{{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox radio station | name = WUUU | logo = WUUU Cat Country 98.9 logo.png | city = Franklinton, Louisiana | country = US | area = Florida Parishes | branding = Cat Country 98-9 | frequency = {{Frequency|98.9|MHz}} | airdate = {{Start date|1995}} | format = Country | erp = 25,000 watts | haat = {{convert|100|m|ft|sp=us}} | class = C3 | licensing_authority = FCC | facility_id = 22992 | former_callsigns = {{ubl|KAKA (1995–1996)|WFCG-FM (1996–2003)}} | owner = Pittman Broadcasting Services, L.L.C. | webcast = {{listen live|http://catcountry989.com}} | website = [http://catcountry989.com catcountry989.com] }} '''WUUU''' (98.9 MHz, "Cat Country 98.9") is an American 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== 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.<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/87043/wuuu-returns-with-a-roar/ WUUU Returns With A Roar] Radioinsight - December 20, 2013</ref>
On February 5, 2014, WUUU roars to Top-40 (CHR), branded as "Triple U 98.9".<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/87560/wuuu-roars-to-chr/ WUUU Roars To CHR] Radioinsight - February 5, 2014</ref> Three years later, the station roars back to country music, branded as "Cat Country 98.9".<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/119191/wuuu-roars-back-cat-country/ WUUU Roars Back To Cat Country] Radioinsight - August 8, 2017</ref>
===Callsign history=== 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.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.CatCountry989.com Station Website] *[http://www.facebook.com/CatCountryNation Station Facebook] {{FM station data|22992|WUUU}}
{{Lake Ponchartrain Radio}} {{Country Radio Stations in Louisiana}} {{Daytime-only radio stations in Louisiana}} {{coord|30.7366|N|90.2015|W|type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC|display=title}}
Category:Country radio stations in Louisiana Category:Radio stations established in 1995 Category:1995 establishments in Louisiana Category:Franklinton, Louisiana
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