WNRQ
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| City | Nashville, Tennessee |
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| 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.
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.
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.
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