Great news for radio listeners across Nashville came floating through the airwaves yesterday with the official inauguration of the new translator frequency for the Music City’s most elusive radio station, WRFN — Radio Free Nashville.

Since going on the air in April 2005, the low-power community station’s broadcast area has been limited to the west side of Nashville, along with Internet broadcasts. With the translator frequency now broadcasting at 103.7 FM, in addition to the original West Side frequency of 107.1 FM, RFN’s unusual and eclectic mix of programming should be available to most of the metropolitan Nashville area. It means that great shows like Cat Beast Party, Hold the Funk, Mando Blues and Rocknbilly Hot Rod & Blues Review will be rattling the speakers of transistor radios all over town.

A sad counterpoint to the launch of the new broadcast frequency was the news of WFRN founding programmer Dave Weil’s untimely death on the same day. Weil had hosted popular Pop Top radio show since 2005, and was known as a lively Internet commentator on rock ’n’ roll.

For details on Radio Free Nashville’s broadcast schedule, visit their website.