Garth Brooks is buying the radio frequency of Nashville’s longest-running independent radio station and plans to turn it into a country music channel. Lightning 100, which adheres to a AAA format and plays artists ranging from Tame Impala, Bleachers, and Fontaines D.C. to Noah Kahan, Kacey Musgraves, and the War on Drugs, entered into an agreement with Brooks’ own Sevens Network LLC, which will purchase the 100.1 frequency pending FCC approval.
Lightning 100, which broadcasts as WRLT-FM, is set to move to 106.3 and 102.5HD3 once the deal is approved. For now, it will remain on the 100.1 frequency…