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| Broadcast area | Nashville metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 560kHz |
| Branding | WNSR SportsRadio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports Radio |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Southern Wabash Communications of Middle Tennessee, Inc. |
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| History | |
First air date | September 4, 1985; 40 years ago (1985-09-04) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Nashville's Sports Radio" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 41062 |
| Class | D |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 36°08′27″N86°45′23″W / 36.14083°N 86.75639°W /36.14083; -86.75639 |
| Translators |
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| Repeater | 103.9 WRFM (Drakesboro, Kentucky) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wnsr |
WNSR (560AM) is acommercial radio stationlicensed toBrentwood, Tennessee, and serving theNashville metropolitan area. It broadcasts asports radio format, airing a mix of local sports talk shows on weekday mornings and middays with programs from theInfinity Sports Network at other times. The majority owner is Randolph Victor Bell with the license held by Southern Wabash Communications of Middle Tennessee, Inc. The studios are on Nolansville Pike (U.S. Route 41A) nearInterstate 440 in Nashville.
By day, WNSR is powered at 1,000 watts using anon-directional antenna, it reduces power to 75 watts at night to avoid interference to other stations on560 AM. Programming is also heard on 103.9WRFM inDrakesboro, Kentucky, about 80 miles (130 km) north of Nashville. It is also heard on threeFM translators in the Nashville area: 95.9 W240CA and 104.9 W285FB, both in Brentwood and 107.9 W300DO inSmyrna.
In 1981, aconstruction permit was granted to build a new AM station near Nashville on 560kHz. It was given thecall sign WTBN. The stationsigned on the air on September 4, 1985.[2] At that point, its call letters were WWCR and it was adaytimer, required to go off the air at night. It was owned by American Media Productions and had a daytime power of 500 watts, airingadult contemporary music.
The station converted to its current format in 1996, with the call letters WYOR, as syndicatedsports radio programming became a popular radio format.
In the past, WNSR wasaffiliated withYahoo! Sports Radio (formerly Sporting News Radio). In addition, it aired someNBC Sports Radio programs. The station also broadcasts local sports, both talk shows and play-by-play, as well as national shows from theInfinity Sports Network, previously CBS Sports Radio. It also carries liveAtlanta Braves baseball games andMemphis Grizzlies basketball games as well asTennessee State Tigers and Lady Tigers sports.