![]() ![]() Royal Street owned the station until 1964, when it sold the station to locally based Guaranty Corporation. In 1957, they sold the radio stations, with the AM station changing its format to black music and the FM station going off the air a new WAFB-FM would sign on in 1968. Prejean and associates (Modern Broadcasting of Baton Rouge) were the first owners of the station, and they sold it to Royal Street Corporation of New Orleans in 1956, which owned WDSU-TV, the first television station in Louisiana. It launched as a television counterpart to local radio stations WAFB and WAFB-FM, which both signed on in 1948 and were affiliated with MBS. The station began broadcasting on April 19, 1953, as the first television station in Baton Rouge, and the second television station in the state of Louisiana. ![]() Both stations share studios on Government Street in downtown Baton Rouge, while WAFB's transmitter is located on River Road near the city's Riverbend section. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power, Class A MyNetworkTV affiliate WBXH-CD (channel 39). Every day that a clinic is open and providing abortion services can make a difference in a person’s life,” said Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights.WAFB (channel 9) is a television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with CBS. ![]() We will be fighting to restore access in Louisiana and other states for as long as we can. People who need an abortion right now are in a state of panic. As expected, Louisiana and many other states wasted no time enacting bans and eliminating abortion entirely. A public health emergency is about to engulf the nation. “For the first time, the Supreme Court has taken away a guaranteed personal liberty right - one that Americans have counted on for generations. We are committed to this monumental legal challenge – not to perpetuate an endless political battle, but to ensure our patients’ wellbeing and so that they may draw strength from our dedication to this fight.” “Now, as state governments are trying to ban abortion throughout the country, including in Louisiana, my heart is with our patients whose entire lives and future may change based on the next few days. “Seeking reproductive care is already difficult in the U.S., and especially in Louisiana,” Pittman said. ![]()
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