WKLX

WKLX
Broadcast areaBowling Green, Kentucky
Frequency100.7 MHz
BrandingSAM 100.7
Programming
FormatClassic hits
AffiliationsHilltopper Sports Network
Ownership
Owner
  • Charles M. Anderson
  • (Commonwealth Broadcasting)
WOVO, WWKU
History
First air date
2000
Former call signs
WAUE (1997–1998)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID10515
ClassC2
ERP16,000 watts
HAAT184 meters
Transmitter coordinates
37°9′17″N 86°19′33″W / 37.15472°N 86.32583°W / 37.15472; -86.32583
Repeater(s)99.1 WKYY (Beaver Dam)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitebowlinggreensam.com
Satellite station
WKYY
Broadcast areaSouthern Ohio and Butler Counties, Kentucky
Frequency99.1 MHz
Ownership
OwnerCharles M. Anderson
History
First air date
June 15, 2011 [2] (in Morgantown, Kentucky)
Technical information[3]
Facility ID170956
ClassA
ERP650 watts (0.65 kW) [4]
HAAT226 feet (69 m)
Transmitter coordinates
37°13′38″N 86°41′54″W / 37.22722°N 86.69833°W / 37.22722; -86.69833
Links
Public license information

WKLX (100.7 FM) is a classic hitsformatted radio station licensed to Brownsville, Kentucky, United States, and serving the Bowling Green media market. The station is currently owned by Charles M. Anderson's Commonwealth Broadcasting as part of a triopoly with Plum Springs–licensed sports radio station WWKU (1450 AM) and Horse Cave–licensed adult contemporary station WOVO (106.3 FM).[5] The station's transmitter is located along Kentucky Route 1749 near the Wingfield community of southwestern Edmonson County; it was the only broadcasting station transmitting from that tower until March 2014, when it began sharing tower space with low-powered television station WCZU-LD.[6]

In addition to its primary signal covering the greater Bowling Green area, WKLX operates a satellite station: WKYY (99.1 FM). Licensed to Beaver Dam, Kentucky, that station's transmitter is located on Bald Knob Road off US 231 in unincorporated southern Ohio County.

History

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The station signed on the air as WAUE on June 1, 1997. It switched to its current WKLX callsign on July 10, 1998, which is about 11 months and 9 days after its inception.[7] It started broadcasting as an adult hits station using the branding 100.7 KLX. It was branded as Star 100.7 during the mid-2000s.

The current 100.7 Sam FM moniker was adopted in November 2005; along the way after changing their branding to Sam FM, the format changed formats to classic hits through the syndicated S.A.M.: Simply About Music program service from Westwood One originally held by WHHT, when it broadcast on the frequency now occupied by WOVO.[8] After that service was discontinued, the Sam FM branding was kept even after the station began utilizing the Bob FM service.

WKYY history

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WKYY began as a construction permit in 2008 with the call sign WWKN, although it would not go on-the-air until 2011. Since its launch, it has served as a full-time satellite of WKLX. The station changed its call sign to WKYY on July 1, 2023, following that stations purchase by Charles Anderson, one of WKLX's previous owners, from Newberry Broadcasting.[9] The new owner relocated WKYY's broadvast license to Beaver Dam, and elected to relocate its transmission facility to a tower just south of that city. WKYY previously transmitted from a tower along Kentucky Route 70 (Veterans Way) in Morgantown.

Programming

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The station is the flagship station of Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball broadcasts from the Hilltopper Sports Network.[10] WKLX, along with Plum Springs-licensed WWKU are co-flagships for that network's coverage of the university's football games.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKLX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Station Search
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKYY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ WKYY FM 99.1
  5. ^ WKLX Facility Record United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  6. ^ "RabbitEars.Info".
  7. ^ WKLX Call Sign History. United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  8. ^ "Sam Moves in Bowling Green, KY". All Access. November 14, 2005. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  9. ^ "STATION SALES WEEK OF 7/21: A MIRACLE OF A SALE IN SHREVEPORT". Radio Insight. July 21, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  10. ^ 2021-22 Hilltopper Basketball Media Guide, p. 10.
  11. ^ 2021 WKU Football Media Guide, p. 6.
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