The Vanderbilt IMG Sports Network, also known as the Commodore Radio Network, is the sports radio network for the Vanderbilt Commodores, the athletic programs of

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. Headquartered in

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, the network consists of 10 radio stations in

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, and one in

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. There is no television division of this network, but Vanderbilt Commodores fans worldwide can listen to coaches shows and game events on Vanderbilt Access at the athletic department's website.

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has been operating the Vanderbilt Sports network since 2000. Since 2012,

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, known on air as "NewsRadio 1510," is the Nashville area home (and flagship station) of Vanderbilt sports programming. Because that station is a 50,000 clear-channel AM station, Vanderbilt's night-time games can be heard in most of the eastern

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and parts of southeastern

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. WSM, the other clear-channel station in Nashville, previously served as the network's flagship from the 1950s through 2012. WLAC took over as flagship station two years after losing rival

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's broadcasts of

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basketball and football games to WGFX-FM.

Radio affiliates

Current affiliates

Tennessee

Kentucky

Former affiliates''2007-2008 Vanderbilt Men’s Basketball Media Guide'', page 188
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* Ashland City, TN -- WQSV AM 790 * Benton, Kentucky -- WCBL-FM *Chattanooga, TN -- WDOD (defunct) *Clarksville, TN --

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AM 1400 * Gallatin, TN (Nashville) --

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FM 104.5 *Nashville -- WSM AM 650 (195?-2012) *

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(Memphis, TN) --

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* Winchester, TN -- WCDT

References

External links

Vanderbilt Commodores - Official Site
College football on the radio College basketball on the radio in the United States Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt University Sports radio networks in the United States {{Tennessee-stub