WNFN - Reformat To Top 40

Reformat To Top 40

On July 29, 2009, WNFN went "under construction", airing construction sounds saying that a new station in Nashville was being built and to check back at 1:06pm. There had been rumors that the station would flip to a religious format as "Praise 106" and a man in a deep voice would occasionally quickly say "Praise 106", after a female announcer would say "A new station for Nashville is coming soon!", however no "Praise 106" ever launched, and this was thought to only throw people off. On July 30, 2009 at 1:06pm CST the station launched a Top 40 (CHR) format as i106, and immediately after the launch, the old 106.7 The Fan website redirected to the new i106 website. "Boom Boom Pow" by The Black Eyed Peas was the first song. This is Cumulus's second top 40 station launched during the same month, cloned after sister station WRWM in Indianapolis.