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| Broadcast area | United States |
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| Branding | Nashville! cm |
| Slogan | Good times, great country |
| Frequency | XM 11 |
| First air date | 2001-09-25 |
| Format | Country music |
| Class | Satellite Radio Station |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
| Sister stations | XM21, XM22, XM24, XM152, XM154, XM157, XM158, XM161, XM165 |
| Website | Nashville! |
Nashville! is a commercial radio channel on XM Satellite Radio. It is located on XM11 and plays a wide range of country music hits from the early 1990s through today. The channel is programmed out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Advertising sales are handled by Premiere Radio Networks. It is programmed by Kent Terry. This logo has now been replaced by a new one showing the word "Nashville" posted on a gate and the exclamation mark dropped.
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Programs/Personalities
- After Midnite with Blair Garner - The show now runs from midnight to 6 AM ET and is syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks.
- Big D and Bubba - Heard mornings from 6-10 AM ET and is syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks.
- Tony Lama - Heard mornings from 10-12PM on XM 11. Tony is based out of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- Drew Thomas - Afternoons from 12-2PM ET.
- Bama, Rob, & Heather - Nashville!'s weekday afternoon show. The trio is based out of KASE-FM in Austin, Texas, but produce a separate, more music intensive show for XM. The two shows will sometimes share content, such as guest interviews. This show was originally in mornings, and has since moved to 2-6 PM ET.
- NEW! Discover and Uncover - New unsigned country music show, originating from Clear Channel Radio's iheartradio digital network. Heard Sunday mornings at 6 AM Eastern.
- The Foxworthy Countdown - Hosted by Jeff Foxworthy. Sundays 12-4PM ET. Syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks.
WSIX (2001-2003)
As part of the operational assistance agreement with Clear Channel Communications, XM agreed to simulcast some of their FM radio stations. WSIX was one of those channels, simulcasting the FM station from Nashville, Tennessee. At the time, channel 11 was titled WSIX, after the station's call letters. Due to low subscription count at the time, the audience didn't concern themselves with the Nashville locality of the station. In 2004, XM decided to go commercial free, and WSIX was taken off the XM platform prior to that. It was replaced with a new XM exclusive channel called Nashville!, with a similar format.
In May 2006, the WSIX simulcast was returned to XM Satellite Radio (on XM 161) as Clear Channel's 5th commercial music channel, separate from Nashville!, only to be removed from the service again in August 2008.
Nashville! (2003- )
On 2003-12-01, the WSIX simulcast ended. The station was now on autopilot 24/7 with no jocks. One month later, the station dropped all commercial advertising, much against Clear Channel's wishes. Clear Channel stuck around while companies like Univision pulled their channels off the XM platform.
In March 2006, according to a 10-k filing, XM Satellite Radio mentioned that Clear Channel programmed music on XM would begin carrying commercials, including Nashville!. This has been done to fulfill an arbitration settlement between XM and Clear Channel. In response to this, XM Canada, DirecTV and AOL Radio removed this channel on 4/17/06 in favor of XM's commercial free equivalent, US Country. Nashville! now displays a "cm" next to its name on the XM unit's pad data to indicate that it is a commercial radio station. For a short period of time, Nashville! did not display song information on the XM unit's pad. Originally, Clear Channel opted to have static pad data on all of its channels, but due to complaints they acquired the hardware to properly display individual track information on the units.
Grand Ole Opry joins
In September 2007, XM Radio announced that the country music institution, the Grand Ole Opry, would begin broadcasting live three times a week on Nashville!, with performance encores on America[1]. The Opry broadcast for years on rival Sirius Satellite Radio, which carried a simulcast of Opry flagship station, WSM in Nashville. Sirius' broadcast ended in September 2006 without warning, and Sirius claimed that the decision to drop the station and the Grand Ole Opry was mutual.
On October 20th, Nashville! broadcast its first Grand Ole Opry concert, which was also on the Opry's 82nd birthday celebration. The concerts air every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday night.
References
- ^ XM Satellite Radio (2007-09-26). "Grand Ole Opry to Debut on XM in October". Press release. http://xmradio.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=1512. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
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