WUUU

WUUU
Franklinton, Louisiana;
Broadcast area	Florida Parishes
Frequency	98.9 MHz
Branding	Cat Country 98-9
Programming
Format	Country
Ownership
Owner	Pittman Broadcasting Services, L.L.C.
History
First air date	1995 (29 years ago)
Former call signs	KAKA (1995–1996); WFCG-FM (1996–2003)
Call sign meaning	U times three in callsign
Technical information
Facility ID	22992
Class	C3
ERP	25,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters (330 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen live
Website	catcountry989.com

WUUU (98.9 MHz, "Cat Country 98.9") is a United States country music-formatted radio station with offices in Covington, Louisiana and Hammond, Louisiana. The station, which is owned by Pittman Broadcasting Services, LLC., operates with an ERP of 25 kW.

History edit

The station signed on the air in 1995 as a class A station playing country music owned by Gaco Broadcasting Corp. In May 2002, the station was sold to Marcus Pittman, III.

On December 18, 2013, the station was relocated to a new transmitter site just north of Folsom, Louisiana, and upgraded to a Class C3 operating at 25,000 watts. Two days later, the station returned to the air with a loop of Roar by Katy Perry.^[1]

On February 5, 2014, WUUU roars to Top-40 (CHR), branded as "Triple U 98.9".^[2] Three years later, the station roars back to country music, branded as "Cat Country 98.9".^[3]

Callsign history edit

The WUUU call sign once belonged to WNFZ/94.3 of Powell, Tennessee, in the 1970s. They were also used from 1982 to 1993 by WUMX/102.5 of Utica, New York, and from 1993 to 1996 by WARW/93.5 in Remsen, New York.