The Nerve (radio network)
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The Nerve, is a new 24-hour live radio format produced by Cumulus Media Networks (through Cumulus Media
). This satellite-driven format airs the latest Active rock
music design to target today’s 18-34 rock listeners. Unlike traditional rock stations and networks, The Nerve personalities are rock music core listeners who happen to be on the radio, instead of the DJs themselves.
Cumulus Media Networks' predecessors Satellite Music Networks and ABC Radio Networks distributed the Z Rock
national service and was seen as one of the Rock outlets that laid the groundwork for the emerging Active Rock
format.
Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media, Inc. is the second largest Owner and Operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States, behind Clear Channel Communications, operating 570 stations in 150 markets as of September 16, 2011. The company also owns Cumulus Media Networks...
). This satellite-driven format airs the latest Active rock
Active rock
Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...
music design to target today’s 18-34 rock listeners. Unlike traditional rock stations and networks, The Nerve personalities are rock music core listeners who happen to be on the radio, instead of the DJs themselves.
Cumulus Media Networks' predecessors Satellite Music Networks and ABC Radio Networks distributed the Z Rock
Z Rock
Z-Rock was a nationally syndicated radio network based out of Dallas, Texas, USA, in the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s that played heavy metal and hard rock music. The format was one of ABC Radio Network's 24-hour satellite formats...
national service and was seen as one of the Rock outlets that laid the groundwork for the emerging Active Rock
Active rock
Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...
format.