Nashville Public Radio 90.3 live

Nashville Public Radio is Nashville's NPR station. It broadcasts as WPLN-FM on 90.3 FM, is licensed to Nashville and serves the Nashville metropolitan area with the slogan "Nashville's NPR and Local News". It is a non-commercial station owned by Nashville Public Radio, and on this page you can listen to WPLN live online, free.

News and talk

WPLN-FM airs news, talk and information as a member of NPR, with programs from the Public Radio Exchange and the BBC World Service, together with local news from Nashville.

More on HD

HD2 plays classical music, and HD3 carries the BBC World Service full time.

Studios

The studios and offices are on Mainstream Drive north of downtown Nashville and are considered among the finest radio production facilities in the U.S.

Repeaters

WPLN-FM is also heard on two low-powered repeaters on the edges of Middle Tennessee: WHRS 91.7 in Cookeville and WTML 91.5 in Tullahoma.

The name

The call letters stand for the Public Library of Nashville. Its sister station is WNXP.

Nashville news, anywhere

Press play and WPLN starts in seconds — on I-40, at work or far from Tennessee.

How to listen

You can hear Nashville Public Radio on the radio on 90.3 FM across Middle Tennessee, but you do not need a radio at all: this page plays the live stream in any browser, on a phone, tablet or computer. Press the play button at the top, wait a second or two for the stream to connect, and keep browsing while it plays — the player stays on as you move between pages. It is ideal for the morning news or the drive home, and it costs nothing: no account, no subscription and no app to install.

Below the player you will find Nashville Public Radio's frequency and home city, the genres it plays, answers to common questions and a list of similar stations, so when you want a change you can jump to another station in the same format or the same area with one click.

• 100% free, no sign-up
• Live stream, 24 hours a day
• Listen from anywhere
• Works on phone and computer