WECV

WECV
Broadcast areaNashville, Tennessee
Frequency89.1 MHz
BrandingBott Radio Network
Programming
FormatReligious
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
May 23, 1967; 57 years ago (1967-05-23)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
ClassC3
ERP22,000 watts
HAAT59 meters
Translator(s)W258AD (99.5 MHz, Clarksville)
Links
Public license information
WebsiteWECV Online

WECV is a radio station operated by Bott Radio Network, with a Christian talk/teaching format.

Until 2011, the station was owned by Trevecca Nazarene University, and played Contemporary Christian music.

A key figure in the station's history is former General Manager David Deese. Deese, who still teaches at the university, led the radio station as a student, then as a faculty member. He was able to increase the station's transmission power on a couple of occasions and helped the university purchase 760 AM WENO and later put WNRZ, a repeater at 91.5 MHz in Dickson, on the air.

WECV is simulcast on WNRZ (covering western Middle Tennessee) and translator stations on 93.9 in Gallatin and 99.5 in Clarksville. In the fall of 2010, Trevecca Nazarene University announced the sale of WNAZ, WNRZ and its translator stations to Bott Radio Network. On February 18, 2011 at noon, the station was transferred to Bott, at which time it began airing Bott Radio Network programming. The WNAZ call letters were officially changed to WECV several days later.

Translators

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Call sign Frequency City of license Facility ID ERP
W
Height
m (ft)
Class Transmitter coordinates
WNRZ 91.5 FM Dickson, Tennessee 67638 8,000 80 C3 36°0′36.00″N 87°30′47.00″W / 36.0100000°N 87.5130556°W / 36.0100000; -87.5130556
Broadcast translators for WECV/WNRZ
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
W230AD 93.9 MHz FM Gallatin, Tennessee 67635 100 115 m (377 ft) D LMS
W258AD 99.5 MHz FM Clarksville, Tennessee 63446 27 0 m (0 ft) D LMS
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36°08′28″N 86°45′22″W / 36.141°N 86.756°W / 36.141; -86.756