WSIX-FM

WSIX-FM
	Nashville, Tennessee; United States;
Broadcast area	Nashville metropolitan area
Frequency	97.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	The Big 98 WSIX
Programming
Format	Country music
Subchannels	HD2: Talk radio (WLAC); HD3: "The Big Legend" (Classic country);
Affiliations	Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc.; (iHM Licenses, LLC);
Sister stations	WLAC; WNRQ; WRVW; WUBT;
History
First air date	1948
Call sign meaning	From 638 Tire Company in Springfield, original home of WSIX (AM) (638 was the store's address, "Where Service Is Excellent" its slogan)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	59815
Class	C0
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	349 meters (1,145 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	36°02′50.00″N 86°49′48.00″W / 36.0472222°N 86.8300000°W
Translator	HD2: 98.3 W252CM (Nashville)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio); HD2: Listen live (via iHeartRadio); HD3: Listen live (via iHeartRadio);
Website	thebig98.iheart.com; HD2: wlac.iheart.com; HD3: thebiglegend983.iheart.com;

WSIX-FM (97.9 FM, "The Big 98") is a commercial radio station in Nashville, Tennessee, broadcasting a country music format. It is owned by iHeartMedia with studios in Nashville's Music Row district. WSIX-FM is the flagship for The Bobby Bones Show, heard on scores of country radio stations in the U.S. and Canada in morning drive time.

WSIX-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations. The transmitter tower is off Old Hickory Boulevard (Tennessee State Route 254) in Forest Hills, Tennessee. WSIX-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 subchannel rebroadcasts co-owned 1510 WLAC's talk format. Its HD3 subchannel plays classic country music, which feeds FM translator W252CM at 98.3 MHz.