WWTN

WWTN is a 100kw FM radio station serving the Nashville, Tennessee media market. Its dial position is 99.7 MHz. Home to many local and national talk radio shows, the station is marketed as SuperTalk 99.7 WTN (the first W is eliminated for simplicity). It is owned by Cumulus Media.

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FM - Radio - Nashville - Tennessee - Media market - Talk radio - Cumulus Media

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The station is licensed to the city of Manchester, Tennessee, a city approximately 50 miles (80.4 km) southeast of Nashville. Its antenna (399 meters above ground level, 604 meters above sea level) is located approximately 25 miles (40.2 km) SSE of Nashville in Rutherford County, Tennessee, between the cities of Murfreesboro and Franklin. Its far-reaching signal covers most of Middle Tennessee, even venturing into parts of Northern Alabama and Southern Kentucky. WWTN's studios are currently located in Nashville's Music Row area.

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Manchester, Tennessee - Southeast - Antenna - Sea level - Rutherford County, Tennessee - Murfreesboro - Franklin - Middle Tennessee - Alabama - Kentucky - Music Row

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The station was mired in bankruptcy in the early 1990s until being purchased by Gaylord Entertainment Company in 1995. Within three years of its purchase, WWTN was Nashville's highest-billing radio station, a position it continues to hold as of 2005. It, along with sister station WSM-FM, was sold to Cumulus Media in 2003 for $65 million http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=CMLS&script=410&layout=-6&item_id=393952.

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Bankruptcy - 1990 - Gaylord Entertainment Company - 1995 - As of 2005 - WSM-FM - 2003

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WWTN is also known for being the station that launched the radio career of nationally-syndicated financial advisor Dave Ramsey.

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Syndicate - Dave Ramsey

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