Garth Brooks’ Sevens Network Strikes Deal to Acquire Nashville’s 100.1 FM Frequency

For 36 years, Lightning 100 has been broadcasting on WRLT-FM 100.1 MHz as Nashville’s longest-running independent radio station. Now, it’s getting ready to move to a new spot on the FM dial.

According to a new announcement today, the station’s parent company, Tuned In Broadcasting, Inc., has reached an agreement to sell its 100.1 FM frequency to Garth Brooks’ Sevens Network, LLC. The deal still needs approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Regular listeners of Lightning 100 don’t need to worry because the station isn’t going away. Instead, they will eventually just need to tune in at a different frequency. Once the sale is approved and finalized, Lightning 100 will move to Cromwell Media’s 106.3 FM and 102.5 FM HD3. Until then, listeners can continue finding it at 100.1 FM.

Lester Turner, President of Tuned In Broadcasting, Inc./Lightning 100, admitted the move is bittersweet, as Lightning 100 has called 100.1 FM home for years.

“We are disappointed to leave our home at 100.1 FM, but thrilled to have Cromwell Media Nashville as our partner in this transition. Listeners will need to tune to new frequencies, but will continue to find the familiar Lightning 100 programming that they know and love.”

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Brooks also shared his excitment for the 100.1 FM frequency, saying he hopes to bring a new approach to radio in Music City by combining traditional FM broadcasting with digital radio. He described the station as one that will serve both locals and visitors.

 “Nashville is being called, ‘The Newest City in America’ and we want to bring a new kind of communication, combining terrestrial and digital radio, built to grow with this city,” he continued. “A station built for locals and tourists alike. It is an honor and a joy to serve Music City, and there is no better place to serve Middle Tennessee than from the MIDDLE of the FM dial on FM-100!”  

Throughout its 36 years of operation, Lightning 100 has built a reputation for supporting independent, up-and-coming and established artists across a wide range of genres through its adult album alternative format. The station also created and produces Live On The Green, one of Nashville’s signature music festivals, and has received two National Association of Broadcasters Crystal Awards for its involvement in the community.