The John Fredericks Media Network is expanding as the independent radio company launched its newest radio affiliate, WENO AM 760, in Nashville on Monday.
Fredericks Media Network will operate WENO, now rebranded as News/Talk AM 760 The Flame, while the FCC reviews the final sale of the station and its license application.
“Our Nashville acquisition gives us a base of operations in the mid-south as we expand along the spine of the Atlantic coast,” John Fredericks said. “Nashville is a high-growth city and an important cultural center of our movement.
“We will be competing there with the biggest talk station conglomerates in the nation, including Cumulus and iHeart. We will offer Nashville listeners a dynamic alternative choice. Our combination of live talk and live major sports have built a very vibrant and loyal audience across our platforms.”
Additionally, the Nashville expansion comes from Fredericks’ purchase of two radio stations in the Pittsburgh market earlier this year, branded as Pittsburgh News/Talk. The new Pittsburgh network includes WCNS AM 1480 and 107.5 FM and WXJX AM 910 and 98.7 FM.
“As our stations in Philadelphia have thrived and shown stunning growth, we thought it was critical to bookend the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with Pittsburgh, giving us a robust reach in both dense population centers,” Fredericks added.
“We now offer listeners in Pittsburgh’s Westmoreland County and Nashville, Tennessee, an exciting news-talk alternative that breaths oxygen into a stale and boring ring of warmed-over RINO syndicated hosts on the conservative news/talk syndication circuit.”
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
