WWKU

WWKU
City	Plum Springs, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Bowling Green, Kentucky
Branding	ESPN Sports Radio 1450
Frequency	1450 kHz
Repeater(s)	W274BQ (FM 102.7) Bowling Green
First air date	October 1, 1962 ^[1]
Format	Sports
Power	1,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Class	C
Facility ID	70869
Transmitter coordinates	37°0′17.00″N 85°56′27.00″W / 37.0047222°N 85.9408333°W / 37.0047222; -85.9408333
Callsign meaning	W Western Kentucky University
Former callsigns	WCDS (1962-2007)
Former frequencies	1440 kHz (1962-2008)
Affiliations	ESPN Radio
Owner	Newberry Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations	WCDS, WHHT, WOVO, WPTQ
Website	espn1450.net

WWKU (1450 AM) is a radio station licensed to Plum Springs, Kentucky, USA.^[2] The station is owned by Newberry Broadcasting, Inc. and runs ESPN Radio sports programming.

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 nroadcasting license was moved to the Bowling Green suburb of Plum Springs.

In 2015, WWKU launched an FM repeater, 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

↑ 2010 Broadcasting Yearbook, page D-240
↑ "WWKU Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=W274BQ&service=FX&status=L&hours=U
↑ Stations in Kentucky | TTRN-SP
↑ Reds on Radio - Station Map

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WWKU

Radio-Locator Information on WWKU

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WWKU

Query the FCC's FM station database for W274BQ

Radio-Locator information on W274BQ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for W274BQ

Radio stations in the Bowling Green, Kentucky market

By AM frequency	610 650 930 1230 1250 1340 1450 1490 1510 1570

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.9 90.7 91.7 92.5 92.9 93.3 94.1 95.1 95.5 95.7 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.5 97.9 98.3 99.3 100.7 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.3 102.5 102.7 103.7 104.5 105.3 105.9 106.3 107.1 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio frequencies	162.4 162.5

By callsign	KIH45 WNG570 W203BI W239BT W240CP W248CF W252CV W268CE W274BQ WAYD WBGN WBKR WBVR WCDS WCJK WCLU WCLU-FM WCVK WDNS WGFX WGGC WHHT WJXA WKCT WKLX WKYU WLAC WLBQ WLCK WLYE WNRQ WOVO WPRT WPTQ WQXQ WRUS WRVW WSIX WSM WSM-FM WUBT WUHU WVLE WWHR WWKU

Defunct	WBLG-LP (107.9 FM) WMJM (96.7 FM) WLBJ (1410 AM) WSMJ (800 AM)

Nearby radio markets Clarksville–Hopkinsville Cookeville Evansville Lexington–Fayette Louisville Nashville Owensboro See also List of radio stations in Kentucky

Sports Radio Stations in the state of Kentucky

Stations:	WAIN - Columbia WBGN - Bowling Green WBZB - Murray WCDS - Glasgow WCMI - Ashland WFTM - Maysville WHBE - Newburg WHBE-FM - Eminence WKRD - Louisville WLCL - Louisville WLME - Lewisport WLXG - Lexington WNTC - Drakesboro/Central City WPAD - Paducah WQXQ - Central City/Owensboro WTCO - Campbellsville WWKU - Plum Springs/Bowling Green WWTF - Georgetown/Lexington WWXL - Manchester

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Kentucky See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

ESPN Radio stations in the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Full-time affiliates	Murray WBZB Glasgow WCDS Newburg WHBE Eminence WHBE-FM Lexington WLXG Campbellsville WTCO Madisonville WTTL Manchester WWXL Hodgenville WXAM

See also List of ESPN Radio affiliates See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Kentucky See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

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