Media in Nashville, Tennessee explained

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.

Print

See also: List of newspapers in Tennessee.

Daily newspapers

• The Tennessean

Weekly newspapers

• La Campana - Spanish newspaper
• NashVegas Insider
• Nashville Business Journal
• The Nashville Pride
• Nashville Scene

Monthly newspapers

• The Contributor

Monthly magazines

• Nashville Music Guide
• NATIVE

Defunct newspapers

• All The Rage - entertainment and events
• The City Paper (general news and opinion; originally Monday-Friday, later twice weekly, and then weekly; published November 1, 2000 — August 9, 2013)
• The Daily American, (1876 - 1894) and The Nashville American (1894 - September 25, 1910); merged into The Tennessean^[1]
• The Labor Advocate (weekly 1902 - 1939)
• Nashville Banner (ceased publication February 20, 1998)
• Nashville Business in Review (1995 - 1997); later published as In Review (1997 - 1999) - alternative weekly (later biweekly) tabloid
• Nashville Globe and Independent - African-American weekly (ceased publication in July 1960)
• Nashville Times (weekly November 11, 1937 - May 26, 1938, then daily; ceased publication July 28, 1940)^[1]

Defunct magazines

• Advantage, The Nashville Business Magazine (monthly, 1978 - 1989, published by Advantage, Inc.)
• Aluminum Magazine (monthly, June 1999 to August 1999)
• Nashville (monthly, January 1963 - April 1970)^[1]
• Nashville (monthly, approx. 1978 - 1990, published by Advantage Publications Inc.)
• Nashville Life (bimonthly, 1994 - 1999, published by Eagle Communications Inc.)
• Tag Magazine (monthly)

Online news and blogs

• NashvillePost.com
• AntiochTenn.com
• StyleBlueprint

Television

Broadcast

Nashville is home to the nation's 30th largest television market, covering all of Middle Tennessee and parts of 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		Network	Owner	External link
align=right	2	align=right	27		ABC Ion Mystery (DT2) True Crime Network (DT3) Rewind TV (DT4)		WKRN.com
align=right	4	align=right	10		NBC Ion Mystery (DT2) Cozi TV (DT3) Oxygen (DT4) Circle (DT5) GET (DT6)		WSMV.com
align=right	5	align=right	36		CBS Independent (DT2) Bounce TV (DT3)		NewsChannel5.com
align=right	6	align=right	7			Richard C. and Lisa A. Goetz
align=right	8	align=right	8		PBS PBS Encore (DT2) PBS Kids (DT3)	Nashville Public Television	WNPT.net
align=right	15	align=right	15			Gray Television
align=right	17	align=right	20		Fox CW (DT2) Antenna TV (DT3) TBD (DT4)		Fox17.com
align=right	20	align=right	24	WNPX-LP/LD	Silent	Daystar (Word of God Fellowship)	Daystar.com
align=right	26	align=right	26			Daystar (Word of God Fellowship)	Daystar.com
align=right	28	align=right	32		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
align=right	30	align=right	21		My Network TV Quest (DT2) Comet (DT3)	Sinclair Broadcast Group	MyTV30Web.com
align=right	31	align=right	31		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
align=right	34	align=right	34		3ABN 3ABN Radio (DT5) 3ABN Latino Radio (DT6) Radio 74 (DT7)		3abn.org
align=right	35	align=right	35	WCTZ-LD	Buzzr Shop LC (DT2) Independent (DT3) Quest (DT4) Cheddar (DT5) CBN News Channel (DT6) Lx (DT7)	HC2 Holdings (DTV America Corporation)
align=right	39	align=right	16			Christian Television Network	CTNTV.org
align=right	40	align=right	28		MeTV H&I (DT2) Start TV (DT3) Decades (DT4) Movies! (DT5)	HC2 Holdings (DTV America Corporation)
align=right	42	align=right	19		Univision UniMás (DT2) TheGrio (DT3) Heartland (DT4) Nuestra Visión (DT5)	JKB Associates
align=right	44	align=right	44		Me TV H&I (DT2) Start TV (DT3) Decades (DT4) Movies! (DT5) MeTV+ (DT6) Story Television(DT7) EMLW(DT12)
align=right	50	align=right	33		TBN Hillsong Channel (DT2) Smile TV (DT3) Enlace (DT4) Positiv (DT5)		tbn.org
align=right	58	align=right	23		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.

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

AM

		Format	On-air identity	External link	Notability
align=right	560		Sports	SportsRadio 560 WNSR	WNSR.com	Vanderbilt baseball & women's basketball
align=right	650			650 AM WSM	WSMonline.com	Grand Ole Opry
align=right	710		Religious	WYJV	MBN.org	Moody Broadcasting Network / Simulcast of WMBW in Chattanooga
align=right	760		Religious	WENO	760WENO.com
align=right	810			La Sabrosita
align=right	830			93.3 Classic Hits	933ClassicHits.com
align=right	880			Rejoice 880
align=right	900		Spanish (daytime) Religious (nighttime)			Simulcast of WFCN after sunset
align=right	950		Country	WAKM		NASCAR coverage
align=right	980		Religious	WYFN		Bible Broadcasting Network
align=right	1010		Country	Real Country 1010 WHIN		NASCAR coverage
align=right	1160		Christian	WCRT
align=right	1200		Religious	WFCN	moodyradio.org
align=right	1240		Spanish	Activa 1240
align=right	1300		Religious	Nashville Quality Ministries/WWCR	WWCR.com/WNQM	Worldwide Christian Radio
align=right	1360		Religious	WNAH	WNAH.com
align=right	1380		Spanish	La Ley
align=right	1430		Science/Education/History	Hippie Radio 94.5	hippieradio945.com
align=right	1450			1450 WGNS	1450WGNS.com	Atlanta Braves coverage
align=right	1470			The Mighty 1470 WVOL	WVOL1470.com
align=right	1490		Country	Real Country FM 98.9	WANTFM.com	Simulcast of WANT 98.9 FM
align=right	1510		News/Talk	TalkRadio 98.3 & 1510	WLAC.com

FM

		Format	On-air identity	External link	Notability
align=right	88.1			88.1 WFSK	fisk.edu/wfsk	Fisk University
align=right	88.3			88.3 WMTS	WMTS.org	Middle Tennessee State University
align=right	88.5			88 (dot) 5 WVCP	VolState.edu/WVCP/	Volunteer State Community College
align=right	88.7			88.7/89.9 Way-FM	WayFM.com
align=right	89.1		Christian Teaching & Talk		BottRadioNetwork.com	Bott Radio Network
align=right	89.5		Americana	89.5 WMOT Roots Radio	WMOT.org	Middle Tennessee State University
align=right	89.9			88.7/89.9 Way-FM	WayFM.com	Repeater of WPRT-HD3, Simulcast with WAYM
align=right	90.3			Nashville Public Radio	WPLN.org	National Public Radio
align=right	91.1			91.One WNXP	WPLN.org
align=right	92.1			92Q	92Qnashville.com
align=right	92.9			Mix 92.9	Mix929.com
align=right	93.3			93.3 Classic Hits	933ClassicHits.com	FM repeater of WQZQ 830 AM
align=right	93.7			94FM The Fish	94FMthefish.com	Simulcast with 94.1-FM WFFH & 104.9-FM WBOZ
align=right	94.1			94FM The Fish	94FMthefish.com	Simulcast with 93.7-FM WFFI & 104.9-FM WBOZ
align=right	94.5			Hippie Radio 94.5	HippieRadio945.com
align=right	94.9			94.9 Game 2	TheGameNashville.com	Repeater of WBUZ-HD3
align=right	95.5			95.5 Nash Icon	955NashIcon.com	Nominal flagship station of Westwood One's Nash Icon format
align=right	96.3				963JACKFM.com
align=right	97.1				klove.com
align=right	97.5			97.5 Hallelujah FM	975hallelujahfm.iheart.com	Repeater of WNRQ-HD2, Nashville Sounds
align=right	97.9			The Big 98 WSIX	WSIX.com
align=right	98.3			TalkRadio 98.3 & 1510	wlac.iheart.com	Repeater of WLAC 1510 AM via WSIX-HD2
align=right	98.7			WCRT		Special "temporary" repeater for WCRT (AM) since 1990
align=right	98.9			Real Country 98.9	WANTFM.com	Simulcast with 1490 WCOR
align=right	99.7			Supertalk 99.7 WTN	997WTN.com
align=right	100.1			Lightning 100	Lightning100.com
align=right	101.1			101.1 The Beat JAMZ	101TheBeat.com
align=right	102.1			102.1 The Ville	1021TheVille.com	Repeater of WPRT-HD2
align=right	102.5			102.5 The Game	TheGameNashville.com	Nashville Predators, ESPN Radio
align=right	102.9			102.9 The Buzz	1029thebuzz.com	Nashville's ROCK station.
align=right	103.3			Nash FM 103.3	NashFM1033.com	Nominal flagship station of Cumulus Media's Nash FM brand
align=right	104.5			104.5 The Zone	1045thezone.com	Tennessee Titans coverage, University of Tennessee football & basketball, NASCAR
align=right	104.9			94FM The Fish	94FMthefish.com	Simulcast with 93.7-FM WFFI & 94.1-FM WFFH
align=right	105.1			105.1 The Train	TennesseeWolf.com
align=right	105.9			105.9 The Rock	1059TheRock.com	Nashville's ONLY Classic Rock.
align=right	106.7			Y'all 106.7	i1067.com
align=right	107.1			Radio Free Nashville	RadioFreeNashville.org	Public access; primarily west of Nashville
align=right	107.5			107.5 The River	1075TheRiver.com

See also

• Tennessee media
  • List of newspapers in Tennessee
  • List of radio stations in Tennessee
  • List of television stations in Tennessee
  • Media of cities in Tennessee: Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Murfreesboro

Bibliography

• Book: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hn4gyr?urlappend=%3Bseq=132 . History of the Nashville Press . Nashville City and Business Directory, For 1860–61 . L.P. Williams & Co. . Nashville, Tennessee . 5 . 90 . 1860. 2027/hvd.hn4gyr?urlappend=%3Bseq=132 .
• Clash over Race: Tennessee Governor Ellington versus CBS, 1960 . D.E. Sumner . Journalism Quarterly . 68 . 1991 . 3 . 541–547 . 10.1177/107769909106800326 . 143058804 .

External links

• Web site: United States: Tennessee: Nashville: News and Media . . . (Directory ceased in 2017)
• Web site: US Newspaper Directory: Tennessee: Nashville . Washington, D.C. . . Library of Congress .

Notes and References

1. OCLC WorldCat library database