Media in Nashville, Tennessee

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Nashville, Tennessee is the 29th largest media market in the United States with roughly 966,000 homes, 0.8% of the country's media market.[ citation needed ]

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Print

Daily newspapers

Weekly newspapers

Monthly newspapers

Monthly magazines

Defunct newspapers

Defunct magazines

Online news and blogs

Television

Broadcast

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

AnalogDigital Call NetworkOwnerExternal link
227 WKRN-TV ABC
Ion Mystery (DT2)
True Crime Network (DT3)
Rewind TV (DT4)
Nexstar Media Group WKRN.com
410 WSMV-TV NBC
Ion Mystery (DT2)
Cozi TV (DT3)
Oxygen (DT4)
Circle (DT5)
GET (DT6)
Gray Television WSMV.com
536 WTVF CBS
Independent (DT2)
Bounce TV (DT3)
E. W. Scripps Company NewsChannel5.com
67 WRTN-LP Silent Richard C. and Lisa A. Goetz
88 WNPT PBS
PBS Encore (DT2)
PBS Kids (DT3)
Nashville Public Television WNPT.net
1515 WTNX-LD Telemundo
(4.10) NBC
Gray Television
1720 WZTV Fox
CW (DT2)
Antenna TV (DT3)
TBD (DT4)
Sinclair Broadcast Group Fox17.com
2024 WNPX-LP/LD*Silent Daystar
(Word of God Fellowship)
Daystar.com
2626 WNTU-LD Daystar Daystar
(Word of God Fellowship)
Daystar.com
2832 WNPX-TV Ion
Court TV (DT2)
Grit (DT3)
Laff (DT4)
Defy TV (DT5)
True Real (DT6)
Newsy (DT7)
HSN (DT8)
QVC (DT9)
Ion Media
(a subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company)
iontelevision.com
3021 WUXP My Network TV
Quest (DT2)
Comet (DT3)
Sinclair Broadcast Group MyTV30Web.com
3131 WJDE-CD Heartland
The Country Network (DT2)
Right Now TV (DT3)
Retro TV (DT4)
SBN (DT5)
QVC2 (DT6)
America's Voice (DT7)
GEB America (DT8)
Word Broadcasting Network
(Evangel World Prayer Center of Kentucky)
www.wjde31.com
3434 WJNK-LD 3ABN
3ABN Radio (DT5)
3ABN Latino Radio (DT6)
Radio 74 (DT7)
Edge Spectrum 3abn.org
3535WCTZ-LD Buzzr
Shop LC (DT2)
Independent (DT3)
Quest (DT4)
Cheddar (DT5)
CBN News Channel (DT6)
Lx (DT7)
HC2 Holdings
(DTV America Corporation)
3916 WHTN CTN Christian Television Network CTNTV.org
4028 WKUW-LD MeTV
H&I (DT2)
Start TV (DT3)
Decades (DT4)
Movies! (DT5)
HC2 Holdings
(DTV America Corporation)
4219 WLLC-LD Univision
UniMás (DT2)
TheGrio (DT3)
Heartland (DT4)
Nuestra Visión (DT5)
JKB Associates
4444 WJFB Me TV
H&I (DT2)
Start TV (DT3)
Decades (DT4)
Movies! (DT5)
MeTV+ (DT6)
Story Television(DT7)
EMLW(DT12)
Weigel Broadcasting
5033 WPGD-TV TBN
Hillsong Channel (DT2)
Smile TV (DT3)
Enlace (DT4)
Positiv (DT5)
Trinity Broadcasting Network tbn.org
5823 WNAB Dabl
Stadium (DT2)
Charge! (DT3)
Tennessee Broadcasting
(Operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group, under OSA.)
CW58.tv
* indicates construction permit for LD (low-power digital TV)

Cable

Cable stations based in Nashville include Country Music Television and NRB Network. The Nashville Network was also based in Nashville until it closed in 2000.

Radio

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

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

AM

kHz Call FormatOn-air identityExternal linkNotability
560 WNSR SportsSportsRadio 560 WNSR WNSR.com Vanderbilt baseball & women's basketball
650 WSM Country 650 AM WSM WSMonline.com Grand Ole Opry
710 WYJV ReligiousWYJV MBN.org Moody Broadcasting Network / Simulcast of WMBW in Chattanooga
760 WENO ReligiousWENO 760WENO.com
810 WMGC Spanish La Sabrosita
830 WQZQ Classic hits 93.3 Classic Hits 933ClassicHits.com
880 WMDB Gospel Rejoice 880
900 WKDA Spanish (daytime) Religious (nighttime)Simulcast of WFCN after sunset
950 WAKM CountryWAKMNASCAR coverage
980 WYFN ReligiousWYFN Bible Broadcasting Network
1010 WHIN CountryReal Country 1010 WHINNASCAR coverage
1160 WCRT ChristianWCRT
1200 WFCN ReligiousWFCN moodyradio.org
1240 WNVL SpanishActiva 1240
1300 WNQM ReligiousNashville Quality Ministries/WWCR WWCR.com/WNQM Worldwide Christian Radio
1360 WNAH ReligiousWNAH WNAH.com
1380 WHEW SpanishLa Ley
1430 WYGI Science/Education/HistoryHippie Radio 94.5 hippieradio945.com
1450 WGNS Talk 1450 WGNS 1450WGNS.com Atlanta Braves coverage
1470 WVOL Urban Adult Contemporary The Mighty 1470 WVOL WVOL1470.com
1490 WCOR CountryReal Country FM 98.9 WANTFM.com Simulcast of WANT 98.9 FM
1510 WLAC News/TalkTalkRadio 98.3 & 1510 WLAC.com

FM

MHz Call FormatOn-air identityExternal linkNotability
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 88.7/89.9 Way-FM WayFM.com
89.1 WECV Christian Teaching & Talk BottRadioNetwork.com Bott Radio Network
89.5 WMOT Americana89.5 WMOT Roots Radio WMOT.org Middle Tennessee State University
89.9 W210CD Christian Contemporary 88.7/89.9 Way-FM WayFM.com Repeater of WPRT-HD3, Simulcast with WAYM
90.3 WPLN-FM Public News/Talk Nashville Public Radio WPLN.org National Public Radio
91.1 WNXP AAA 91.One WNXP WPLN.org
92.1 WQQK Urban Adult Contemporary 92Q 92Qnashville.com
92.9 WJXA Adult Contemporary Mix 92.9 Mix929.com
93.3 W227DC Classic hits 93.3 Classic Hits 933ClassicHits.com FM repeater of WQZQ 830 AM
93.7 WFFI Christian Contemporary 94FM The Fish 94FMthefish.com Simulcast with 94.1-FM WFFH & 104.9-FM WBOZ
94.1 WFFH Christian Contemporary 94FM The Fish 94FMthefish.com Simulcast with 93.7-FM WFFI & 104.9-FM WBOZ
94.5 WHPY-FM Oldies Hippie Radio 94.5 HippieRadio945.com
94.9 W235BW Sports 94.9 Game 2 TheGameNashville.com Repeater of WBUZ-HD3
95.5 WSM-FM Country 95.5 Nash Icon 955NashIcon.com Nominal flagship station of Westwood One's Nash Icon format
96.3 WCJK Adult Hits 96.3 JACK-FM 963JACKFM.com
97.1 WLVU Christian Contemporary K-LOVE klove.com
97.5 W248BQ Gospel music 97.5 Hallelujah FM 975hallelujahfm.iheart.com Repeater of WNRQ-HD2, Nashville Sounds
97.9 WSIX-FM Country The Big 98 WSIX WSIX.com
98.3 W252CM News/Talk TalkRadio 98.3 & 1510 wlac.iheart.com Repeater of WLAC 1510 AM via WSIX-HD2
98.7 WCRT-FM1 Christian Contemporary WCRTSpecial "temporary" repeater for WCRT (AM) since 1990
98.9 WANT Country Real Country 98.9 WANTFM.com Simulcast with 1490 WCOR
99.7 WWTN News/Talk Supertalk 99.7 WTN 997WTN.com
100.1 WRLT AAA Lightning 100 Lightning100.com
101.1 WUBT Mainstream Urban 101.1 The Beat JAMZ 101TheBeat.com
102.1 W271AB Urban Oldies 102.1 The Ville 1021TheVille.com Repeater of WPRT-HD2
102.5 WPRT-FM Sports 102.5 The Game TheGameNashville.com Nashville Predators, ESPN Radio
102.9 WBUZ Active rock/ Alternative rock 102.9 The Buzz 1029thebuzz.com Nashville's ROCK station.
103.3 WKDF Country Nash FM 103.3 NashFM1033.com Nominal flagship station of Cumulus Media's Nash FM brand
104.5 WGFX Sports 104.5 The Zone 1045thezone.com Tennessee Titans coverage, University of Tennessee football & basketball, NASCAR
104.9 WBOZ Christian Contemporary 94FM The Fish 94FMthefish.com Simulcast with 93.7-FM WFFI & 94.1-FM WFFH
105.1 WJZM Adult hits 105.1 The Train TennesseeWolf.com
105.9 WNRQ Classic rock 105.9 The Rock 1059TheRock.com Nashville's ONLY Classic Rock.
106.7 WNFN Classic Country Y'all 106.7 i1067.com
107.1 WRFN-LP Community Radio Free Nashville RadioFreeNashville.org Public access; primarily west of Nashville
107.5 WRVW Top 40 107.5 The River 1075TheRiver.com

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