WNRQ

WNRQ

City	Nashville, Tennessee
Broadcast area	Nashville, Tennessee
Branding	105.9 The Rock
Slogan	Nashville's Classic Rock Station
Frequency	105.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) 105.9 HD2 for The Big Legend 98.3 (formerly WLAC simulcast & Vinyl Vineyard & ALT 98.3) 105.9 HD3 for Air1
Translator(s)	98.3 W252CM (Nashville, relays HD2) 92.5 W223BV (Brentwood, relays HD3)
First air date	1953 (as WLAC-FM)
Format	FM/HD1: Classic rock HD2: Classic Country "The Big Legend 98.3" HD3: Christian Rock "Air1"
ERP	98,000 watts
HAAT	376 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	34392
Callsign meaning	Nashville's RoQ (pronounced as "Rock")
Former callsigns	WLAC-FM (1953–1978) WKQB (1978–1981) WJYN (1981–1983) WLAC–FM (1983–1998)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations	WLAC, WRVW, WSIX-FM, WUBT
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live (HD2)
Website	1059therock.com alt983.com (HD2)

WNRQ is an FM radio station in Nashville, Tennessee, broadcasting on a frequency of 105.9 MHz. It serves counties in northern middle Tennessee and southern central Kentucky. The station's studios are located in Nashville's Music Row district and the transmitter site is in Brentwood, Tennessee.

History/ownership

WNRQ has previously been adult contemporary "Star 106" WLAC-FM, album oriented rock WKQB "Rock 106", and WJYN "The Joy of Nashville", the latter reflecting a former easy listening format. It has always been the partner station of the historical WLAC, through numerous ownership changes (presently held by Clear Channel Communications, now iHeartMedia, Inc.).

In 1998, Dick Broadcasting, owner of WGFX, and SFX Broadcasting, the then-owner of WLAC-FM, agreed to trade the intellectual property of the stations. The trade, to have taken place February 2, 1998, would have moved WLAC-FM to 104.5 FM, and moved WGFX's classic rock format to 105.9 under SFX ownership. However, when the agreement fell apart, SFX decided to go ahead with launching a classic rock format anyway, and flipped WLAC-FM to WNRQ on January 30.^[1]

Current format

The current format features a mixture of fairly hard classic rock deemed to be primarily male-oriented; most of the station's playlist first hit middle Tennessee airwaves on the now-country-formatted WKDF during the 1970s and 1980s, as well as, WKQB "Rock 106" (1978-81). It is also Nashville's broadcaster of the syndicated John Boy and Billy morning show, heard on numerous Southern stations with the same format as WNRQ. As of March 2014, the station also carries Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx.

Former disc jockeys

"Moose" – currently programs WCJK, "96.3 Jack FM," Murfreesboro/Nashville.
"Proud Mary" – worked before at sister station WRVW, status now unknown.
"Big Rig" – worked nights, was at WFBQ, now at WXTB.
"Squeegie" – now at WBUZ-FM
"Riley"
"Joe Elvis" – afternoons: was the last live show on the station; let go in August 2013 for automation.
"Tyler"
"Mud" – was the programming director for the station, also worked nights then afternoons, now at WBGG-FM.
"Jimmy The K"
"Laura Steele" – Also worked at WFBQ in Indianapolis, Indiana, Still heard on The Classic Rock Channel.

HD Radio

WNRQ also broadcasts three HD Radio stations: WNRQ-HD1, WNRQ-HD2, and WNRQ-HD3.

HD1 is a simulcast of the analog station, while
HD2 is a Classic Country format simulcasting sister translator station, W252CM as The Big Legend 98.3. 98.3/105.9 HD2 began airing Vanderbilt football starting in the 2014 season.
HD3 is a Christian Rock format, simulcasting Air1 on translator station W223BV 92.5FM

HD2 was previously (at first) a Clear Channel Communications-provided channel called "Vinyl Vineyard", but due to technical difficulties, the simulcast of sister station 1510 WLAC then moved to the HD2 signal, replacing "Vinyl Vineyard". Then on Monday, August 25, 2014, the new Alternative Rock format of Alt 98.3 (Simulcasting Sister Translator W252CM) made its debut, replacing the WLAC simulcast. On September 2, 2016 the format changed to classic country, branded as "The Big Legend 98.3".^[2]

References

↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1998/RR-1998-02-06.pdf
↑ iHeart Debuts The Big Legend 98.3 Nashville Radioinsight - September 2, 2016

External links

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Radio-Locator information on WNRQ

Nashville, Tennessee radio stations

By AM frequency	560 650 760 790 830 880 900 980 1160 1200 1300 1360 1380 1430 1450 1470 1490 1510

By SW frequency	3.195/3.215/6.875/15.825 4.84/13.845 5.07/5.935/7.49/9.35/12.16 5.89/9.98

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.5 88.7/94.5/99.3 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.1 91.7 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.5 95.9 96.3 97.1 97.9 98.3 98.7 98.9 99.7 100.1 100.5 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.3 104.5 104.9 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475 162.525 162.55

By callsign	KIG79 W214BQ W235BW W240CA W252CM W263AI W270AF WANT WAYM/W233AF/W257AR WAYW WBOZ WBUZ WCJK WCOR WCRT/WCRT-FM1 WCVQ WECV WENO WFCL WFCM-FM WFCN WFFH WFFI WFSK-FM WGFX WGNS WHEW WHPY-FM WJNA WJXA WKDA WKDF WLAC WLVU WMDB WMOT WMTS-FM WNAH WNFN WNG631 WNQM WNRQ WNSR WPLN WPLN-FM WPRT-FM/W271AB WQQK WQZQ WRFN-LP WRLT WRVW WSIX-FM WSM WSM-FM WUBT WVCP WVOL WVWF WWCR WWTN WXK63 WXNA-LP WYFN

Defunct	WRVU WSM-FM (1941–1951)

Nearby radio markets Bowling Green Chattanooga Clarksville-Hopkinsville Cookeville Florence-Muscle Shoals Huntsville Jackson See also List of radio stations in Tennessee

Radio stations in the Clarksville, Tennessee–Hopkinsville, Kentucky market

By AM frequency	540 610 650 790 830 1110 1230 1300 1370 1400 1430 1480 1510

By FM frequency	88.3 89.3 90.3 91.9 92.9 94.3 95.5 96.3 97.5 97.9 98.7 99.1 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.9 102.5 103.3 104.5 105.9 106.5 107.5 107.9

By callsign	W256CI W264CK WAPX-FM WAYQ WCJK WCVQ WGFX WHOP WHOP-FM WHVO WJNA WJXA WJZM WKDF WKDZ WKDZ-FM WKFN WLAC WNKJ WNQM WNRQ WPLN WPLN-FM WPRT-FM WQZQ WRND WRND-FM WRUS WRVW WSIX-FM WSM WSM-FM WUBT WVVR WWH37 WZZP

Nearby radio markets Bowling Green Evansville Jackson Louisville Nashville Owensboro Paducah See also List of radio stations in Tennessee List of radio stations in Kentucky

Radio stations in the Bowling Green, Kentucky market

By AM frequency	610 650 930 1230 1250 1340 1450 1490 1510 1570

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.9 90.7 91.7 92.5 92.9 93.3 94.1 95.1 95.5 95.7 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.5 97.9 98.3 99.3 100.7 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.3 102.5 102.7 103.7 104.5 105.3 105.9 106.3 107.1 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio frequencies	162.4 162.5

By callsign	KIH45 WNG570 W203BI W239BT W240CP W248CF W252CV W268CE W274BQ WAYD WBGN WBKR WBVR WCDS WCJK WCLU WCLU-FM WCVK WDNS WGFX WGGC WHHT WJXA WKCT WKLX WKYU WLAC WLBQ WLCK WLYE WNRQ WOVO WPRT WPTQ WQXQ WRUS WRVW WSIX WSM WSM-FM WUBT WUHU WVLE WWHR WWKU

Defunct	WBLG-LP (107.9 FM) WMJM (96.7 FM) WLBJ (1410 AM) WSMJ (800 AM)

Nearby radio markets Clarksville–Hopkinsville Cookeville Evansville Lexington–Fayette Louisville Nashville Owensboro See also List of radio stations in Kentucky

Classic rock radio stations in the state of Tennessee

By frequency	92.3 99.3 100.3 101.5 102.7 102.7 103.5 105.9 106.5

By callsign	WEGR WEKX WIMZ WNRQ WNRX WQUT WSKZ WYDL WYNU

By city	Arlington Chattanooga Jellico Jefferson City Johnson City Knoxville Middleton Milan/Jackson Nashville

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Tennessee See also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

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Coordinates: 36°02′10″N 86°50′56″W / 36.036°N 86.849°W / 36.036; -86.849

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