WNVL

WNVL
Simulcast with WMDB Nashville
Frequency1240 kHz
BrandingActiva 880 y 105.1
Programming
FormatRegional Mexican
Ownership
Owner
  • Mark Janbakhsh
  • (TBLC Media, LLC)
WMDB
History
First air date
January 5, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-01-05)[1]
Former call signs
  • WKDA (1947–1998)
  • WNSG (1998–2005)
Call sign meaning
"Nashville"
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID16898
ClassC
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
36°9′23″N 86°46′16″W / 36.15639°N 86.77111°W / 36.15639; -86.77111
Translator(s)see below
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websiteactivanetwork.com/nashville1240/

WNVL (1240 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican music format.[3] Licensed to Nashville, Tennessee, United States, the station is currently owned by Mark Janbakhsh, through licensee TBLC Media, LLC.[4]

The station signed on in 1947 as WKDA, Nashville's fourth radio station,[5] with stints as Nashville's leading Top 40 station and playing country music. It dropped the call sign in 1998 and has since programmed gospel music and Spanish-language programming.

  1. ^ "'Music Station' To Go on Air This Morning". The Tennessean. January 5, 1947. p. 19-A. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WNVL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Winter 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
  4. ^ "WNVL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference news was invoked but never defined (see the help page).