| Broadcast area | Nashville, Tennessee |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 88.1MHz |
| Branding | Jazzy 88 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Smooth & Contemporary Jazz |
| Affiliations | American Urban Radio Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Fisk University |
| History | |
First air date | 1973; 52 years ago (1973)[1] |
Former call signs | WRFN (c. 1973–1983) |
Call sign meaning | FiSK University |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 21666 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 700watts |
| HAAT | 2 meters |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wfskfm.org |
WFSK-FM (88.1MHz) is a non-profitradio station inNashville, Tennessee. Owned and operated byFisk University, it broadcasts asmooth & contemporary jazz format under the branding"JAZZY 88 Nashville's Jazz Station," WFSK is the first radio station in Nashville to play jazz music on the radio. The station's studios are located inside Dubois Hall and its transmitter are located nearby—both on campus.
Unlike some other stations operated byhistorically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the present, WFSK has no affiliation with thepublic radio system (e.g.,NPR) and operates independently.
Sharon Kay is the general manager of WFSK; Xuam Lawson is the program director.
The station began from a Fisk student initiative in 1969 to supplement commercial stations that served black listeners in Nashville. Its original callsign was WRFN-FM (now used by an unrelatedcommunity-licensed station in Nashville), and started operations sometime in 1973, indicated by University and station records.[3] According to theFederal Communications Commission, the station was first issued a license on January 15, 1974, some months after what were probably test broadcasts were first conducted. Its current license dates to May 26, 1983, when the present WFSK callsign was adopted.[4]
36°10′00″N86°48′17″W / 36.16672°N 86.80472°W /36.16672; -86.80472
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