Nash is a media brand owned by Cumulus Media. It covers country music-related properties owned by Cumulus, including radio stations, digital properties and publications (Nash Country Daily), Nash TV (a video on-demand service operated in partnership with Music Choice), concerts promoted by Nash FM stations (Nash Bash), and associated programming syndicated by Westwood One—including The Ty Bentli Show (formerly Ty, Kelly & Chuck and America's Morning Show), Nash Nights Live with Shawn Parr (heard evenings) and The Blair Garner Show (heard overnight). The Lia Show, which had been separately syndicated by Westwood One in the evening hours, replaced Garner in August 2020 until it was itself cancelled at the end of 2022. Its name comes from Nashville, Tennessee, the center of the commercial country music industry in the United States, which in turn was named for colonial-era politician and Continental Army General Francis Nash. The Nash FM branding is similar to the Hank FM branding in that these stations play over 1000 songs as opposed to other stations which play 300 to 600 songs.
The brand launched in 2013 with the launch of WNSH (now Classic Hip-Hop formatted WXBK) in New York City, and has since been adopted by other Cumulus-owned stations carrying country music (typically hot country formats with a focus on current hits and acoustic-leaning pop crossovers), although those with heritage brands have not always switched to the Nash FM branding (but may still carry programming associated with it).
A sub-brand, Nash Icon, covers radio stations and a record label oriented towards acts associated with the 1990s and early 2000s.
List of Nash FM-branded stations Callsign MHz City Market Start date Former name Notes KHKI 97.3 Source claims that change "already" happened at noon, but with a last update time of "5:00 am", it is unclear whether the article originally referred to May 23 or some other date. "97.3 X Country" KBBM 100.1 "Sports Radio 100.1 The Fan" Formerly sports talk WKOR-FM 94.9 "K-94.9" KNSH 100.7 "100.7 Nash Icon"
Former "Nash FM" stations
WNSH — Newark, New Jersey — Original and flagship Nash FM station under Cumulus ownership. Operated by Entercom since March 1, 2019, then owned outright after May 13, 2019. Rebranded as "New York's Country 94-7" on March 25, 2019. Switched to classic hip-hop on October 22, 2021 and new calls WXBK; an automated country format under the same branding remains through the station's HD Radio subchannel. WJCL-FM - Savannah, Georgia - Station dropped the Nash FM branding and reverted to its previous "Kix 96" branding on December 4, 2015.WJCL Savannah drops Nash branding to return to kix KSJO - San Jose, California - Cumulus operated the station under a leasing agreement with Universal Media Access from May 25, 2014 to March 1, 2016, when Universal ended the arrangement, as it dropped the format for Bollywood music as "Bolly 92.3". The Nash FM format moved to KSAN's HD2 subchannel the same day as the flip."92.3 KSJO Drops Nash For Bolly" from Radio Insight (March 1, 2016) KAMO-FM - Rogers, Arkansas - Dropped Nash FM and switched over to Nash Icon on July 3, 2016.Cumulus Snags Fayetteville AR Morning Team To Launch Radio Jon/Deek KRMD-FM - Oil City, Louisiana - Dropped Nash FM branding and reverted to its previous KRMD branding on July 5, 2016.KRMD Drops Nash Branding KQFC - Boise, Idaho - Dropped Nash FM branding and switched to classic country on April 3, 2017.KQFC Boise Drops Nash And Goes Classic Country KQFC flipped to Soft AC in October 2019 and adopted the moniker Magic 97.9. WHLZ - Marion, South Carolina - Dropped Nash FM branding to Hot AC as Q100.5 and changed call letters to WQPD on April 17, 2017.WHLZ Florence SC Flips To Hot AC Q100.5 KBUL-FM - Reno, Nevada - Dropped Nash FM branding and returned as K-Bull 98.1 FM. WRKN - New Orleans, Louisiana - Moved over to 106.1 FM on June 19, 2017.Cumulus Moves Alternative & Country In New Orleans WZCY-FM - Hershey, Pennsylvania - Swapped call signs, frequencies, and formats with WWKL on March 15, 2018 KSAN (FM) - San Francisco, California - Flipped from Nash FM to a simulcast of KNBR on 107.7 HD2 in June 2018. WRKN-FM - Picayune, Mississippi - Flipped from Nash FM branding to Nash Icon on November 8, 2018.Another Cumulus New Orleans Change WIWF - Charleston, South Carolina - Dropped Nash FM branding and reverted to its previous Wolf branding on November 19, 2018.96.9 Nash-FM Charleston Returns To Wolf Identity; Flips To Christmas Music WTNR - Holland, Michigan - Dropped Nash FM branding and reverted as Thunder Country on January 4, 2019.WBBL Flips To Country As Thunder Returns To Grand Rapids WPSK-FM - Pulaski, Virginia - Dropped Nash FM and reverted to its original branding, "107.1 PSK" during early 2019. KRST - Albuquerque, New Mexico - Launched Nash FM on May 30, 2014.Nash Takes Left Turn Into Albuquerque It was later dropped and reverted to its original branding, "92.3 KRST" in June 2019. WNNF - Cincinnati, Ohio - Dropped Nash FM and rebranded as "Cat Country 94.1" on October 1, 2019.WNNF Cincinnati Drops Nash For Cat Country WPCK - Denmark, Wisconsin - On November 1, 2019, Nash FM was dropped and flipped to Christmas music ahead of sale to EMF. Eventually, it has flipped to KLove on January 8, 2020.WPCK Becomes Christmas 104.9 Ahead Of EMF Sale WFYR - Peoria, Illinois - Dropped Nash FM and reverted to its previous "River Country" branding on February 3, 2020.WFYR Returns To River Country Identity WDRQ - Detroit, Michigan - Launched Nash FM on December 13, 2013.Nash Comes To Detroit It was dropped and relaunched as New Country 93.1 on February 18, 2020.WDRQ Detroit Revamps As New Country 93.1 As of August 2, 2023, it switched to Family Life Radio after being sold to Family Life Broadcasting. WXBM-FM - Pensacola, Florida - Launched Nash FM on February 3, 2014 but was dropped and reverted as 102.7 WXBM on March 9, 2020.WXBM Pensacola Drops Nash FM Branding KAYD-FM - Silsbee, Texas - Launched Nash FM on July 3, 2013Cumulus Nash FM Expansion Continues Dropped Nash FM and reverted as KAYD 101.7 on April 1, 2020.KAYD Drops Nash-FM Identity KATC-FM - Colorado Springs, Colorado - Launched Nash FM on October 31, 2014.Nash Icon Launches In Chattanooga; Three More Stations Rebrand As Nash-FM It was later dropped and reverted as "Cat Country 95.1" on April 8, 2020.Cat Country Returns To Colorado Spring WKDF - Nashville, Tennessee - Launched Nash FM on February 3, 2014 but was dropped and rebranded as "103.3 Country" on May 14, 2020.WKDF Rebrands As 103.3 Country WVLK-FM - Lexington, Kentucky - Launched Nash FM on May 24, 2013 but was dropped and rebranded as "K 92.9" on September 4, 2020.92.9 Lexington Drops Nash Branding To Return To Its Heritage KXKC - New Iberia, Louisiana - Launched Nash FM on September 6, 2013 but was rebranded back to "99.1 KXKC" on September 4, 2020.KXKC Drops Nash FM Branding WHKR - Rockledge, Florida - Launched Nash FM on July 3, 2013 but was rebranded back as "102.7 The Hitkicker" on October 5, 2020.WHKR Returns To The Hitkicker WKAK - Albany, Georgia - Launched Nash FM on July 3, 2013 but was rebranded as "FM 104.5" shortly after the sale to First Media Services closed on December 18, 2020. It was later changed to Georgia 104.5 on April 7, 2021.WKAK Revamps As Georgia 104.5; Adds Bud & Broadway for Mornings WFBE - Flint, Michigan - Launched Nash FM on February 3, 2014 but was rebranded back to "B95" after 7 years on April 1, 2021.WFBE Drops Nash To Return To B95 Identity WPKR - Omro, Wisconsin - Launched Nash FM on May 24, 2013 but was rebranded as "99.5 PKR" on April 5, 2021.WPKR Drops Nash FM Identity WZCY-FM - Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - Launched Nash FM on March 15, 2018Cumulus Completes Harrisburg Format Swap; Revamps Nash Lineup but it was dropped for classic rock as "93.5 WTPA" on December 20, 2021.WTPA Returns To Harrisburg WYZB - Mary Esther, Florida - Launched Nash FM on February 3, 2014 but was rebranded as "Y105.5" on March 30, 2023.WYZB Drops Nash For Y105.5 Branding WLFF - Georgetown, South Carolina - Launched Nash FM September 6, 2013 but switched to the Nash Icon brand on February 26, 2024WLFF Myrtle Beach Moves From Nash To Nash Icon WXTA - Edinboro, Pennsylvania - Launched Nash FM on February 3, 2014 but rebranded as "Erie Country 97.9" on March 28, 2024WXTA Drops Nash For Erie Country WSJR - Dallas, Pennsylvania - Launched Nash FM on July 3, 2013 but rebranded as "Cat Country 93.7 & 95.7" on March 10, 2025Cat Country Expands To Northeast PA WMDH-FM - New Castle, Indiana - Launched Nash FM on September 6, 2013 but rebranded back to "102.5 WMDH" on July 9, 2026
Nash Icon In May 2014, Westwood One announced a spin-off of the Nash brand known as Nash Icon (previously announced as Nash Icons). The Nash Icon brand encompasses radio stations, content, and events oriented towards the "biggest country artists of the last two decades, who are still recording and touring but not getting enough exposure today"; Westwood One CEO Lew Dickey felt that there was not yet a "middle ground" between modern and classic country similarly to that of the Adult contemporary format (which lies between Contemporary hit radio and classic hits). The first Nash Icon stations were launched at 12:00 p.m. ET on August 15, 2014, with the flips of W255CJ in Atlanta and WZAT in Savannah, Georgia, followed by a number of other Westwood One stations throughout the day. In January 2015, Westwood One began to syndicate Nash Icon to non-Westwood One stations.
The Nash Icon brand also includes a vanity label for veteran country artists operated in partnership with Big Machine Records. On October 21, 2014, it was announced that Reba McEntire would be the first artist to be part of the label. Shortly after McEntire's announcement, Ronnie Dunn began to tease that he would be the next artist to sign. Dunn officially confirmed on December 1, 2014, that he was indeed the second artist to sign with the label. Martina McBride announced that she had signed with the label on December 29, 2014. On April 29, 2015, Hank Williams Jr. announced that he had signed with the label.
The airstaff of Nashville's WSM-FM serves as the network's 24/7 airstaff, although individual stations reserve the right to use local personalities. Some Nash Icon stations also carry Westwood One's Ty, Kelly, and Chuck morning show, which primarily serves Nash FM stations.
List of Cumulus-owned Nash Icon stations Callsign MHz City Market Start date Former name Notes KQLK 97.9 “Hot 97.9” Was Top 40 (CHR) WMIM 98.3 "My 98.3 WMIM" Was Adult Contemporary WORC-FM 98.9 "98.9 ORC-FM" Was Classic Hits WKOS 104.9 104.9 Nash FM Flipped from Nash FM to the Nash Icon format.WKOS shifts from Nash to Nash Icon The station also maintained a country music format known as "Great Country 104.9" before that.Great Country Comes To Kingsport KAMO-FM 94.3 "94.3 Nash FM" Flipped from Nash FM to Nash IconCumulus Snagged Fayetteville AR Morning Team To Launch Radio Jon/Deek KARX 107.1 "95.7 Nash Icon" Switched frequencies with 95.7 as 107.1 Nash IconCumulus Amarillo Country Pair To Swap Frequencies WLFF 106.5 "106.5 Nash FM" Dropped Nash FM branding to Nash Icon. KRBE-HD2 104.1 "Good Time Oldies" After the demise of Westwood One’s “Good Time Oldies” 24/7 syndicated format, KRBE fliped the HD2 Subchannel to the Classic Country “Nash Icon” Format.
List of non-Cumulus-owned Nash Icon stations Callsign MHz City Market Start date Former name Notes WYRY 104.9 "Hot Country 104.9" WXKU-FM 92.7 "Kix 92.7" WWKY-FM 104.9 "104.9 The Wave" WILE 1270 "107.9 Nash Icon" WABH 1380 unknown "1380/100.3 WABH"
Former "Nash Icon" stations
K273BZ/KCMO-HD2-Kansas City, Missouri. Joined the network on its August 15, 2014 debut. Flipped to alternative rock on November 2, 2015.Alternative Underground Comes To Kansas City