Station Information
Lightning 100, owned by Tuned In Broadcasting, Inc., has called Nashville "home" for more than 17 years and is the city`s longest running independently owned adult alternative radio station.
We were recently voted "Best Rock/Pop Station" in the Nashville Scene`s Readers` Poll for the 12th year in a row.
We also received six awards at the March of Dimes` Achievement in Radio (A.I.R.) Awards ceremony, including Best Locally Produced Specialty Show for Retro Lightning; Broadcast Leadership Award for Dan Buckley; Best Locally Produced Public Affairs Program for Soup Sunday; Best Afternoon Drive Show- Music Format and Best Show Producer for David Hall; and Best Entertainment Interview for Lightning 100`s interview with Lindsey Buckingham.
Technical Information
Lightning 100 is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as a Class A radio station. WRLT-FM broadcasts at 1180 feet above average terrain (HAAT) from the tallest tower in the Nashville area. Our tower is shared with WLAC-FM, WKDF (FM) and WPLN (FM) on Johnson Chapel Road (click here for GIF map of our Tower Site) in Brentwood, TN at 36 degrees, 02 minutes and 06 seconds North latitude by 86 degrees, 50 minutes and 54 seconds West longitude.
We use an Axia Broadcast console and Axia Livewire network to handle our broadcast and production audio distribution. We use Electrovoice RE-20 Microphones in our Studios.
Our commercials, music and recorded announcements are played from an ENCO Systems DADPro computer system over a Novell Netware 4.2 100MB LAN.
Remote broadcasts utilize either a Marti RPT-30 UHF transmitter and receiver or a Telos Zephyr ISDN digital audio system.
Once WRLT`s audio leaves the console, it is digitized and does not return to analog until the RF generation phase.At the transmitter site, a Harris Digital Exciter feeds a Continental 814R-1 transmitter, providing a total power output of 750 watts. Together with the signal that is lost in the antenna line, our Effective Radiated Power is 200 watts out of our single-bay Electronic Research Inc. antenna.
As a Class A facility, WRLT is considered equivalent to a 3000 watt station transmitting from a 328 foot (100m.) tower, but is required by the FCC to reduce power due to our 1180-foot elevation. Since FM radio is a line-of-sight communication, the increased height of WRLT`s antenna allows it to see over most of Middle Tennessee`s hilly terrain, giving WRLT an advantage over a standard Class A station operating at 3000 watts from 328 feet.
We were recently voted "Best Rock/Pop Station" in the Nashville Scene`s Readers` Poll for the 12th year in a row.
We also received six awards at the March of Dimes` Achievement in Radio (A.I.R.) Awards ceremony, including Best Locally Produced Specialty Show for Retro Lightning; Broadcast Leadership Award for Dan Buckley; Best Locally Produced Public Affairs Program for Soup Sunday; Best Afternoon Drive Show- Music Format and Best Show Producer for David Hall; and Best Entertainment Interview for Lightning 100`s interview with Lindsey Buckingham.
Technical Information
Lightning 100 is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as a Class A radio station. WRLT-FM broadcasts at 1180 feet above average terrain (HAAT) from the tallest tower in the Nashville area. Our tower is shared with WLAC-FM, WKDF (FM) and WPLN (FM) on Johnson Chapel Road (click here for GIF map of our Tower Site) in Brentwood, TN at 36 degrees, 02 minutes and 06 seconds North latitude by 86 degrees, 50 minutes and 54 seconds West longitude.
We use an Axia Broadcast console and Axia Livewire network to handle our broadcast and production audio distribution. We use Electrovoice RE-20 Microphones in our Studios.
Our commercials, music and recorded announcements are played from an ENCO Systems DADPro computer system over a Novell Netware 4.2 100MB LAN.
Remote broadcasts utilize either a Marti RPT-30 UHF transmitter and receiver or a Telos Zephyr ISDN digital audio system.
Once WRLT`s audio leaves the console, it is digitized and does not return to analog until the RF generation phase.At the transmitter site, a Harris Digital Exciter feeds a Continental 814R-1 transmitter, providing a total power output of 750 watts. Together with the signal that is lost in the antenna line, our Effective Radiated Power is 200 watts out of our single-bay Electronic Research Inc. antenna.
As a Class A facility, WRLT is considered equivalent to a 3000 watt station transmitting from a 328 foot (100m.) tower, but is required by the FCC to reduce power due to our 1180-foot elevation. Since FM radio is a line-of-sight communication, the increased height of WRLT`s antenna allows it to see over most of Middle Tennessee`s hilly terrain, giving WRLT an advantage over a standard Class A station operating at 3000 watts from 328 feet.