WNSR
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| City | Brentwood, Tennessee |
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| Broadcast area | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Branding | SportsRadio 560/95.9 |
| Slogan | Nashville's Local Sports Leader Nashville's Sports Original |
| Frequency | 560 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 95.9 W240CA (Brentwood) |
| First air date | 1985 |
| Format | Sports |
| Power | 4,500 watts (daytime) 75 watts (nighttime) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 41062 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
35°54′32″N 86°46′13″W / 35.90889°N 86.77028°W (day antenna) 36°08′27″N 86°45′23″W / 36.14083°N 86.75639°W (night antenna) |
| Callsign meaning | We're Nashville's Sports Radio |
| Affiliations | CBS Sports Radio |
| Owner | Southern Wabash Communications of Middle Tennessee, Inc. |
| Webcast |
Listen Live or Listen Live stream URL for media players |
| Website | nashvillesportsoriginal.com |
WNSR (560 AM) is a Nashville-area Class D radio station operating on the AM frequency of 560 kHz. WNSR's majority owner is Randolph Victor Bell, and the station's general manager is former WSM personality Ted Johnson.
The station broadcasts a mixture of local and national sports events and local and national sports talk shows. It once served as the "backup" affiliate of the Nashville Predators NHL team, originating their games when the then-primary affiliate, WGFX-FM, had a conflicting commitment to the Vanderbilt University sports network. However, the station serves as the affiliate for all Vanderbilt women's basketball games, and select Vanderbilt baseball games (the rest are broadcast on the Internet). The station broadcasts Major League Baseball games as a member of the Atlanta Braves Radio Network.
The station converted to its current format in 1996, with the call letters WYOR (later WHEW), when all-sports programming began its meteoric rise in the North American radio market, particularly on AM stations. It was previously affiliated with ESPN Radio; however, in 2005, ESPN moved its affiliation to WNFN (then WNPL), an FM station. WNSR is currently affiliated with CBS Sports Radio. Many of the top names in Nashville sports have worked at WNSR. Greg Pogue, who is a veteran sports writer, sports editor, and television host, hosted Nashville's longest running morning sports show with David Coleman. Pogue worked with the Nashville Banner and was later sports editor at the Daily News Journal. Pogue took over the morning drive slot after Patrick McMurtry left to take a television news anchor position in Charleston, West Virginia. Darren McFarland, a radio veteran in Nashville, hosted a show during two different stints at the station. Brad Hopkins, a former Tennessee Titan, hosted two different shows, the latter as a co-host alongside McFarland. Bill King, a national sports talk show host and recruiting expert, hosted a show with Joe Biddle, a sports writer with the former Nashville Banner and later The Tennessean. Gregory Ruff, a veteran broadcaster in Nashville, worked in various roles with the station hosting a show and later being the fill-in for many of the shows. Ruff is the voice of Trevecca Nazarene University athletics and a former Vanderbilt and Belmont announcer. Ruff started the radio broadcast for Belmont during the early years of head coach Rick Byrd . Jonathan Shaffer has also worked at the station. Chip Ramsey was one of the early broadcasters who did a show. Mike Wolf had an eclectic program at one point. Don West hosted an afternoon radio show that featured various other co-hosts like David Boclair, Eric Yutzy, Steve Wrigley, and Paul Kuharsky who stand five foot, three and a half inches tall. West was also a popular shopping channel show host and later announcer for TNA Wrestling.
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