WPLN-FM

WPLN-FM

Nashville, Tennessee United States
Broadcast area	Nashville metropolitan area
Frequency	90.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	Nashville Public Radio
Programming
Format	News/talk (Public)
Subchannels	HD2: Classical music HD3: BBC World Service (Full Time)
Affiliations	National Public Radio Public Radio Exchange BBC World Service
Ownership
Owner	Nashville Public Radio
Sister stations	WNXP
History
First air date	December 17, 1962; 61 years ago (December 17, 1962)
Call sign meaning	"Public Library of Nashville"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	53821
Class	C
ERP	80,000 watts
HAAT	345 meters (1,132 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	36°2′8.2″N 86°50′55″W / 36.035611°N 86.84861°W / 36.035611; -86.84861
Repeater(s)	91.7 WHRS (Cookeville) 91.5 WTML (Tullahoma)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.wpln.org

WPLN-FM (90.3 MHz), is a non-commercial public radio station in Nashville, Tennessee. It airs a news, talk and information radio format and is owned by Nashville Public Radio along with sister station WNXP. The station's studios and offices are located on Mainstream Drive north of downtown Nashville, which are considered among the finest radio production facilities in the U.S. WPLN-FM is simulcast on two low-powered repeaters on the fringes of the Middle Tennessee area: WHRS (91.7 FM) in Cookeville and WTML (91.5 FM) in Tullahoma.

WPLN-FM has an effective radiated power of 80,000 watts. The transmitter is on Johnson Chapel Road West in Brentwood, Tennessee, near the Little Harpeth River.^[2] The signal reaches most of Middle Tennessee and some counties in southern Kentucky. WPLN-FM shares the tower with other Nashville FM stations: WRLT, WKDF and WNRQ. It has broadcast from that site since 1984.