Media of Nashville

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This is a list of print, television, and radio media in Nashville, Tennessee.

Contents

[edit] Print

[edit] Daily newspapers

[edit] Weekly newspapers

[edit] Defunct newspapers

  • Nashville Banner (ceased publication February 20, 1998)
  • Nashville Globe and Independent — African-American weekly (ceased publication in 1960)
  • Nashville Business in Review (1995–1997); later published as In Review (1997–1999) — alternative weekly (later biweekly) tabloid
  • The Daily American, (1876–1894) and The Nashville American (1894–September 25, 1910); merged into The Tennessean[1]
  • Nashville Times (weekly November 11, 1937–May 26, 1938, then daily; ceased publication July 28, 1940)[1]
  • The Labor Advocate (weekly 1902–1939)

[edit] Local magazines

[edit] Defunct magazines

  • Nashville Life (bimonthly, 1994–1999, published by Eagle Communications Inc.)
  • Nashville (monthly, approx. 1978–1990, published by Advantage Publications Inc.)
  • Nashville (monthly, January 1963–April 1970)[1]
  • Tag Magazine (monthly)

[edit] Online News Services and Blogs

  • NashvillePost.com [1] - daily coverage of local business and politics - by subscription, $119/year (RSS headline feed available without subscription)
  • Music City Bloggers [2] - Music City Bloggers was conceived as an open-contribution online magazine with a focus on local voices and community.
  • Nashville is Talking [3] - Nashville Is Talking is a blog devoted to the daily conversation that takes place in and around the Greater Nashville community. The site is produced and hosted by WKRN-TV.

[edit] Television

Nashville is home to the nation's 30th largest television market, covering all of Middle Tennessee and south central Kentucky. This list includes full-power TV stations in the market, as well as low power television stations licensed for Nashville itself:

Analog Digital Call Network External link
2 27 WKRN-TV ABC WKRN.com
4 10 WSMV-TV NBC WSMV.com
5 56 WTVF CBS NewsChannel5.com
8 46 WNPT PBS WNPT.net
14 25 WIIW-LP/LD*
17 15 WZTV Fox Fox17.com
20 WNPX-LP
24 31 WJDE-LP/LD*
26 WGAP-LP Univision
28 36 WNPX ion
30 21 WUXP My Network TV MyTV30Web.com
34 WJNK-LP
39 38 WHTN CTN CTNTV.org
41 WLLC-LD**
48 W48DF
50 51 WPGD-TV TBN
58 23 WNAB The CW CW58.tv
66 44 WJFB ShopNBC
* indicates construction permit for LD (low-power digital TV)
** WLLC-LP (low-power analog TV) construction permit on channel 42 apparently expired
v • d • e
Broadcast television in the Nashville market  (Nielsen DMA #30)

WKRN 2 (ABC) - WSMV 4 (NBC), (TEL on DT2) - WTVF 5 (CBS) - WNPT 8 (PBS) - WIIW-LP 14 (Religious / DS) - WZTV 17 (Fox) -
WNTU-LP 26 (UNI) - WNPX 28 (ION) - WUXP 30 (MNTV) - WJNK-LP 34 (3ABN) - WHTN 39 (CTN) - WLLC-LP 42 (Telefutura) -
WPGD 50 (TBN) - WNAB 58 (The CW) - WJFB 66 (Jewelry TV)

Outlying Areas
WETV-LP 11 (Ind) - WCTE 22 (PBS) - WPBM-LP 31 (FN) - WKAG-CA 43 (A1)

Local cable television channels
Metro 3


[edit] Radio

Nashville is ranked by Arbitron as the 44th-largest radio market in the United States and its territories.

Its stations, licensed to Nashville and surrounding cities, include:

[edit] AM

kHz Call Format On-air identity External link Notability
560 WNSR Sports SportsRadio 560 WNSR WNSR.com Nashville Sounds coverage and Vanderbilt baseball & women's basketball
650 WSM Country 650 AM WSM WSMonline.com Grand Ole Opry, NASCAR coverage from MRN
710 WFCM Religious WFCM MBN.org Moody Broadcasting Network / Simulcast of WMBW in Chattanooga
760 WENO Religious WENO 760WENO.com
810 WMGC Spanish La Sabrosita
880 WNSG Gospel Rejoice 880
900 WKDA Spanish (daytime) Standards (nighttime) Simulcast of WAMB after sunset
950 WAKM Country WAKM NASCAR coverage
980 WYFN Religious WYFN Bible Broadcasting Network
1010 WHIN Country Real Country 1010 WHIN NASCAR coverage
1160 WCRT Christian WCRT
1200 WAMB Standards WAMB WAMB.net
1240 WNVL Spanish Activa 1240
1300 WNQM Religious Nashville Quality Ministries/WWCR WWCR.com/WNQM Worldwide Christian Radio
1360 WNAH Religious WNAH WNAH.com
1380 WHEW Spanish La Ley
1430 WPLN Public News/Talk Nashville Public Radio WPLN.org National Public Radio
1450 WGNS Talk 1450 WGNS 1450WGNS.com Atlanta Braves coverage
1470 WVOL Urban Adult Contemporary The Mighty 1470 WVOL WVOL1470.com
1490 WCOR Country Real Country FM 98.9 WANTFM.com Simulcast of WANT 98.9 FM
1510 WLAC News/Talk NewsRadio 1510 WLAC 1510WLAC.com University of Tennessee football & basketball

[edit] FM

MHz Call Format On-air identity External link Notability
88.1 WFSK Jazz 88.1 WFSK fisk.edu/wfsk Fisk University
88.3 WMTS-FM College radio 88.3 WMTS WMTS.org Middle Tennessee State University
88.5 WVCP College radio 88 (dot) 5 WVCP VolState.edu/WVCP/ Volunteer State Community College
88.7 WAYM Christian Contemporary 88.7 Way-FM WayFM.com
89.1 WNAZ Christian Contemporary 89.1 The New NAZ WNAZ.org Trevecca Nazarene University
89.5 WMOT Jazz Jazz 89 WMOT.org Middle Tennessee State University
90.3 WPLN-FM Public News/Classical Nashville Public Radio WPLN.org National Public Radio
91.1 WRVU College radio 91.1 WRVU WRVU.org Vanderbilt University
92.1 WQQK Urban Adult Contemporary 92Q 92Qnashville.com
92.9 WJXA Adult Contemporary Mix 92.9 Mix929.com
93.7 WFFI Christian Contemporary 94FM The Fish 94FMthefish.com Simulcast with 94.1-FM WFFH
94.1 WFFH Christian Contemporary 94FM The Fish 94FMthefish.com Simulcast with 93.7-FM WFFI
95.5 WSM-FM Country 95.5 The Wolf 955TheWolf.com
96.3 WCJK Adult Hits 96.3 JACK-FM 963JACKFM.com
97.1 WRQQ Classic Hits 97.1 The Tower ClassicHits971.com
97.9 WSIX-FM Country The Big 98 WSIX WSIX.com
98.7 WCRT-FM1 Christian WCRT Special "temporary" repeater for WCRT (AM) since 1990
98.9 WANT Country Real Country 98.9 WANTFM.com Simulcast with 1490 WCOR; primarily east of Nashville
98.9 WRFN-LP Community Radio Free Nashville RadioFreeNashville.org Public access; primarily west of Nashville
99.7 WWTN News/Talk Supertalk 99.7 WTN 997WTN.com
100.1 WRLT AAA Lightning 100 WRLT.com
101.1 WUBT Mainstream Urban 101.1 The Beat JAMZ 101thebeat.com
102.1 W271AB Hot AC V102.5 1025venus.com translator of WVNS-FM
102.5 WVNS-FM Hot AC V102.5 1025venus.com
102.9 WBUZ Rock 102.9 The Buzz 1029thebuzz.com
103.3 WKDF Country 103 WKDF 103WKDF.com Tennessee Titans coverage
104.5 WGFX Sports 104.5 The Zone 1045thezone.com Vanderbilt football & basketball, Nashville Predators hockey, NASCAR
104.9 WBOZ Gospel Solid Gospel 105 SolidGospel105.com Simulcast with 105.1 WVRY
105.1 WVRY Gospel Solid Gospel 105 SolidGospel105.com Simulcast with 104.9 WBOZ
105.9 WNRQ Classic Rock 105.9 The Rock 1059.com University of Tennessee football
106.7 WNFN Sports 106.7 The Fan 1067TheFan.com ESPN Radio
107.5 WRVW Top 40 107.5 The River 1075TheRiver.com

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c OCLC WorldCat library database