WUBT

WUBT
City	Russellville, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Nashville, Tennessee Clarksville TN/Hopkinsville KY Bowling Green, Kentucky
Branding	101.1 The Beat
Slogan	"Nashville's Only Hip-Hop and R&B"
Frequency	101.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) 101.1-2 Smooth Beats (Smooth Jazz)
First air date	1991
Format	Urban contemporary
Language(s)	English
ERP	47,000 watts
HAAT	393 meters (1,289 ft)
Class	C1
Facility ID	34387
Transmitter coordinates	36°31′36″N 86°41′14″W / 36.52667°N 86.68722°W / 36.52667; -86.68722
Callsign meaning	W Urban BeaT
Former callsigns	WBVR (1991-1994) WJZC-FM (1994-1999) WZTO (1999-2001) ^[1]
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations	WLAC, WNRQ, WRVW, WSIX-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	101thebeat.com

WUBT (101.1 FM, "101.1 The Beat") is an American Urban contemporary radio station broadcasting in the Nashville, Tennessee market, under ownership of iHeartMedia, Inc.. Though the station is licensed to Russellville, Kentucky, its studios are located in Nashville's Music Row district and the transmitter site is in White House, Tennessee.

History

From the very start of the 101.1 MHz frequency, the station was licensed to the county seat of Logan County, which is Russellville. It was originally a country music-formatted station, WBVR, serving Bowling Green but also attracting listenership in the Nashville radio market. The WBVR callsign is now being used by a country station that focuses on the Bowling Green market, licensed to Auburn, Kentucky.

During the mid-1990s, the 101.1 frequency bore the callsigns WJZC-FM, with Russellville, Kentucky remaining the city of license, but began focusing more on the Nashville radio market, but still could be picked up in the Bowling Green area. From then until 2001, it was branded as "Jazzy 101" broadcasting a smooth jazz format. It later switched to a contemporary Christian music outlet, and being branded as "The One."

Urban/Hip-hop format

in 2001, the station's call signs were changed to the current WUBT, and switched to their current Urban contemporary/Hip hop and R&B format. Its new branding was 101.1 The Beat Jamz.

Since the switch to urban music, WUBT has become highly rated in the Nashville market, and also picked up good ratings in the Bowling Green radio market, as well as the Clarksville, TN/Hopkinsville, KY radio market.

It is currently controlled by iHeartMedia, Inc. (Formerly Clear Channel Broadcasting). Its main competitor is longtime Goodlettsville-licensed heritage station WQQK on 92.1 FM.

Since July 2007, WUBT is home to the Steve Harvey Morning Show, replacing Doug Banks in the Morning.

The call letters were previously assigned to Chicago at 103.5 where it aired a jammin' oldies format. It only made a small dent in ratings with the exception of when they had legendary Chicago radio personality Larry Lujack doing a Saturday show. Lujack did the show from his house in New Mexico with his co-host, Matt McCann from the Chicago studio. The show was highly rated but the format changed and became KISS FM with a top 40 format.

HD programming

In February 2014, the station's branding changed to "101.1 The Beat," thus dropping "Jamz" in the branding, still broadcasting the same format. The previous smooth jazz format returned to the station via an HD2 subchannel on their HD Radio signal.

WUBT-HD1 simulcasts the regular WUBT 101.1 signal.
WUBT-HD2 is Smooth Jazz^[2]

Logos

WUBT's Longtime Beat Logo used from when the Station launched "The Beat" Format on October 31, 2001 and used until February 2014.

References

↑ http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=34387&Callsign=WUBT
↑ http://www.hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=33 HD Radio Guide for Nashville

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WUBT

Radio-Locator information on WUBT

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WUBT

Nashville, Tennessee radio stations

By AM frequency	560 650 760 790 830 880 900 980 1160 1200 1300 1360 1380 1430 1450 1470 1490 1510

By SW frequency	3.195/3.215/6.875/15.825 4.84/13.845 5.07/5.935/7.49/9.35/12.16 5.89/9.98

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.5 88.7/94.5/99.3 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.1 91.7 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.5 95.9 96.3 97.1 97.9 98.3 98.7 98.9 99.7 100.1 100.5 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.3 104.5 104.9 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475 162.55

By callsign	KIG79 W214BQ W235BW W240CA W252CM W263AI W270AF WAMB WANT WAYM/W233AF/W257AR WAYW WBOZ WBUZ WCJK WCOR WCRT/WCRT-FM1 WCVQ WECV WENO WFCL WFCM-FM WFFH WFFI WFSK-FM WGFX WGNS WHEW WHPY-FM WJNA WJXA WKDA WKDF WLAC WLVU WMDB WMOT WMTS-FM WNAH WNFN WNQM WNRQ WNSR WPLN WPLN-FM WPRT-FM/W271AB WQQK WQZQ WRFN-LP WRLT WRVW WSIX-FM WSM WSM-FM WUBT WVCP WVOL WVRY WWCR WWTN WXK63 WXNA-LP WYFN

Defunct	WRVU WSM-FM (1941–1951)

Nearby radio markets Bowling Green Chattanooga Clarksville-Hopkinsville Cookeville Florence-Muscle Shoals Huntsville Jackson See also List of radio stations in Tennessee

Radio stations in the Clarksville, Tennessee–Hopkinsville, Kentucky market

By AM frequency	540 610 650 790 830 1110 1230 1300 1370 1400 1430 1510

By FM frequency	88.3 89.3 90.3 91.9 92.9 94.3 95.5 96.3 97.5 97.9 98.7 99.1 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.5 103.3 104.5 105.9 106.5 107.5 107.9

By callsign	W256CI WAPX-FM WAYQ WCJK WCVQ WGFX WHOP WHOP-FM WJNA WJXA WJZM WKDF WKDZ WKDZ-FM WKFN WLAC WNKJ WNQM WNRQ WPLN WPLN-FM WPRT-FM WQZQ WRND WRND-FM WRUS WRVW WSIX-FM WSM WSM-FM WUBT WVVR WWH37 WZZP

Nearby radio markets Bowling Green Evansville Jackson Louisville Nashville Owensboro Paducah See also List of radio stations in Tennessee List of radio stations in Kentucky

Radio stations in the Bowling Green, Kentucky market

By AM frequency	610 650 930 1230 1340 1450 1490 1510 1570

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.9 90.7 91.7 92.5 92.9 93.3 94.1 95.1 95.5 95.7 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.9 98.3 99.3 100.7 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.3 102.5 102.7 103.7 104.5 105.3 105.9 106.3 107.1 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio frequencies	162.4 162.5

By callsign	KIH45 WNG570 W203BI W239BT W240CP W252CV W268CE W274BQ WAYD WBGN WBKR WBVR WCDS WCJK WCLU WCLU-FM WCVK WDNS WGFX WGGC WHHT WJXA WKCT WKLX WKYU WLAC WLBQ WLYE WNRQ WOVO WPRT WPTQ WQXQ WRUS WRVW WSIX WSM WSM-FM WUBT WUHU WVLE WWHR WWKU

Defunct	WBLG-LP (107.9 FM) WCBZ-FM 96.7 WLBJ (1410 AM) WSMJ (800 AM)

Nearby radio markets Clarksville–Hopkinsville Cookeville Evansville Lexington–Fayette Louisville Nashville Owensboro See also List of radio stations in Kentucky

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

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