Garth Brooks Buying Spot on Nashville Radio Dial to Create a New Country Station, With a Promise to Give Female Artists a More Prominent Shot

Nov 10, 2026 10:50am PT Garth Brooks Buying Spot on Nashville Radio Dial to Create a New Country Station, With a Promise to Give Female Artists a More Prominent Shot

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Garth Brooks has announced his Sevens Network, LLC company is set to purchase a Nashville radio spot currently held by Lightning 100, at WRLT-FM/100.1 on the FM dial, to establish a new country station that will offer a mixture of younger and historically established artists.

When the sale goes through, Lighting 100, a respected adult-alternative station that has impacted Nashville for decades with an eclectic assort ment of music, won’t go away. It will move to another spot on the dial held by a different company, theoretically creating a win-win for fans of both indie-rock and country.

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