Parks Named APD of WNXP/Nashville

• Nashville Public Radio formally announced 91.ONE WNXP as its new music discovery radio station, launching later this fall, and has named Mickey Lernard Parks as the station’s Assistant Program Director and on-air host. 91.ONE WNXP will be a platform for new local music and serve as Nashville’s Music Experience.

Parks is a Nashville native who currently hosts This Is The Place, a podcast about the Nashville restaurant and bar scene. He hosted several radio shows on Vanderbilt University’s WRVU from 2000 to 2005, playing new bands before they broke locally and nationally. Parks was also store manager during the first several years of Grimey’s New & Preloved Music, which has grown to be an important part of Nashville’s music scene. Most recently, he has managed a variety of corporate teams in the hospitality industry.

In making the announcement of Park’s appointment, Program Director Jason Moon Wilkins said, “Mickey Lernard Parks has deep roots in the city and is well-known for introducing so many music fans to their future favorites through his work at Grimey’s and WRVU. We are so fortunate that his desire to return to music coincided with the launch of this station.” Parks said, “It’s great to be back on the air in the Music City and so exciting to have the opportunity to share new music with Nashville again.”

Nashville Public Radio President & CEO Steve Swenson remarked, “The station truly will be ‘Nashville’s Music Experience,’ bringing new music AND local music to Middle Tennessee listeners with hosts like Jason and Mickey who are well-versed in Nashville’s music scene.”