wafb.com

WAFB provides news, weather, sports, and community information for the Baton Rouge area and surrounding Louisiana regions. The site serves local audiences with breaking news, a community calendar, job listings, and automotive classifieds.

Authority

69/100

Safety

90/100

Known risk signals, not a check pass rate

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All 4 safety checks passed (Sep 29, 2026).

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Current facts

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Authority & Safety, with the evidence

How this is scored →

Authority 69/100 — ahead of 69% of the August 2026 scored sampleClear

Why this authority score

69 is a percentile: higher than 69% of sites we score.

How it's calculated

Prominence (Tranco rank #42,095)+7
Verified continuity: 29.7 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+3
Calibration adjustment (published map)+14

Model score: 35/99 — what these reason lines add up to.

Published Authority (percentile): 69/100 — this site's rank against the August 2026 scored sample. Public Authority is capped at 99.

Safety evidence

No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 39 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 39 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.

No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment

Site history

Dated record — historical facts always carry their date.

1997
Domain registered (Jan 24, 1997).
2013
First tracked by AboutUs (Dec 16, 2013).
2026
Checked today — All 4 safety checks passed (Sep 29, 2026).

✓ domain continuity 29 years registered✓ live verified Sep 29, 2026

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