Garth Brooks‘ company, Sevens Network, is completing a $3 million acquisition of Nashville station WRLT Lightning 100. Brooks plans to relaunch it as The New FM 100, combining country music with local news and information.
The station is intended to play country music from the 1960s through today and provide information for Nashville residents and visitors. Brooks said he wants it to bring together established and emerging country artists while using both terrestrial and digital radio.
Lightning 100’s existing indie format will move to Cromwell Media‘s 106.3 W292ED Franklin/102.5 WPRT-HD3 Pegram, which currently carries a sports simulcast. New call letters are pending. Brooks said the move allows the indie station to continue while giving his planned format a place on the FM dial.
Brooks has partnered with Nashville Secure Weather to broadcast weather alerts and plans to work with the city’s convention and tourism sectors.
