MTSU is also partnering with Music City Roots as part of the launch. The launch officially happened in a ceremony at the Country Music Hall of Fame, with live performances by Jim Lauderdale, Will Hoge, and Suzy Bogguss among others. The 100,000 watt signal of MTSU, broadcasting on 89.5 WMOT-FM, officially switched formats from a mostly classical, jazz, and news-talk station to an Americana format on Friday, September 2nd, and will be shooting its signal all across middle Tennessee and into the heart of the country music industry for the foreseeable future. Just in time for throngs of Americana fans to flock to the city for the annual AmericanaFest the third week of September, a new radio station has launched just south of the city in Murfreesboro, and the signal and talent is strong enough that it may ultimately become the flagship for the still small, but quickly-rising Americana format.

Don’t give up on radio just yet, especially in the indisputable home of country music, Nashville, TN.

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