WWKU
WWKU (1450 AM) is a radio station licensed to Plum Springs, Kentucky, United States.[2] The station is owned by Newberry Broadcasting, Inc. and runs ESPN Radio sports programming.
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| City | Plum Springs, Kentucky |
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| Broadcast area | Bowling Green, Kentucky |
| Frequency | 1450 kHz |
| Branding | ESPN Sports Radio 102.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Newberry Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Sister stations | WCDS, WHHT, WOVO, WPTQ, WIEL |
| History | |
| First air date | October 1, 1962 [1] |
| Former call signs | WCDS (1962-2007) |
| Former frequencies | 1440 kHz (1962-2008) |
| Call sign meaning | W Western Kentucky University |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 70869 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°00′17″N 85°56′27″W |
| Translator(s) | 102.7 MHz (W274BQ) |
| Repeater(s) | WPTQ-HD3 105.3-3 Glasgow |
| Links | |
| Website | espnky.com |
History
Originally licensed to Glasgow, the station signed on the air as the original WCDS on October 1, 1962. The station became WWKU in 2007. During that same year, the WCDS calls were reassigned to another station in the area that broadcasts at 1230 kilohertz. WWKU moved from 1440 to 1450 in May 2008 to allow for an upgrade to a stronger signal of 1,000 watts day and night (compared with the 500 watts day and 30 watts night it previously had). WWKU's broadcasting license was moved to the Bowling Green suburb of Plum Springs.
In 2015, WWKU launched an FM translator, W274BQ, licensed to Bowling Green. That translator repeats WWKU's AM signal from a tower located somewhere within the campus of Western Kentucky University in downtown Bowling Green.[3]
Sports programming
The station serves as an affiliate of the following sports networks
- Tennessee Titans Radio Network [4]
- Cincinnati Reds Radio Network [5]
- Hilltopper IMG Sports Network (football and baseball only)
References
External links
- WWKU in the FCC's AM station database
- WWKU on Radio-Locator
- WWKU in Nielsen Audio's AM station database