branding the mighty 147 frequency 1470 khz first air date 1951 format urban oldies power 5 000 watts day 1 000 watts night class b facility id 52522 transmitter coordinates 36 12 1 n 86 46 47 w 36.20028 n 86.77972 w 36.20028 ; 86.77972 callsign meaning volunteer state nickname 1 former callsigns wsok 1951 1957 owner heidelberg broadcasting llc webcast listen live website official website wvol 1470 am is a radio station broadcasting a urban oldies format . licensed to the nashville suburb of berry hill tennessee usa the station serves the nashville area . the station is currently owned by heidelberg broadcasting llc . 2 3 the station and transmitter are co located just north of downtown nashville in the cumberland heights district . history edit the station was founded in 1951 as wsok . wsok s original format was rhythm and blues and urban gospel music . wsok was the first station in the nashville market to program primarily to the city s african american community . after a change in ownership in 1957 the call letters were changed to wvol but the station continued its focus on the local african american community . in 1980 the phoenix communication group acquired wvol . the station dropped live programming and affiliated with satellite music network in 1988 . the network impressed with the station launched a format based on wvol s sound . wvol aired satellite fed programming until 1993 . around that time the station was sold to dickey brothers broadcasting . 4 in a transaction that closed in april 2000 wvol was purchased by john heidelberg an african american entrepreneur who was a former employee of both wvol and wsm from dickey brothers broadcasting in exchange for cash and an fm construction permit that would later become wrqq now wlvu . wvol s format was urban gospel during the day and jazz overnight . in 1970 when heidelberg was acting program director of wvol he was the first person to employ oprah winfrey then a local high school student as a broadcaster . eventually becoming a news anchor on wvol winfrey later launched her tv career as an anchor with wlac tv in nashville before becoming an iconic national talk show host . wvol switched to its current format of urban adult contemporary urban oldies and talk shows in march 2001 . in march 2011 wvol suffered 1 million in damage when vandals cut the transmission lines to all six of the station s towers . 5 references edit call letter origins . radio history on the web . wvol facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . wvol station information profile . arbitron . wvol history page http www.radio info.com news vandals cause 1 million damage to tennessee radio station external links edit official website the history makers john heidelberg query the fcc s am station database for wvol radio locator information on wvol query nielsen audio s am station database for wvol v t e 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 162.475 162.525 162.55 by callsign kig79 w214bq w235bw w240ca w252cm w263ai w270af want waym w233af w257ar wayw wboz wbuz wcjk wcor wcrt wcrt fm1 wcvq wecv weno wfcl wfcm fm wfcn wffh wffi wfsk fm wgfx wgns whew whpy fm wjna wjxa wkda wkdf wlac wlvu wmdb wmot wmts fm wnah wnfn wng631 wnqm wnrq wnsr wpln wpln fm wprt fm w271ab wqqk wqzq wrfn lp wrlt wrvw wsix fm wsm wsm fm wubt wvcp wvol wvwf wwcr wwtn wxk63 wxna lp wyfn defunct wrvu wsm fm 1941 1951 nearby radio markets bowling green chattanooga clarksville hopkinsville cookeville florence muscle shoals 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