With WWL celebrating its 100th anniversary, it continues to explore its deep ties to the New Orleans community, and that extends to some of the city’s most famous celebrity exports.
Harry Connick Jr. grew up the son of the city’s prominent district attorney and a child music prodigy who was already playing Jazz Fest at an early age, and he says he certainly remembers hearing WWL Radio in the background during his formative years in the Crescent City.
“Just hearing you say ‘WWL News Talk Radio,’ and the way you actually say double-you as opposed to me saying dubya-dubya-L, my gosh!” Connick said.
He also related how much his father enjoyed the professionalism present on the station.
“My dad would always make a note of that because my dad was always particular about diction,” Connick said. “Like even his job, like we say ST’s like SH – shhhtring and shhtreet and dishhhtrict attorney – my dad would say, ‘No, no. It’s dissssstrict attorney. So I was always aware of hearing those voices on the air. I can see the logo in my head. I can still hear the AM radio in my dad’s car. I know it well.”
Appearing on The Scoot Show, Connick saved some of his kindest words for the host.
“You were a huge part of my life,” Connick told Scoot. “Your voice is so familiar to so many people. And as a guy who’s been in the business a long time, I can really appreciate what it takes to do what you make [seem] so effortless. And you still do it with such professionalism and craftsmanship.”
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