WGFX (104.5
MHz
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) is a
commercial
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* a dose of advertising conveyed through media (such as - for example - radio or television)
** Radio advertisement
** Television advertisement
* (adjective for:) commerce, a system of voluntary exchange of products and s ...
FM radio station
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licensed
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A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another party (licensee) as an element of an agreeme ...
to
Gallatin, Tennessee
Gallatin is a city in and the county seat of Sumner County, Tennessee. The population was 30,278 at the 2010 census and 44,431 at the 2020 census. Named for United States Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, the city was established on ...
, and serving the
Nashville metropolitan area
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. It is branded as 104.5 The Zone, broadcasting a
sports
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radio format
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. It is owned by
Cumulus Media
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, with studios in Nashville's
Music Row
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district. Most of its daytime schedule has local hosts, with programming from
Fox Sports Radio
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heard nights and weekends.
WGFX has an
effective radiated power
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of 58,000
watt
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s. The
transmitter
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is on Blevins Road off
Interstate 24
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in
Whites Creek, Tennessee
Whites Creek is an unincorporated community located near Nashville in the northern part of Davidson County, Tennessee. The community and nearby creek which travels north to south along US 431 were named after an early settler named White who was ...
, amid the
towers
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Towers are specifica ...
for other Nashville-area FM and TV stations.
History
Early years
The station signed on as WFMG-FM on December 1, 1960, in
Gallatin, Tennessee
Gallatin is a city in and the county seat of Sumner County, Tennessee. The population was 30,278 at the 2010 census and 44,431 at the 2020 census. Named for United States Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, the city was established on ...
, about 30 miles (47 km) northeast of
Nashville
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...
, with a
big band
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format. The station was started by Ellis F. Jones Jr. The studio and transmitter location was located on North Water Street on Gallatin's Public Square. The transmitter power was 8.2 KW ERP according to FCC Records. In 1965, the station's studio and transmitter site was moved 5.1 miles north of the City of Gallatin to a location known as "Music Mountain". In 1971, Sumner Country Broadcasting Co., which owned
WHIN
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in Gallatin, purchased WFMG and changed
call letters
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to WHIN-FM. During the early years of WHIN-FM, the format was
easy listening
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. In 1974, the station switched to an all
oldies
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format. In July 1978, WHIN-FM flipped formats to
contemporary hit radio
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(CHR). Just over one month later, the call letters were changed to WWKX using the
moniker
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''KX 104 FM''.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the station was very popular and featured morning DJ
Coyote McCloud. Its 100,000
watt
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signal broadcasting from "Music Mountain", one of the highest points on the northern
Highland Rim
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Geologically, the Central Basin is a dome. The Highland Rim is a cuesta surround ...
north of Gallatin and the site of several broadcasting facilities, boomed far into the
rural
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areas of northern Tennessee and southern
Kentucky
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. By the mid-1980s, KX 104 was faced with competition from two new area CHRs, "96 Kiss" (WZKS, now
WCJK
WCJK (96.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Murfreesboro, Tennessee and serving the Nashville metropolitan area. It airs an adult hits radio format and is owned by Midwest Communications, Inc. It subscribes to the nationally ...
) and "Y107" (WYHY, now
WRVW
WRVW (107.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to the city of Lebanon, Tennessee, but serving the nearby Nashville market. It is currently branded as 107.5 The River, broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format, and has become something of a heritage st ...
). Additionally, McCloud defected to WYHY in 1985 to host its morning show. To try to differentiate itself, WWKX segued into a rock-leaning
Top 40
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format calling itself ''Rock Hits 104, Kicks FM''. This move proved unfruitful, and the station returned to mainstream CHR a year later in 1986. Faced with the success of Y107, this would not last.
Classic Rock
In the summer of 1987, WWKX moved its tower from Music Mountain into Nashville and downgraded power, noticeably affecting signal strength in rural areas north of the city. The call letters changed to WGFX on August 13, 1987 and the moniker became 104.5 The Fox with a
classic rock
Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primar ...
format.
In the late 1980s, Dick Broadcasting Company (DBC) took over operations of the station through a
local marketing agreement
In North American broadcasting, a local marketing agreement (LMA), or local management agreement, is a contract in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another party. In essence, it is a sort of lease or tim ...
(LMA), and paired it with its popular
rock and roll
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station
WKDF
WKDF (103.3 FM, "103.3 Country") is a country music radio station from Nashville, Tennessee. WKDF is owned by Cumulus Media. The transmitter site is in Brentwood, Tennessee, and its studios are located in Nashville's Music Row district.
WKDF fo ...
to form "Nashville's Rock Network". In the early 1990s, the station became known as "Arrow 104.5" (with Arrow originally standing for "All Rock n' Roll Oldies"). This format was somewhat successful and endured until the late 1990s.
The station was purchased outright by Dick Broadcasting Company following the
Telecommunications Act of 1996
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, which, in part, loosened broadcast ownership rules.
Shortly after the acquisition, Dick Broadcasting entered into an agreement with SFX Broadcasting, the then-owner of
WLAC-FM, to trade the intellectual property of the stations. The trade, to have taken place February 2, 1998, would have moved WLAC-FM's
adult contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...
format to 104.5 FM, and moved WGFX's classic rock format to 105.9 under SFX ownership. However, when the agreement fell apart, SFX converted WLAC-FM to a classic rock format of its own, changed the call letters to WNRQ, and began to compete directly with WGFX.
Rhythmic Oldies
Responding to the early ratings success of WNRQ, WGFX reformatted to
rhythmic oldies
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as "Jammin' Oldies 104.5", on December 11, 1998, but quickly changed its name to "Groovin' Hits 104.5" after a brief trademark dispute.
In early 1999, WGFX was slated to convert to a
country music
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outlet built around local air personality Carl P. Mayfield. Dick Broadcasting purchased advertising in other media promoting Mayfield's impending debut on 104.5 WGFX. However, the company ultimately succumbed to Mayfield's repeated demands that the format be installed on the stronger-signalled
WKDF
WKDF (103.3 FM, "103.3 Country") is a country music radio station from Nashville, Tennessee. WKDF is owned by Cumulus Media. The transmitter site is in Brentwood, Tennessee, and its studios are located in Nashville's Music Row district.
WKDF fo ...
, leaving WGFX to continue broadcasting rhythmic oldies.
Classic Hits
In January 2000, the station reverted to a
classic hits
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format, focusing mainly on 1970s music. First known as simply "The New 104 — That '70s Station", it became "The New 104 — The Core" a few months later, and was positioned as a lighter alternative to WNRQ.
Citadel Broadcasting
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purchased the station (along with all of DBC's assets outside the
Greenville, South Carolina
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market) in September 2000. In the summer of 2002, the station broadened its playlist to include music from 1980s, and changed its name to "Rockin' Hits 104.5 WGFX", marking the only time the station has used those call letters in its branding.
Sports 104.5 The Zone
The All Sports format began on August 11, 2003, with the station renamed "104.5 The Zone." Management hired popular personalities
George Plaster George Plaster (born May 7, 1959 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a former collegiate sports administrator and a sports broadcasting personality. He previously served as associate athletic director at Belmont University. In May 2019 it was announced that ...
, Willy Daunic and Darren McFarland away from Cumulus Media station
WWTN
WWTN (99.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station serving the Nashville, Tennessee media market. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and is marketed as SuperTalk 99.7 WTN (the first W is eliminated for simplicity). WWTN operates at 100,000 w ...
(99.7 FM). However, because of litigation surrounding a contract dispute, Plaster did not appear on the station until two months after its launch.
In the early days of the Zone, the station had a heavy focus on local news, and featured general-interest
talk
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Communication
* Communication, the encoding and decoding of exchanged messages between people
* Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people
* Lecture, an oral presentation intended to inform or instruct
...
on weekdays from 6am-Noon, with sports in all other dayparts. For the first three weeks of the talk format, the station broadcast "The
Rick and Bubba
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...
Show" (a holdover from the previous "Rockin' Hits" format). It then brought over Mayfield's "Carl P. & The P-Team" show from WKDF, where it had been replaced in morning drive. Following Mayfield's exit in December 2003, the station began broadcasting "The Wake-Up Zone" in early mornings, featuring Mayfield's supporting cast, but led by Nashville music industry executive Charlie Monk. Popular
Knoxville
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morning talk personality Hallerin Hilton Hill also hosted a 2-hour version of his show for the Nashville market in the late morning slot.
Over the course of 18 months, the station migrated to 24/7 sports talk. Hill's show was canceled, and "The Wake-Up Zone" was converted to a sports-focused show, replacing Charlie Monk & Mike Donegan with Kevin Ingram and retired Titans tight end
Frank Wycheck
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. They joined Mark Howard, who continued with the show from its previous iteration. The trio of Ingram, Howard and Wycheck continued on the show until 2017, when Wycheck left the show and was replaced with another former Titans star,
Blaine Bishop
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.
Titans and Volunteers Football
WGFX was the
flagship station for the
Tennessee Oilers/Titans of the
National Football League
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from 1997 until the completion of the 2001 season, when the rights were shifted to WGFX's sister station, WKDF. (WGFX returned as an "affiliate" station of the team's network for the 2004 season only). WGFX also aired the franchise's games in 1996, the final year the team was located in
Houston, Texas
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. WGFX returned as the full-time flagship station of the
Titans Radio Network
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Nashville market station WGFX ...
in 2010.
WGFX is the major Nashville-area affiliate for the
University of Tennessee Volunteers football and men's basketball, The Vols moved to WGFX on 2010 after many years on
WLAC
WLAC (1510 AM) – branded ''Talkradio 98.3 & 1510'' – is a commercial talk radio radio station licensed to serve Nashville, Tennessee. Owned by iHeartMedia, the station covers the Nashville metropolitan area. The WLAC studios are located i ...
.
The station also broadcasts selected
Belmont Bruins men's basketball
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games which do not conflict with the Vols.
“On the Air - Belmont Bruins”
Belmont Bruins
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. Retrieved June 24, 2015. Coverage of NASCAR
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can now be heard on WGFX, from both Performance Racing Network
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and the Motor Racing Network
Motor Racing Network (MRN) is a U.S. radio network that syndicates broadcasts of auto racing events, particularly NASCAR. MRN was founded in 1970 by NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr. and broadcaster Ken Squier, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of N ...
.
In the past, WGFX has served as the flagship station for the Nashville Predators
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(NHL
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, 2005–2010), Vanderbilt Commodores
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( SEC, 2004–2009), and Nashville Sounds
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( PCL, 2010–2011).
WGFX has previously served as the Nashville affiliate for ''The Jim Rome Show
''The Jim Rome Show'' is a sports radio talk show hosted by Jim Rome. It airs live for three hours each weekday from 9 a.m. to noon Pacific Time. The show is produced in Los Angeles, syndicated by CBS Sports Radio, and can be heard on affilia ...
'', ''The Dan Patrick Show
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'', Sporting News Radio
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and ESPN Radio
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, and is currently on its second stint as an affiliate of Fox Sports Radio
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. It was announced that in 2013 the station would once again drop its Fox affiliation to be an affiliate of the upstart CBS Sports Radio
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CBS Sports Radio is owned by Paramount Global and distributed by Westwood One. Programmin ...
network, but never did actually did so. Shortly afterwards, the CBS Sports Radio affiliation went to a competitor, WNSR
WNSR (560 AM) is a Nashville-area Class D radio station operating on the AM frequency of 560 kHz. WNSR's majority owner is Randolph Victor Bell, and the station's general manager is former WSM personality Ted Johnson.
The station broadc ...
, as WGFX retained the Fox Sports Radio affiliation. However, WGFX also retains the hourly minute-long commentaries by CBSSR personalities such as Boomer Esiason
Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason (; born April 17, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons, primarily with the Cincinnati Bengals. He was selected in th ...
and Doug Gottlieb
Douglas Mitchell Gottlieb (born January 15, 1976) is an American basketball analyst and sports talk radio host. He played both NCAA collegiate basketball, twice leading the nation in assists, and professional basketball (including USBL; leading ...
.
Cumulus ownership
Following a bankruptcy, Citadel was acquired by Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media, Inc. is an American broadcasting company and is the third largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States behind Audacy and iHeartMedia. As of June 2019, Cumulus lists ownership of 428 stations in 87 ...
on September 16, 2011. Shortly after the merger, WGFX and WKDF moved their studios from Rutledge Hill to Cumulus' existing cluster at Music Row
Music Row is a historic district located southwest of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Widely considered the heart of Nashville's entertainment industry, Music Row has also become a metonymous nickname for the music industry as a w ...
, where they broadcast alongside WWTN
WWTN (99.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station serving the Nashville, Tennessee media market. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and is marketed as SuperTalk 99.7 WTN (the first W is eliminated for simplicity). WWTN operates at 100,000 w ...
, WSM-FM
WSM-FM (95.5 MHz) is a radio station in Nashville, Tennessee. It broadcasts a country music format, with an emphasis on recordings released since the 1990s.
From 1968 to 2008, WSM-FM was the sister of the clear-channel WSM. The station is no ...
, and WQQK
WQQK (92Q) is an Urban Adult Contemporary FM radio station broadcasting in the Nashville, Tennessee market on a frequency of 92.1 MHz. Its transmitter site is in Goodlettsville, Tennessee (its city of license), and its studios are located in ...
. WRQQ
WRQQ (103.3 FM, "Classic Hits 103.3") is a classic hits music formatted radio station serving the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, area. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and its city of license is Hammond, Louisiana. Its studios are located downto ...
and WNFN
WNFN (106.7 FM, "Hot 106-7") is a Top 40 (CHR) formatted radio station in the Nashville, Tennessee market, broadcasting a Top 40 format. Its transmitter site is in Whites Creek, Tennessee and its studios are in Berry Hill, Tennessee.
Previo ...
also briefly shared studio space with WGFX until they were each sold to separate buyers.
Plaster, Daunic and McFarland left WGFX immediately after Cumulus acquired the station in September 2011, and the trio was instrumental in launching its primary competitor, WPRT-FM
WPRT-FM (102.5 FM, "ESPN Nashville, The Game") is an ESPN Radio- affiliated sports FM radio station broadcasting at 102.5 MHz. It is licensed to the city of Pegram, Tennessee, but serves the Nashville and Clarksville/ Hopkinsville marke ...
.
In 2017, WGFX removed all network programming during its weekday prime dayparts, focusing entirely on locally-produced shows.
Prior formats
*Rockin' Hits 104.5 WGFX – Classic Hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980s ...
, 2002–2003
*The New 104 — The Core (briefly known as The New 104 — That '70s Station) – Classic rock
Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primar ...
, 2000–2002
*Groovin' Hits 104.5 (briefly known as Hot 104.5 and Jammin' Oldies 104.5) – R&B Oldies, 1998–2000
*Arrow 104.5 – Classic Hits, 1993–1998
*104.5 The Fox – Classic Rock, 1988–1993 (call letters changed to WGFX, which stood for Gallatin's FoX)
*KX104 – Top 40, 1986–1987
*Rock Hits 104, Kicks FM – Rock/Top 40, 1985–1986
*Kix 104 – Top 40, 1978–1985 (as WHIN-FM and WWKX)
*WHIN-FM – Oldies, 1974–1978 / Easy Listening, 1971–1974
*WFMG-FM – Big Band
A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s an ...
s, 1960–1971.
Notable personalities
*Fiona – 1999–2000
* Mike "The Duke" Donegan – 2003–2004
* Hallerin Hilton Hill – 2003–2005
* Carl P. Mayfield – 2003
* Coyote McCloud – 1980s
*Mark Howard1998–2020
*George Plaster George Plaster (born May 7, 1959 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a former collegiate sports administrator and a sports broadcasting personality. He previously served as associate athletic director at Belmont University. In May 2019 it was announced that ...
– 2003–2011
* Rich "Brother" Robbin – 2002–2003
*Frank Wycheck
Frank John Wycheck (born October 14, 1971) is a former American football tight end and sports talk radio host. He played college football at the University of Maryland. As a professional, Wycheck played 11 seasons for the Washington Redskins an ...
– 2004–2016
*Kevin Ingram - 2004-2020
*Clay Travis
Richard Clay Travis (born April 6, 1979) is an American writer, lawyer, radio host and television analyst. As a sports journalist, Travis founded ''OutKick''.
As a political commentator, he and Buck Sexton host ''The Clay Travis and Buck Sexto ...
– 2009–2014
*Blaine Bishop
Blaine Elwood Bishop III (born July 24, 1970) is a former professional American football Safety (American football position), safety in the National Football League who played most notably for the Tennessee Titans. He was drafted by the History o ...
– 2010–present
*Dallas Reese
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– 1990–1992
* Lauren McCleash – 1989–1992
*Melissa Johnson Sweeton
Melissa is a female given name. The name comes from the Greek word μέλισσα (''mélissa''), "bee", which in turn comes from μέλι (''meli''), "honey". In Hittite, ''melit'' signifies "honey".
''Melissa'' also refers to the plant ''Me ...
– 1989–1992/1999–2001
See also
*List of Nashville media
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
Daily newspapers
*''The Tennessean''
Weekly newspapers
*La Campana' - Spanish newspaper
*NashVega ...
References
External links
Official website
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{{Tennessee Titans
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