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WSM-FM
WSM-FM (95.5 MHz) is a radio station in Nashville, Tennessee. It broadcasts a country music format, with an emphasis on recordings released since the 1990s. From 1967 until it was sold to Cumulus Media in 2003, WSM-FM was the sister of the clear-channel WSM (650 AM). Following the expiration of a subsequent five-year joint sales agreement with WSM in 2008, the two stations have had no further relationship. WSM-FM was also the sister to WSM-TV until the latter was sold in 1981 and became WSMV-TV. WSM-FM's transmitter remains at the WSMV-TV site in West Nashville; its studios are located in Nashville's Music Row district. History WSM-FM began broadcasting on November 1, 1962, as WLWM, owned by C. Webber Parrish (d/b/a Barlane Broadcasting Corporation), a local Nashville businessman. In late 1967 ownership of the station was transferred to WSM, Inc., a subsidiary of The National Life and Accident Insurance Company, owners of WSM (AM), and the station's call letters were o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSM-FM (1941–1951)
WSM-FM was a commercial radio station that was operated by the National Life and Accident Insurance Company in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, beginning on March 1, 1941. Under its original call sign of W47NV, it was described at the time as the first fully licensed commercial FM station in the nation. However, after ten years of financial losses, the station ceased operations on March 15, 1951. History At the time WSM-FM, then W47NV, made its debut broadcast its owner, the National Life and Accident Insurance Company, already had extensive broadcasting experience, beginning with AM station WSM, which it founded in 1925. In addition, the new FM station was in large part the successor to a non-commercial, experimental, high-fidelity AM "Apex" station, W4XA, which operated for two years beginning in 1939."WSM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSM (AM)
WSM (650 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station, located in Nashville, Tennessee. It broadcasts a country music format (with classic country and Americana (music), Americana leanings, the latter of which is branded as "Route 650") and is known as the home of the ''Grand Ole Opry'', the world's longest running radio program. The station is owned by Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. After nearly 40 years broadcasting from a studio within the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, WSM moved to a showcase studio inside the former home of Roy Acuff, just outside the Grand Ole Opry House, in July 2024. Nicknamed "The Air Castle of the South", the station broadcasts with 50,000 watts around the clock from a facility in Brentwood, Tennessee. It has one of the largest daytime coverage areas in the country, providing at least grade B coverage as far southeast as Chattanooga, as far northwest as Evansville, Indiana, as far west as Jackson, Tennessee and as far south as Huntsville, Ala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKDF
WKDF (103.3 FM, "103.3 Country") is a country music radio station in Nashville, Tennessee. It is owned by Cumulus Media, with studios in Nashville's Music Row district. WKDF is the flagship station for the nationally syndicated '' Big D & Bubba Morning Show''. WKDF is a Class C FM station, with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations. It formerly broadcast in the HD Radio format, airing a simulcast of the analog (traditional) signal on the HD1 digital subchannel. The transmitter tower is on Johnson Chapel Road West in Brentwood, near the Little Harpeth River. History WNFO-FM The station signed on the air on . Its original call sign was WNFO-FM, owned by the Hickory Broadcasting Corporation. It was the second commercial Nashville station to be assigned to 103.3 MHz, preceded by the original WSM-FM, which occupied this frequency from 1947 until it went off the air in 1951. Despite several FM stations already operating in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaylord Entertainment Company
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. is a hotel, resort, entertainment, and media company named for one of its assets: the Ryman Auditorium, a National Historic Landmark in Nashville, Tennessee. The company's legal lineage can be traced back to its time as a subsidiary of Edward Gaylord's Oklahoma Publishing Company; however, the backbone of the modern entity was formed with the company's acquisition of WSM, Inc. in 1983. This purchase resulted in the ownership of the ''Grand Ole Opry'' and associated businesses, including the company's flagship resort property, then known as Opryland Hotel. As such, Ryman Hospitality cites 1925 (the founding of WSM Radio and the ''Opry'') as its origin year. From its corporate spin-off from Oklahoma Publishing in 1991 until 2012, the organization was known as Gaylord Entertainment Company. Most of its media and entertainment ventures were closed or divested over time as the company was refocused into a hospitality-based business by the early- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSMV-TV
WSMV-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Media alongside low-power Telemundo affiliate WTNX-LD (channel 29). The two stations share studios on Knob Road in west Nashville, where WSMV-TV's transmitter is also located. History Early years WSMV first signed on the air as WSM-TV on September 30, 1950, at 1:10 p.m. CT. It was Nashville's first television station and the second in Tennessee, behind fellow NBC affiliate WMCT (now sister station WMC-TV, then also on channel 4) in Memphis. As a result of the WSM-TV sign-on, WMCT was forced to switch to channel 5 to avoid co-channel interference. WSM-TV was owned by WSM, Inc., a subsidiary of the locally based National Life and Accident Insurance Company, which also owned WSM radio (650 AM) and the original WSM-FM (103.3; shut down in 1951); the AM station is renowned for broadcasts of the country music show ''The Grand Ole Opry'', which h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWTN
WWTN (99.7 FM) is a commercial radio station serving the Nashville media market. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and is marketed as SuperTalk 99.7 WTN (the first W is eliminated for simplicity). WWTN operates at 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations and is a Class C0 station. WWTN is licensed to the city of Hendersonville, Tennessee, which is approximately 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Nashville. Its antenna (395 meters/1296 feet in height above average terrain) is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) SSE of Nashville in Rutherford County, Tennessee, between the cities of Murfreesboro and Franklin. The station's studios are in the Music Row district of Nashville. History The station first signed on the air on June 20, 1962. The original call sign was WMSR-FM, licensed to the city of Manchester, Tennessee. It began focusing on the Nashville market in the early 1990s. Manchester is nearly halfway between Nashville and Chattanooga, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opryland USA
Opryland USA (later called Opryland Themepark and colloquially known as Opryland) was a amusement park, theme park in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The park was located between the Cumberland River and Tennessee State Route 155, Briley Parkway. It operated seasonally (generally March to October) from 1972 to 1997, and for a special Christmas-themed engagement every December from 1993 to 1997. During the late 1980s, nearly 2.5 million people visited the park annually. Opryland USA opened on May 27, 1972, and was developed and constructed by WSM (AM), WSM, Inc. to complement the new Grand Ole Opry House. Billed as the "Home of American Music", the park featured a large number of musical shows along with amusement rides, such as roller coasters. Opryland was closed and demolished following the 1997 season. On its site was built Opry Mills, an outlet mall, outlet-heavy shopping mall, which opened in 2000. History Origin The impetus for a theme park in Nashville was WSM (AM) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGFX
WGFX (104.5 FM broadcasting, FM) is a Commercial radio, commercial radio station city of license, licensed to Gallatin, Tennessee, and serving the Nashville metropolitan area. It is branded as 104.5 The Zone, broadcasting a Sports radio, sports radio format. It is owned by Cumulus Media, with studios in Nashville's Music Row district. Most of its daytime schedule has local hosts, with programming from Fox Sports Radio heard nights and weekends. WGFX has an effective radiated power of 58,000 watts. The transmitter is on Blevins Road off Interstate 24 in Tennessee, Interstate 24 in Whites Creek, Tennessee, amid the radio masts and towers, towers for other Nashville-area FM and TV stations. History Early years The station signed on as WFMG-FM on December 1, 1960, in Gallatin, Tennessee, about 30 miles (47 km) northeast of Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, with a big band format. The station was started by Ellis F. Jones Jr. The studio and transmitter location was located on N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wildhorse Saloon
The Wildhorse Saloon was a country and western-themed restaurant which offers live music in addition to a Nightclub, dance club in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. It is owned by Grand Ole Opry, Opry Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of Ryman Hospitality Properties (formerly known as Gaylord Entertainment Company). The Wildhorse Saloon first opened on June 1, 1994, in a converted warehouse, centered around line dance, line dancing. It operated for three decades as a bar and dance club with a three-level live concert venue for all genres of music. It was also used as a banquet hall. On April 13, 2023, it was announced that the Wildhorse Saloon would be replaced by a concert hall and honky-tonk inspired by Luke Combs, Luke Combs's song "Hurricane (Luke Combs song), Hurricane" with building updates expected to be completed by mid-2024. In January 2024, the Wildhorse Saloon officially closed its doors in preparation for the upcoming changes to the venue. It is expected to reopen in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland River. Nashville had a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of United States cities by population, 21st-most populous city in the United States and the fourth-most populous city in Southeastern United States, the Southeast. The city is the center of the Nashville metropolitan area, home to 2.1 million people, and is among the fastest growing cities in the nation. Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779 when this territory was still considered part of North Carolina. The city grew quickly due to its strategic location as a port on the Cumberland River and, in the 19th century, a railr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WQQK
WQQK (92.1 FM) is an urban adult contemporary radio station broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee. Its transmitter is located in Goodlettsville, Tennessee (its city of license), and its studios are in Nashville's Music Row district. WQQK broadcasts in HD. History The station first signed on October 16, 1970, as WHVT, licensed to Hendersonville Broadcasting Corporation, according to FCC records. The studios were at 361 Main Street in Hendersonville, Tennessee, with transmitter facilities on Campbell Road in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. The transmitter remains in the same location today. Throughout much of the 1970s, the station held the call letters WBYQ and was branded as "92Q". The station pioneered the "Top 40/ CHR" format on the FM dial in the Nashville market. On July 1, 1981, WBYQ changed its call letters to WMAK-FM. On May 17, 1982, FCC records show the station's license was transferred from Hendersonville Broadcasting Corporation to Phoenix of Hendersonville, Inc. (Samu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soft Rock
Soft rock (also known as light rock or mellow rock) is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in the United States and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions. Soft rock was prevalent on the radio throughout the 1970s and eventually metamorphosed into a form of the synthesized music of adult contemporary music, adult contemporary in the 1980s. History Mid- to late 1960s Softer sounds in rock music could be heard in mid-1960s songs, such as "A Summer Song" by Chad & Jeremy (1964) and "Here, There and Everywhere" by the Beatles and "I Love My Dog" by Cat Stevens, both from 1966. By 1968, hard rock had been established as a mainstream genre. From the end of the 1960s, it became common to divide mainstream rock music into soft and hard rock, with both emerging as major radio formats in the US. The Bee Gees were considered soft rock in the late 1960s. Early 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
