WSIX-FM

WSIX-FM

City	Nashville, Tennessee
Broadcast area	Nashville, Tennessee
Branding	The Big 98 WSIX
Slogan	Nashville's New Country
Frequency	97.9 (MHz) (also on HD Radio) 97.9-2 The Bobby Bones Top 30 Countdown
First air date	1948
Format	Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	349 meters
Class	C0
Facility ID	59815
Transmitter coordinates	36°02′50.00″N 86°49′48.00″W / 36.0472222°N 86.8300000°W / 36.0472222; -86.8300000
Callsign meaning	From 638 Tire Company in Springfield, original home of WSIX-AM (638 was the store's address, "Where Service Is EXcellent" its slogan)^[1]
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations	WLAC, WNRQ, WRVW, WUBT
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	WSIX.com

WSIX-FM is an FM radio station broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee on a frequency of 97.9 MHz. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., and airs a country music format. WSIX-FM has been broadcasting since the late 1950s. The station's studios are located in Nashville's Music Row district and the transmitter site is in Brentwood, Tennessee.

History

Countrypolitan

Originally the sister station of a similarly-styled AM station (now WYFN which simulcasts the Bible Broadcasting Network's religious programming), WSIX-FM pioneered the broadcasting in Nashville (and likely elsewhere in the U.S.) of the "countrypolitan" "Nashville sound" of country music, which developed in the 1960s, adding violins and other stringed instruments (and occasionally horns) to the traditionally fiddle- and guitar-driven sound of country music. During those years (beginning in 1967 until the late 1970s) WSIX-FM used the tagline, "We're metropolitan country." As such, WSIX-FM became one of the first successful country-formatted stations on the FM dial in the U.S.; country stations were overwhelmingly found on AM until well into the early 1980s.

Legendary Big 98 logo used from the 1980s-August 2011

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The Big 98 era

In 1983, then-owners General Electric sold the AM and FM stations, along with WNGE-TV (now WKRN), to other interests. Around that time, the stations' (both were simulcasting by this point) format turned to a more straightforward country sound (i.e., honkey tonk and "Outlaw" recordings that previously did not fit the more mellow, quieter playlist).

XM simulcast

From May 1, 2006 to August 8, 2008, WSIX-FM was simulcast on XM Satellite Radio (channel 161). The satellite feed typically had roughly 3–4 minutes of commercials per hour. A song that was not on the station's playlist at the moment would play during commercial breaks as well.

On June 8, 2011, WSIX-FM has returned to the XM platform, replacing "Nashville" on XM 57. Station owner Clear Channel sold off its ownership stake in Sirius XM Radio during the second quarter of fiscal year 2013. As a result of the sale, nine of Clear Channel's eleven XM stations, including the simulcast of WSIX-FM, ceased broadcast over XM Satellite Radio on October 18, 2013.^[3]^[4]

HD Radio

When WSIX first signed on its HD2 Channel, It began playing only New Country Music (Only most recently new released songs). The Station was branded as "WSIXtra NEW HD2". On October 20, 2013, The HD2 Channel was rebranded as "The Nashville Channel", Still playing New Country Music. On August 1st, 2014, "The Nashville Channel" was replaced by "No Shoes Radio", which was hosted by Kenny Chesney, and played a Mixture of songs picked by him every hour. (Example, an hour could be a subject on relaxing, next hour could be all Classic & Southern rock songs and so on.) Kenny also promoted his new and upcoming albums & told a story about his past concerts on that channel as well. On March 29, 2016, Kenny Chesney announced that No Shoes Radio would be leaving its website of noshoesradio.com and the I-Heart Radio website and going exclusively to broadcasting on Sirius XM Satellite radio.^[5] Also effective with this move, WSIX also discontinued No Shoes Radio from its HD2 Subchannel & replaced it with The Bobby Bones Top 30 Countdown on April 1, 2016.^[6]

References

↑ Robertson County Amateur Radio Club newsletter, 6/2013
↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=2ycEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=wsix-fm+aircheck&source=bl&ots=2pbLLHV_N-&sig=2Z6bYMzSrxllJ_NCLNfycgNAcD0&hl=en&ei=MaaHTJO-Eo3c9ATgvPHfDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CB4Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false
↑ "Clear Channel Sells SiriusXM Stake; Stations To Leave Service". RadioInsight. 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
↑ "SiriusXM Adjusting Lineup: Z100/KIIS-FM Come To Sirius". RadioInsight. 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
↑ "No Shoes Radio - Kenny Chesney". Kenny Chesney. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
↑ "HD Radio station guide for Nashville, TN". www.hdradio.com. Retrieved 2016-05-08.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WSIX

Radio-Locator information on WSIX

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WSIX

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

Country radio stations in the state of Tennessee

Stations	KYTN – Union City WAKM – Franklin WANT – Lebanon WAXO – Lewisburg WBEJ – Elizabethton WBRY – Woodbury WCOR – Lebanon WCYQ – Oak Ridge WDEB-FM – Jamestown WDKN – Dickson WDKW – Maryville WDXE – Lawrenceburg WDYE - Dyer WECO-FM – Wartburg WEIO – Huntingdon WEKR – Fayetteville WEPG – South Pittsburg WEYE – Surgoinsville WFWL – Camden WGAP – Maryville WGKX – Memphis WGOC – Kingsport WGSQ – Cookeville WHIN – Gallatin WHMT - Tullahoma WIKQ – Tusculum WIVK-FM – Knoxville WJDT – Rogersville WJJM-FM – Lewisburg WJLE – Smithville WJLE-FM – Smithville WJSQ – Athens WKBQ – Covington WKDF – Nashville WKJQ-FM – Parsons WKOS – Kingsport WKSR – Pulaski WKVL - Knoxville WKWX – Savannah WKXD-FM – Monterey WLAR – Athens WLCT – Lafayette WLFP – Germantown/Memphis WLIL – Lenoir City WLIV – Livingston WLIV-FM – Monterey WLLX – Lawrenceburg WLNQ – White Pine WLNT-LP – Loudon WLOD – Loudon WLVS-FM – Clifton WLXA - Loretto WMCP – Columbia WMCT – Mountain City WMOD – Bolivar WMTN – Morristown WMUF – Henry WMYL – Halls Crossroads WNCK - Cookeville WNKX-FM – Centerville WNOX – Karns WNPC – Newport WOGT – East Ridge WOGY – Jackson WOOP-LP – Cleveland WOPC - Linden WORM-FM – Savannah WOWF – Crossville WPFT – Pigeon Forge WQLA - La Follette WRGS – Rogersville WSBI – Static WSDQ – Dunlap WSIB - Selmer WSIX-FM – Nashville WSM – Nashville WSM-FM – Nashville WTNK – Hartsville WTNV – Tiptonville WTRB – Ripley WUCZ – Carthage WUSY – Cleveland WVFB – Celina WWLX – Lawrenceburg WWYN – Mckenzie WXOQ – Selmer WYSH – Clinton WYTM-FM – Fayetteville WZLT – Lexington

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

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

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