WNXP (91.1 FM) is a

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. The station is owned by Nashville Public Radio, the licensee of Nashville's main

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member station,

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. It airs an

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(AAA)

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. WNXP holds periodic on-air

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s to support the station, which is

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. WNXP has an

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(ERP) of 10,000

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s. The

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is located off Knob Road in Nashville, sharing a

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with

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, Nashville's

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History

From 1971 to June 7, 2011, the 91.1 FM frequency was occupied by

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...

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, a

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station (the station changed its call sign to WFCL on June 1, 2011). The university's student communications division made the decision to sell the station, despite public outcry, because of declining student participation and the desire to establish an endowment fund for VU's other student media. Nashville Public Radio, which had long been exploring the possibility of making WPLN-FM a full-time news and talk outlet, decided to purchase WFCL for $3.35 million in order to air the station's

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library. The FCC approved the purchase and license transfer on March 18, 2014, and the transaction was consummated on May 22, 2014. On August 12, 2020, Nashville Public Radio announced its plans to move classical music programs to an HD subchannel of

90.3 and relaunch WFCL in the fall with an undefined "local music" format, which station officials claimed would generate additional financial resources for the group, especially to benefit WPLN-FM's planned expansion of its news operation. On October 2, 2020, the station changed its call sign to WNXP ahead of the flip. The new station is branded as "Nashville's Music Experience". The new programming began on November 30.

References

External links

Station website

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