WFFH

36°1′14.00″N 86°38′18.00″W / 36.0205556°N 86.6383333°W / 36.0205556; -86.6383333
WFFI:
36°8′10.00″N 86°59′4.00″W / 36.1361111°N 86.9844444°W / 36.1361111; -86.9844444
WBOZ: 35°49′33.00″N 86°9′28.00″W / 35.8258333°N 86.1577778°W / 35.8258333; -86.1577778LinksWebcastWFFI/WBOZ: Listen Live
WFFH: Listen LiveWebsiteWFFI/WBOZ: klove.com
WFFH: air1.com

WFFH (94.1 FM), WBOZ (104.9 FM), and WFFI (93.7 FM) are radio stations broadcasting in the Middle Tennessee area. WFFH is licensed to Smyrna, Tennessee, WBOZ to Woodbury and WFFI to Kingston Springs, with the stations serving the Nashville metropolitan area.

The stations are currently owned by the Salem Media Group, and are in the process of being sold to Educational Media Foundation.^[1][2][3]

History

WFFH History

WFFH was previously WRLG, then a sister station to WRLT, owned by Tuned In Broadcasting and airing a modern rock format. In early 1995, the station's format changed from "The Exxit" (a satellite format from the Major Networks) to The Underground Network (once called WDRE).^[4] Several months later, the station changed its format to active rock, branded as "Thunder 94". In October 1997, facing intense pressure from WKDF (which had flipped to modern rock some time before), Tuned In Broadcasting pulled the plug on "Thunder 94", and the format changed to AAA format and became "The Phoenix", playing a mix of rock and rap music.^[5][6] Shortly before the sale to Salem Media Group, WRLG began simulcasting then-sister station WRLT.

WFFI History

WFFI was previously operated under the callsign WYYB, and was a simulcast of WRLG, which broadcast the active rock format under "Thunder 94", the AAA format under "The Phoenix", and was briefly a simulcast of WRLT.^[5][6] Prior to this, it was briefly the FM affiliate of WDKN, a community-oriented station in Dickson, Tennessee, to which it was originally licensed.

WBOZ History

WBOZ was assigned call sign WLMM on August 23, 1991. On June 1, 1994, the station changed its call sign to the current "WBOZ", and began broadcasting a Southern gospel format.^[7] WBOZ would broadcast the Southern gospel format from 1994 until July 2012, when the station began simulcasting sister station WFFH.^[8]

Sale of Stations to Educational Media Foundation

On March 21, 2024, Salem Media Group announced that they were selling their Nashville Christian AC "Fish" brands to Educational Media Foundation for $7 million, those stations being WFFH, WFFI and WBOZ. A Network Affiliation Agreement took effect on May 1 ahead of closing the sale.

At the stroke of midnight on May 1, 2024, WFFI and WBOZ began airing the national K-LOVE radio feed without explanation, following the implementation of a local marketing agreement between Salem Media and Educational Media Foundation. Meanwhile, WFFH continued to broadcast The Fish format, until that station went off the air at 5 AM that morning. WFFH would return to the air that day at noon, with the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner, afterwards, the station returned with a localized Contemporary Christian Format, Simply branded as 94 FM WFFH, However, it was reveled on May 9, 2024, that WFFH will become a station of Air1, once the sale to EMF is finalized. The LMA between Salem Media and EMF will be in place while the sale of the stations is pending. Salem's Today's Christian Music/The Fish format continues to be heard online only at The Fish Website.^[9][10][11]

Previous logos

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  Logo for WBOZ used during the "Solid Gospel" era until 2012.
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  Logo for the 94 FM The Fish trimulcast used, until the switch to K-Love in 2024.

See also

• List of Nashville media

References

External links

• WFFH Official website
• WFFI/WBOZ Official website
• WFFH in the FCC FM station database
• WFFH in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• WFFI in the FCC FM station database
• WFFI in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• WBOZ in the FCC FM station database
• WBOZ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database