Nashville Public Radio has officially announced WNXP as the call letters and branding for its soon-to-launch AAA in Nashville.
The current Classical 91.1 WFCL announced in August its intent to flip to a “local music discovery format”. The call letter change, which we first reported in our September 19 Domain Insight, took effect yesterday.
The station has also appointed Mickey Lernard Parks as APD/on-air host. Parks currently hosts the Nashville restaurant/bar podcast “This Is The Place” and previously worked on air at 91.1 WRVU from 2000 to 2005. He joins previously appointed Program Director Jason Moon Wilkins on the WNXP staff.
Nashville Public Radio has announced 91.ONE, WNXP as its new music discovery radio station and names Mickey Lernard Parks as its Assistant Program Director and on-air host. The station, launching later this fall, will be a platform for new local music and serve as Nashville’s Music Experience.
Parks is a Nashville native who hosts This Is The Place, a podcast about the Nashville restaurant and bar scene. Parks hosted several radio shows on Vanderbilt University’s station WRVU from 2000 to 2005 where he had the opportunity to play new bands before they broke through locally and nationally. Parks also served as the store manager in the first several years of Grimey’s New & Preloved Music which has grown to be an important part of Nashville’s music scene. Most recently, he has managed a wide variety of corporate teams in the hospitality industry.
Program Director Jason Moon Wilkins announced Parks appointment. “Mickey Lernard Parks has deep roots in the city and is well-known for introducing so many music fans to their future favorites through his work at Grimey’s and WRVU,” Wilkins said. “We are so fortunate that his desire to return to music coincided with the launch of this station.”
“It’s great to be back on the air in the Music City and so exciting to have the opportunity to share new music with Nashville again,” Parks said.
“The station truly will be ‘Nashville’s Music Experience’ bringing new music AND local music to Middle Tennessee listeners with hosts like Jason and Mickey who are well-versed in Nashville’s music scene,” said Nashville Public Radio’s President and CEO Steve Swenson.
