WXNA-LP

WXNA-LP is a community-oriented 501 low-powered FM radio station that is licensed to and located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The freeform-formatted station operates with an effective radiated power of 100 watts. WXNA was voted "Best Radio Station" by the readers of the Nashville Scene in the 2017 "Best of Nashville" issue.

History

After the 2011 sale of the license of WRVU, the college radio station of Vanderbilt University, several disc jockeys who had worked at WRVU organized under the intention to create a new non-profit radio station, which became WXNA.
The co-founders of WXNA are Roger Blanton, Ashley Crownover, Randy Fox, Jonathan Grigsby, Heather Lose, Laura Powers, and Pete Wilson. After several fundraisers and the process of application filing with the Federal Communications Commission, WXNA-LP began operations, broadcasting at 101.5 megahertz, on June 4, 2016.

Programming

The station features a mixture of music, talk shows, and cultural and public affairs programming. Everything broadcast on WXNA is locally produced, with no network or syndicated programming. Several professional musicians who reside in the Nashville area have their own radio shows on WXNA, as do a handful of deejays who previously worked in commercial radio. The station's block-formatting means that WXNA carries shows in a wide range of formats, from jazz to blues to hip-hop, Americana, punk rock and beyond. All programming is listener-supported as it is a 501, and WXNA is underwritten by some local businesses.

Coverage area

WXNA-LP's 100 watts of power is just sufficient to cover the entire core of the Nashville area. One can hear the station outside of the Nashville area via the station's online stream on its website, or on the TuneIn mobile app.