WKDF
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WKDF is a Country music
radio station
broadcasting on a frequency of 103.3 MHz from Nashville, Tennessee
. WKDF is owned by Cumulus Media
.
sign remains mounted. The station was later moved to Rutledge Hill on Second Avenue South, to a property once occupied by the home of Captain Thomas G. Ryman (of Ryman Auditorium
/Grand Ole Opry
fame).
In January 1970, WKDA-FM began playing album-oriented rock
, aimed especially at Nashville's large college student population, first at night only, and, then, beginning in March concurrent with a format change of the AM to country
, full-time, for about a year and a half. Afterward, in the daytime, the station employed a mix of rock and Top 40 music, while switching to hard and progressive rock
at night, during most of the 1970s and early 1980s. As the FM format grew, it soon became the dominant station of the two, which eventually separated. For some years in the late 1970s and early 1980s, "KDF" (as it was popularly known after its callsign officially changed to WKDF in 1976) was the dominant station as determined by the number of listeners reported by Arbitron
, in the Nashville market, due, again, to its vast popularity among younger listeners. The only true competition the station had in the rock market was the Vanderbilt University
student station, WRVU
, which played alternative
and college
forms of rock not considered commercially acceptable in that day and time (WRVU has since discontinued broadcasting on a terrestrial radio signal).
Although the station, like most 1970s-era album rock outlets, underwent some ratings decline during the early 1980s due to changing tastes among its adolescent listeners (e.g., "New Wave
", techno pop), WKDF proved resilient to the point of being able to capitalize on the backlash against MTV
-influenced artists later in the decade. By the early 1990s, the station shifted its playlist somewhat to reflect the then-rising grunge and alternative rock
scenes, leaving other FMs in the area to pick up the oldies from its early days; in recent times, WNRQ
-FM has served as Nashville's "classic" (oldies) rock outlet.
After nearly 30 years of programming rock, however, WKDF reformatted to country music
on April 1, 1999, after continued ratings losses to competitor FM outlets. In recent years, the playlist has featured a mixture of contemporary and classic country.
In September 2011, WKDF came under Cumulus ownership (as a result of the Cumulus acquisition of Citadel), and thus, is now a sister station to fellow Nashville country outlet WSM-FM
. To date, no changes to the format of either station have occurred as a result of the merger.
The Nashville Tapes aired on KDF Sunday nights, featuring rock music from Nashville and the surrounding area. Hosts included (but were not limited to): Kidd Redd, Joe Elvis, Tommy Womack
, Morgan, Leslie Hermsdorfer, Brent Fox, and Aljon Go. Go later founded the directly-inspired Local Buzz program on WBUZ, Nashville.
episode titled "Ray Murdock's X-Ray," which originally aired on January 23, 1963, the call letters of the television station broadcasting the fictitious "Ray Murdock X-Ray Show" are WKDF.
The iconic black and yellow KDF bumper sticker appears in the Howard Stern
film Private Parts
. It appears on the wall behind Stern in the scene where he is hired as Program Director of WRNW.
In a mid-1990s episode of COPS (TV Series)
on the Fox
television network, Metro Nashville police answer a domestic disturbance call. Upon arriving at the residence, they are directed down a hallway to the locked door of a male teen who had allegedly been 'huffing' spray paint or glue and who had now barricaded himself in his room. When the police officers get to the teen's door, the viewer can clearly see a black and yellow KDF 'bullet' sticker affixed to the door at eye level.
Nashville based Country Music songwriter/singer Phil Vassar released his debut album in 2000 with an up-tempo song that broke into the Top 5 on the Billboard country singles chart called "Carlene" In the video, the iconic WKDF neon sign and Nashville skyline is seen in the first 10 seconds.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting on a frequency of 103.3 MHz from Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
. WKDF is owned by Cumulus Media
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...
.
History
The first station to occupy the 103.3 FM frequency was WNFO-FM, founded in 1962 and operated by Hickory Broadcasting Corporation. Despite several FM stations already operating in Nashville at the time, receivers were not yet in widespread use, and the relatively few listeners were not enough to attract advertisers. It left the air sometime around 1965, with WKDA-AM, then one of the two Top 40-formatted stations in the market, taking over and restarting it on January 1, 1967 as WKDA-FM. WKDA-FM/WKDF was located for many years with its sister station in the downtown Stahlman Building, where its large neonNeon
Neon is the chemical element that has the symbol Ne and an atomic number of 10. Although a very common element in the universe, it is rare on Earth. A colorless, inert noble gas under standard conditions, neon gives a distinct reddish-orange glow when used in either low-voltage neon glow lamps or...
sign remains mounted. The station was later moved to Rutledge Hill on Second Avenue South, to a property once occupied by the home of Captain Thomas G. Ryman (of Ryman Auditorium
Ryman Auditorium
The Ryman Auditorium is a 2,362-seat live performance venue, located at 115 5th Avenue North, in Nashville, Tennessee and is best known as the historic home of the Grand Ole Opry....
/Grand Ole Opry
Grand Ole Opry
The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, that has presented the biggest stars of that genre since 1925. It is also among the longest-running broadcasts in history since its beginnings as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM-AM...
fame).
In January 1970, WKDA-FM began playing album-oriented rock
Album-oriented rock
Album-oriented rock is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists.-Music played:Most radio formats are based on a select, tight rotation of hit singles...
, aimed especially at Nashville's large college student population, first at night only, and, then, beginning in March concurrent with a format change of the AM to country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
, full-time, for about a year and a half. Afterward, in the daytime, the station employed a mix of rock and Top 40 music, while switching to hard and progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
at night, during most of the 1970s and early 1980s. As the FM format grew, it soon became the dominant station of the two, which eventually separated. For some years in the late 1970s and early 1980s, "KDF" (as it was popularly known after its callsign officially changed to WKDF in 1976) was the dominant station as determined by the number of listeners reported by Arbitron
Arbitron
Arbitron is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio audiences. It was founded as American Research Bureau by Jim Seiler in 1949 and became national by merging with L.A. based Coffin, Cooper and Clay in the early 1950s...
, in the Nashville market, due, again, to its vast popularity among younger listeners. The only true competition the station had in the rock market was the Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...
student station, WRVU
WRVU
WRVU is a college radio station broadcasting a Variety radio format; though it originally broadcast on 91.1 FM, the station now broadcasts over an HD Radio subchannel and streams to internet radio listeners. Licensed to Nashville, Tennessee, USA, the station serves Vanderbilt University...
, which played alternative
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
and college
College rock
College rock is a term that was used in the United States to describe 1980s alternative rock before the term "alternative" came into common usage. The term's use of the word "college" refers to campus radio stations located at institutions of higher education in Canada and the United States, where...
forms of rock not considered commercially acceptable in that day and time (WRVU has since discontinued broadcasting on a terrestrial radio signal).
Although the station, like most 1970s-era album rock outlets, underwent some ratings decline during the early 1980s due to changing tastes among its adolescent listeners (e.g., "New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
", techno pop), WKDF proved resilient to the point of being able to capitalize on the backlash against MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
-influenced artists later in the decade. By the early 1990s, the station shifted its playlist somewhat to reflect the then-rising grunge and alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
scenes, leaving other FMs in the area to pick up the oldies from its early days; in recent times, WNRQ
WNRQ
WNRQ is an FM radio station in Nashville, Tennessee, broadcasting on a frequency of 105.9 MHz. It serves counties in northern middle Tennessee and southern central Kentucky.-History/Ownership:...
-FM has served as Nashville's "classic" (oldies) rock outlet.
After nearly 30 years of programming rock, however, WKDF reformatted to country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
on April 1, 1999, after continued ratings losses to competitor FM outlets. In recent years, the playlist has featured a mixture of contemporary and classic country.
In September 2011, WKDF came under Cumulus ownership (as a result of the Cumulus acquisition of Citadel), and thus, is now a sister station to fellow Nashville country outlet WSM-FM
WSM-FM
WSM-FM is an FM radio station in Nashville, Tennessee. The station broadcasts at 95.5 MHz and broadcasts a country music radio format, with an emphasis upon recordings released since the 1990s....
. To date, no changes to the format of either station have occurred as a result of the merger.
Former on-air staff
Notable former disc jockeys from the station include:- Shannon (McCombs): 1985-1994. Started overnights, moved to mid-days, then afternoons. Host of "Breakfast with the Beatles", and "Nashville Tapes." Returned for short time when the format flipped to country. Continues to work in the country music business. http://shannoncountry.com/
- Joe Elvis: afternoons/late 1980s-1998, now at WNRQWNRQWNRQ is an FM radio station in Nashville, Tennessee, broadcasting on a frequency of 105.9 MHz. It serves counties in northern middle Tennessee and southern central Kentucky.-History/Ownership:...
, Nashville. Drummer for area rock band Government Cheese. Bandmate Tommy Womack was often a contributor to his program. Both Elvis and Womack spent time as host of a long-running local music show, The Nashville Tapes, heard on Sunday nights from the mid-1980s until the 1999 format change. - Patty Murry: mid-1980s
- Dave Walton "Toon"': 1980s
- David Hall: 1980s
- Steve Henderson: afternoon drive/late 1970s. Died in 1983.
- Carl P. Mayfield: mornings/1980s (later returned during the early period of the country format; also worked for WSIX, SiriusSiriusSirius is the brightest star in the night sky. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, it is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. The name "Sirius" is derived from the Ancient Greek: Seirios . The star has the Bayer designation Alpha Canis Majoris...
and WKDF's sister WGFX). - Ian CaseIan PunnettCase Ian Punnett is an American radio broadcaster.Punnett hosts a morning show, Ian and Margery, with his wife on KTMY in Minneapolis-St...
: mornings/early 1990s. - Mike "The Duke" Donegan: mornings 1989-2003 - now at SiriusSiriusSirius is the brightest star in the night sky. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, it is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. The name "Sirius" is derived from the Ancient Greek: Seirios . The star has the Bayer designation Alpha Canis Majoris...
and stadium announcer for the Tennessee TitansTennessee TitansThe Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...
. - Pauly: nights/mid-1990s - Later with WZZPWZZPWZZP is an Active Rock radio station that serves Clarksville, Tennessee, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Owned by Saga Communications, it debuted with a Classic Hits format in 2000, switching to the active rock format in 2003...
& WEGI, Clarksville, TN, WRQQWRQQWRQQ is a radio station broadcasting on the FM band at 97.1 MHz licensed to the city of Belle Meade, Tennessee, but serving the Nashville market as a whole. It is currently branded as Classic Hits 97.1 RQQ, broadcasting a classic hits format. It is owned by Cumulus Media and operates out of studios...
, Nashville, WNFZWNFZWNFZ is a commercial radio station licensed to Powell, Tennessee, broadcasting to the Knoxville, Tennessee area.WNFZ airs an active rock music format branded as "94.3 The X".-History:...
, Knoxville and Operations Manager/Program Director at JWC Broadcasting WBXEWBXEWBXE is a radio station broadcasting an active rock format. Licensed to Baxter, Tennessee, USA, the station serves the Cookeville area. The station is currently owned by JWC Broadcasting....
& WKXD, Cookeville, Tennessee. Now Program Director at WHFXWHFXWHFX is a radio station broadcasting an album oriented rock format. Licensed to Darien, Georgia, USA, the station serves the Brunswick area. The station is currently owned by Qantum of Brunswick License Company, LLC.-History:...
, Brunswick, Georgia. - Sheri Sexton: music director, nights, middays/1990s.
- B. Derek (Buddy Scott): overnights/March 1987-December 1997. Now a local chiropractor.
- Kidd Redd: disc jockey, program director/1984-1999.
- Jimmy the K: weekends/1990s - now at WNRQWNRQWNRQ is an FM radio station in Nashville, Tennessee, broadcasting on a frequency of 105.9 MHz. It serves counties in northern middle Tennessee and southern central Kentucky.-History/Ownership:...
. - Stevie Stevens:(Lisa Walker): Assistant Program Director and evenings/late 1980s and early 1990s.
- Chris Barrington: weekend overnights/1993-1995.
- Jack Shell: afternoons 2008-2011 - now middays/music director at WYCDWYCDWYCD is a radio station in Detroit, Michigan. The station is the only country music station in the Detroit area. WYCD's offices and studios are located on Woodward Heights . near Interstate 75 in Ferndale, Michigan...
/Detroit. - Jason Joseph: 1990s - later at WBUZ, Nashville, and program director at WLRSWLRSWLRS is a commercial radio station located in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, broadcasting to the Louisville, Kentucky area on 105.1 FM Broadcasting....
, Lousiville, KyLouisville, KentuckyLouisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
. - Aljon Go: 1990s - overnights, weekends and host of "Nashville Tapes" now at WBUZ, Nashville.
- Brent Fox: late 1990s - weekends, co-host and producer of "Nashville Tapes." Later at "Rooster 106" WNPLWNFNWNFN is a Top 40 formatted radio station in the Nashville, Tennessee market, broadcasting a Top 40 format.Previously licensed to the affluent Nashville suburb of Belle Meade, and recently obtaining a permit for an increased signal, with a new license based in nearby Millersville, WNFN was...
, Nashville. - Jack Sass: 1997-1999 - later program director, WBOPWBOPWBOP is a Hot Adult Contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Buffalo Gap, Virginia, serving the Harrisonburg/Staunton area. WBOP is owned and operated by Vox Radio Group.-WSKO:...
, Harrisonburg, VaHarrisonburg, VirginiaHarrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia in the United States. Its population as of 2010 is 48,914, and at the 2000 census, 40,468. Harrisonburg is the county seat of Rockingham County and the core city of the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical...
. Co-hosted show with Pauly (see above) on Vanderbilt UniversityVanderbilt UniversityVanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...
's WRVUWRVUWRVU is a college radio station broadcasting a Variety radio format; though it originally broadcast on 91.1 FM, the station now broadcasts over an HD Radio subchannel and streams to internet radio listeners. Licensed to Nashville, Tennessee, USA, the station serves Vanderbilt University...
. - Big Dave: morning co-host (with Mike "The Duke" Donegan)/1990s. Now at B105 (WUBE) in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Beth Donahue: morning co-host with Big Dave and the Duke/mid-1990s. Comedienne, later with WBUZ.
- Charley: evenings/early 1980s - now a high-technology social researcher in San Francisco.
- Steve Dickert: disc jockey, later general manager/1972-2005. Briefly joined CumulusCumulus MediaCumulus 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...
Nashville (WWTNWWTNWWTN is a 100 kW, Class C0 FM radio station serving the Nashville, Tennessee media market. Its dial position is 99.7 MHz. Home to many local and national talk radio shows, the station is marketed as SuperTalk 99.7 WTN...
, WSM-FMWSM-FMWSM-FM is an FM radio station in Nashville, Tennessee. The station broadcasts at 95.5 MHz and broadcasts a country music radio format, with an emphasis upon recordings released since the 1990s....
, WRQQWRQQWRQQ is a radio station broadcasting on the FM band at 97.1 MHz licensed to the city of Belle Meade, Tennessee, but serving the Nashville market as a whole. It is currently branded as Classic Hits 97.1 RQQ, broadcasting a classic hits format. It is owned by Cumulus Media and operates out of studios...
, WNFNWNFNWNFN is a Top 40 formatted radio station in the Nashville, Tennessee market, broadcasting a Top 40 format.Previously licensed to the affluent Nashville suburb of Belle Meade, and recently obtaining a permit for an increased signal, with a new license based in nearby Millersville, WNFN was...
, WQQKWQQKWQQK is an Urban Adult Contemporary FM radio station broadcasting in the Nashville, Tennessee market on a frequency of 92.1 MHz.Beginning in the 1970s as the pioneering station of the "rock oldies" format in the Nashville market, "92-Q" WQQK was later reformatted to Urban contemporary format and...
) as market manager in 2006. - Traffic Squeegie: also on sister station WGFXWGFXWGFX is a radio station broadcasting on the FM band at 104.5 MHz licensed to the city of Gallatin, Tennessee, but serving the Nashville market as a whole. It is currently branded as 104.5 The Zone, broadcasting a sports talk format. It is owned by Cumulus Media and operates out of studios on Second...
(as Sid). Now at WNRQ. - John Nagara: research director starting mid 1980s. assistant program director/music director/starting early 1990s. Left in the mid 1990s to do record company music promotion.
- Slats: late 1980s; later at WMMSWMMSWMMS — branded 100.7 WMMS: The Buzzard — is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, widely recognized as one of the most influential rock stations in America throughout much of the history of FM broadcasting...
, Cleveland, OhioCleveland, OhioCleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
. Management suspended him at least once for on-air pranks. - John Haggard: early 1970s.
- Jay Franklin: early-to-mid-1970s.
- John McCall: mid-1970s overnights and weekends.
- Dick Mason: mid-1970s.
- Jim Battan (aka-Coyote JCoyote JCoyote J is a radio disc-jockey known for his screamo, wild-child 7-12 midnight show in the 1970s at WERC, a Birmingham TOP 40, and later at CHR Z-102 in the 1980s. For 30 years he has been a popular personality in Birmingham, while making stops in Nashville , San Diego , Denver , New Orleans ,...
.) -70's---later at: WERC Birmingham, Q-93-New Orleans, KPRI-San Diego, THE X-Birmingham; joined WZRR-ROCK99.5 in Bham (classic album rock) in late 2006 after the demise of THE X; - David Reed: Mornings and Music Director 2008-2010
- Wylie Rose: Mornings 2008-2011.
- Eddie Foxx: (The Eddie Foxx Show): MD/afternoons/mornings 2000-2007 Now mornings at WKSFWKSFWKSF is a country music station licensed to Old Fort, North Carolina. The Clear Channel station broadcasts from a tower on Mount Pisgah, southwest of Asheville at 99.9 FM with an ERP of 48 kW, and a 6 bay antenna...
/Asheville - Stuntboy Justin (Justin Cole): Mornings/Afternoons 2002-2007 Now PD WPOCWPOCWPOC is a radio station in Baltimore, Maryland, broadcasting a country music format focusing on newer artists and signature songs of the 1990s...
/BaltimoreBaltimoreBaltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore... - Lisa Manning: Morning news 2002-2008 Now morning co-host WSM-FMWSM-FMWSM-FM is an FM radio station in Nashville, Tennessee. The station broadcasts at 95.5 MHz and broadcasts a country music radio format, with an emphasis upon recordings released since the 1990s....
/Nashville
The Nashville Tapes aired on KDF Sunday nights, featuring rock music from Nashville and the surrounding area. Hosts included (but were not limited to): Kidd Redd, Joe Elvis, Tommy Womack
Tommy Womack
Tommy Womack is an American Singer-songwriter, musician and author.Womack has a long history as a songwriter and as a musician with many bands and recording artists/acts, both defunct and active. His recordings span multiple genres: folk, rock, country, alt-country, and indie music all being...
, Morgan, Leslie Hermsdorfer, Brent Fox, and Aljon Go. Go later founded the directly-inspired Local Buzz program on WBUZ, Nashville.
Current on-air staff
- Morning Show (5:30 a.m - 10 a.m): Marty McFly & Stewart James
- Mid-days (10 a.m - 3 p.m): Becca
- Afternoon Drive (3 p.m - 7 p.m): TBD
- Evenings (7 p.m - 11 p.m): Darlas Rai
- Late Nights (11 p.m - 5:30 a.m): JT
- Program Director - Marty McFly
In popular culture
On The Dick Van Dyke ShowThe Dick Van Dyke Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television sitcom that initially aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System from October 3, 1961, until June 1, 1966. The show was created by Carl Reiner and starred Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. It was produced by Reiner with Bill Persky and Sam Denoff....
episode titled "Ray Murdock's X-Ray," which originally aired on January 23, 1963, the call letters of the television station broadcasting the fictitious "Ray Murdock X-Ray Show" are WKDF.
The iconic black and yellow KDF bumper sticker appears in the Howard Stern
Howard Stern
Howard Allan Stern is an American radio personality, television host, author, and actor best known for his radio show, which was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2005. He gained wide recognition in the 1990s where he was labeled a "shock jock" for his outspoken and sometimes controversial style...
film Private Parts
Private Parts
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. It appears on the wall behind Stern in the scene where he is hired as Program Director of WRNW.
In a mid-1990s episode of COPS (TV Series)
COPS (TV series)
Cops is an American documentary/reality television series that follows police officers, constables, and sheriff's deputies during patrols and other police activities...
on the Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
television network, Metro Nashville police answer a domestic disturbance call. Upon arriving at the residence, they are directed down a hallway to the locked door of a male teen who had allegedly been 'huffing' spray paint or glue and who had now barricaded himself in his room. When the police officers get to the teen's door, the viewer can clearly see a black and yellow KDF 'bullet' sticker affixed to the door at eye level.
Nashville based Country Music songwriter/singer Phil Vassar released his debut album in 2000 with an up-tempo song that broke into the Top 5 on the Billboard country singles chart called "Carlene" In the video, the iconic WKDF neon sign and Nashville skyline is seen in the first 10 seconds.