| Broadcast area | Nashville, Tennessee |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 107.1 (MHz) |
| Branding | Radio Free Nashville |
| Programming | |
| Format | Freeform |
| Affiliations | Pacifica Radio Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radio Free Nashville, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | April2005 |
Call sign meaning | RadioFreeNashville (used byWFSK-FM previously) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Class | L1 |
| ERP | 7watts |
| Translator(s) | W279CH 103.7Hermitage |
| Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
| Website | www.radiofreenashville.org |
WRFN-LP is a communityLPFM non-commercialradio station inNashville, Tennessee. It operates at afrequency of 107.1 MHz and is branded asRadio Free Nashville. The station features a mix of music, talk andpublic affairs programming, almost all with a decidedlyliberal orleftist political perspective largely not found on other area media outlets (local or national).
The station went on the air in April 2005, withstudios andtransmitter located at the nearby community ofPasquo, Tennessee, 15 miles (24 km) west of downtown Nashville.
WRFN-LP was the seventh community radio "barnraising" of thePrometheus Radio Project.
In mid-2007, WRFN begansimulcasting on Nashville'siQtv'ssecond audio program (SAP).
On October 25, 2009, WRFN changed its frequency to 107.1 MHz from its previously assigned frequency of 98.9 MHz, which had also been occupied byWANT in nearbyLebanon, Tennessee.
Atranslator station,W279CH on 103.7 inHermitage, Tennessee,signed-on in December 2014 to serve Nashville proper, expanding WRFN'sover-the-air reach in theNashville metro area.
The callsign was originally used by another Nashville station,Fisk University'sWFSK-FM, from its beginning in 1973 until about 1983.[1]
36°02′31″N86°59′31″W / 36.042°N 86.992°W /36.042; -86.992
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