocation two more times first to vhf channel 13 on january 13 1959 less than one month before it adopted the wvue call letters and then to channel 12 on september 6 1962 due to interference with biloxi mississippi station wlox on channel 13 before settling on channel 8 on june 8 1970 . 2 whno station history edit the construction permit for uhf channel 20 that bore whno dates back to the 1970s . the permit changed hands many times over the years even as the federal communications commission had issued construction permits for channels 38 used for wnol tv now a cw affiliate and 49 used for wccl now ion television owned and operated station wpxl tv both of which signed on within a few years of one another ; the channel 20 allocation however remained vacant . in 1991 lesea broadcasting purchased the construction permit with the intent to sign on a station in the market on channel 20 . the station first signed on the air on october 10 1994 ; the station carried a mix of christian targeted programs family oriented syndicated programs and movies . as in other markets where lesea owned stations whno opted against taking an affiliation with the united paramount network upn prior to the network s january 16 1995 launch as the programming planned for the network conflicted with the company s core programming values ; the affiliation instead went to upstart station wupl channel 54 which launched in june 1995 . in 1998 channel 20 began carrying the first incarnation of the cbs morning program cbs this morning ; the station then carried its successor morning show the early show from that program s debut in 1999 until 2002 when the program moved to wupl . much like with wupl today whno carried the programs as wwl tv channel 4 had long carried a weekday morning newscast that runs into the 7 00 to 9 00 a.m. timeslot occupied by the network s morning programs in most other markets . in 2000 whno began to air christian targeted paid programming in some off peak hours . when hurricane katrina struck the new orleans area on august 29 2005 the storm s flooding and damaging winds caused extensive damage to whno s behrman highway studios . the station ceased over the air broadcasts due to transmitter problems related to the storm . lesea provided a direct feed of its national world harvest television service to new orleans area cable and satellite providers including the market s largest cox communications . channel 20 returned to the air that november carrying wht programming . this lasted until december 3 2005 when whno resumed its regular locally based program schedule and began providing local advertising once again . lesea president peter sumrall the son of late founder dr. lester sumrall appointed veteran television and cable manager dean powery to become whno s general manager in may 2007 . under powery the station increased its staff and upgraded its programming from its post katrina low to turn it into a more competitive station in the new orleans market ; powery also reconnected with local ministries added newer syndicated programming and local college football games to whno s schedule and expanded the station s production capabilities . in 2011 lesea broadcasting acquired the locally based independent sports website sportsnola.com from neworleans.com . digital television edit digital channels edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 20.1 1080i 16 9 whno d1 main whno programming lesea 20.2 480i 4 3 whno d2 weathernation tv 20.3 whno d3 cozi tv after the digital transition whno began to multiplex its digital signal . in 2009 whno began carrying the lesea owned world harvest television service on digital subchannel 20.2 . in 2013 the station added weathernation tv on its second digital subchannel followed by the addition of cozi tv and a third digital subchannel lesea s world harvest television in august 2014 . in september 2015 whno d1 began broadcasting in 1080i high definition on 20.1 . soon after whno dropped one of the three subchannels world harvest television from channel 20.3 . weathernation tv subsequently moved from channel 20.4 to 20.3 . analog to digital conversion edit whno shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 20 on january 16 2009 . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 47 . 3 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 20 . this made whno the second television station in the new orleans market after wvue to discontinue its analog signal prior to the june 12 2009 digital transition deadline . programming edit as a lesea station whno offers a mix of local and national christian ministry programs family oriented classic television series and local sports programming . syndicated programs broadcast by whno include benson m a s h and hart to hart . sports programming edit in 2010 whno hired veteran sports journalist and personality ken berthelot to expand whno s sports programming . with over 40 years of experience in sports berthelot quickly put together a five hour sports programming block that aired on monday through friday nights which covered college and local high school sports . in september 2012 berthelot expanded whno s sports block to ten hours a week running weeknights from 5 00 to 7 00 p.m. to counterprogram and compete against the local news programming on wwl tv wvue nbc affiliate wdsu channel 6 and abc affiliate wgno channel 26 . on august 24 2011 general manager dean powery oversaw the acquisition of sportsnola.com an acquisition that added veteran sports journalist ken trahan and more than 20 local sports contributors . in 2012 whno began airing high school football baseball and basketball games again for the first time since hurricane katrina . whno became an affiliate of the southland conference television network in september 2012 carrying sporting events from the conference s universities including games from nearby southeastern louisiana university and nicholls state university . the southland conference television network dissolved on july 1 2015 . references edit 1 wyes wvue stations change channel numbers the times picayune june 10 1970 . dtv tentative channel designations for the first and second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit whno.com whno official website www.lesea.com lesea official website query the fcc s tv station database for whno biafn s media web database information on whno tv program information for whno at titantv.com v t e broadcast television in the new orleans region including hammond and slidell reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television full power wwl 4.1 cbs 4.2 justice 4.3 decades wdsu 6.1 nbc 6.2 metv wvue 8.1 fox 8.2 bounce tv 8.3 grit wyes 12.1 pbs 12.2 world 12.3 create whno 20.1 lesea 20.2 cozi tv 20.3 weathernation tv wgno 26.1 abc 26.2 antenna tv 26.3 escape wlae 32.1 public ind. lpb 32.2 mhz worldview 32.3 catholictv 32.4 v me spanish wnol 38.1 cw 38.2 this tv 38.3 comet kgla dt 42.1 tmd spanish wpxl 49.1 ion 49.2 qubo 49.3 ion life 49.4 shop tv 49.5 qvc 49.6 hsn wupl 54.1 mnt 54.2 mundomax spanish 54.3 h 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