WAIV (FM)
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Broadcast area | Nashville metropolitan area |
Frequency | WFFH: 94.1 MHz WFFI: 93.7 MHz WBOZ: 104.9 MHz |
Branding | Christian 94 FM the Fish |
Programming | |
Format | Contemporary Christian |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | 1985 |
Former call signs | WFFH: WYPE (1991-1992) WRLG (1992-2003) WFFI: WYYB (1991-2003) WBOZ: WLMM (1991–1994) |
Call sign meaning | We're FM FisH |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | WFFH: 68347 WFFI: 18714 WBOZ: 15531 |
Class | WFFH: A WFFI: A WBOZ: A |
ERP | WFFH: 3,200 watts WFFI: 1,150 watts WBOZ: 6,000 watts |
HAAT | WFFH: 138 meters (453 ft) WFFI: 230 meters (750 ft) WBOZ: 100 meters (330 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | WFFH: 36°1′14.00″N 86°38′18.00″W / 36.0205556°N 86.6383333°W WFFI: 36°8′10.00″N 86°59′4.00″W / 36.1361111°N 86.9844444°W WBOZ: 35°49′33.00″N 86°9′28.00″W / 35.8258333°N 86.1577778°W |
Links | |
Webcast | listen live |
Website | 94fmthefish.net |
WFFH (94.1 MHz), WBOZ (104.9 MHz), and WFFI (93.7 MHz) are FM radio stations trimulcasting a Contemporary Christian radio format as "FM 94 The Fish." WFFH is licensed to Smyrna, Tennessee, WBOZ to Woodbury and WFFI to Kingston Springs, with the stations serving the Nashville metropolitan area. They air the same programming to provide maximum coverage to Middle Tennessee.
The stations are owned by the Salem Media Group.[1] Salem is the largest owner of Christian radio stations in the U.S. and it uses "The Fish," an early symbol of the Christian Church, as the branding for its Contemporary Christian stations in Nashville, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Cleveland and other markets.
History
WFFH History
WFFH was previously WRLG & was then a sister station to WRLT owned by Tuned In Broadcasting. In early 1995 the station's format changed from "The Exxit" from Major Networks to The Underground Network (once called WDRE).[2] Several months later, the station changed its format to Active Rock Branded as "Thunder 94". In the October 1997, facing intense pressure from WKDF (which had flipped to mainstream modern rock some time before), Tuned In Broadcasting pulled the plug on Thunder 94, and the format changed to Triple-A format & became branded as ""The Phoenix", playing a mix of rock and rap music.[3][4] Shortly before the sale to its current owners Salem Media Group, WRLG began simulcasting then sister station WRLT
WFFI History
WFFI was previously operated under the callsign WYYB, and was a simulcast of WRLG, which broadcast the Active Rock format under "Thunder 94", the Triple-A Format under "The Phoenix" & briefly a simulcast of WRLT.[5][6] Prior to this it was briefly the FM affiliate of WDKN, a community-oriented station in Dickson, Tennessee, to which it was originally licensed.
WBOZ History
WBOZ was assigned call sign WLMM on August 23, 1991. On June 1, 1994, the station changed its call sign to the current "WBOZ" began broadcasting the Southern Gospel Format.[7] WBOZ would broadcast the Southern Gospel format from 1994 until July 2012, when the station dropped its Southern Gospel music format and began simulcasting sister station WFFH.[8]
Previous logo of WBOZ
Logo during the Solid Gospel Era, until 2012.
See also
References
- ^ "WBOZ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Stark, Phyllis (February 11, 1995). "Vox Jox". Billboard. 107 (6): 84.
- ^ http://www.loupickney.com/radio/thunder94.shtml
- ^ http://grizzlyweb.com/links/radio.asp?loc=tn_nashville&radio=id, retrieved on 2009-02-12.
- ^ http://www.loupickney.com/radio/thunder94.shtml
- ^ http://grizzlyweb.com/links/radio.asp?loc=tn_nashville&radio=id, retrieved on 2009-02-12.
- ^ "WBOZ Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Nashville's Fish Grows From Simulcast To Trimulcast". AllAccess.com.
External links
- Station website
- Facility details for Facility ID WFFH ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID WFFI ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID WBOZ ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database