WSM-FM

This article is about the American radio station. For the Philippine radio station owned by Bombo Radyo Philippines, please see DWSM

WSM-FM is an FM radio station in Nashville, Tennessee. The station broadcasts at 95.5 MHz and broadcasts a country music radio format, with an emphasis upon recordings released since the 1990s.

From 1968 to 2008, WSM-FM was the sister of the legendary clear-channel WSM. The station is now owned by Cumulus Media and no longer has any organizational relation to the AM. A transmitter site is co-located with the station's former television partner WSMV in West Nashville, and its studios are located in Nashville's Music Row district.

History

Original WSM-FM, 1941-1951

The National Life and Accident Insurance Company, owners of WSM, became the first commercial broadcaster in the U.S. to receive an FM license from the Federal Communications Commission in 1941. Originally known as W47NV, the station operated for about 10 years, until NL&AI realized that few area households had FM radio receivers and that its commercial potential was lacking, unlike the company's television station, WSM-TV (now WSMV). NL&AI shut down WSM-FM in 1951 and returned the license to the FCC.

WSM-FM (defunct)

WSM-FM was a radio station in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, from 1941 to 1951.

The National Life and Accident Insurance Company (NL&AI), owners of WSM, became the first commercial broadcaster in the U.S. to receive an FM license from the Federal Communications Commission in 1941. Originally known as W47NV (on 44.7 Megacycles, before becoming WSM-FM & switching to 100.1 & later 103.3 Megacycles by 1948), the station operated for about 10 years, until NL&AI realized that few area households had F.M. radio receivers and thus commercial potential was lacking, unlike the company's television station, WSM-TV (now WSMV-TV). NL&AI shut down WSM-FM in 1951 and returned the license to the FCC.

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