WPRT-FM - Switch To Sports

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On August 15, 2011 it was confirmed that WPRT would switch to a sports format. Adopting the new moniker "102.5 The Game", the format change took effect on Monday, August 29, 2011. The station took over flagship status for the Nashville Predators after a one-year stint on sister-station 102.9 The Buzz. Upon its format change, the station announced it would become a primary affiliate of ESPN Radio in six weeks after launch. This delay was due to ESPN Radio exercising an eight-week exit clause (executed two weeks prior to launch) in the contract with secondary affiliate WGFX-FM. WGFX began to carry various ESPN Radio programming including The Herd with Colin Cowherd, SVP & Russillo, and SportsCenter Nightly.

In 2012 WPRT-FM became the new flagship for the Triple-A Nashville Sounds of the Pacific Coast League. On July 23 of that year, longtime Nashville sports radio personality George Plaster returned to the Nashville airwaves with the revival of his long-running afternoon drive-time talk show, SportsNight.

To improve its coverage in the eastern portion of the Nashville market, the station is simulcast over W271AB, a translator located in La Vergne, Tennessee. The simulcast ended on February 5, 2013, when W271AB switched to a simulcast of WPRT-HD2, with a gospel format, branded as "The Light".

As of January 2013, WPRT-FM serves as the flagship station for the nationally-syndicated talk show, The Dave Ramsey Show, hosted by Dave Ramsey. The Dave Ramsey Show previously aired on 99.7 WWTN, for over the past 15 years, before moving to WPRT-FM in January of 2013.