Hilltopper Sports Network
The Hilltopper Sports Network is the regional sports radio network for the Western Kentucky University's Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers. Headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the network provides coverage of WKU's athletic teams football, men's and women's basketball. Some select affiliates also clears WKU Men's Baseball games. The network boasts the second-largest radio network in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, behind only their main competitor, the UK IMG Sports Network.[1]
| Broadcast area | South Central Kentucky Western Kentucky northwest Middle Tennessee southwest Indiana |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Various AM and FM radio stations |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | IMG College Western Kentucky University |
| WKYU-TV, WKYU-FM | |
| Technical information | |
| Class | Satellite-delivered Regional sports radio network |
| Power | night |
| Links | |
| Website | WKUSports.com |
WKYU-TV, the university-owned PBS member station, is the sole television affiliate that broadcasts WKU's televised coaches shows, along with some of WKU's sporting events, including those that originate from Sinclair Broadcasting-owned Stadium.[2] In addition, some men's and women's basketball games are presented by WKYU with the Fox College Sports cablecast of the game, with the radio network's audio, broadcasting under the branding, "Hilltopper Sports Satellite Network."[3]
Radio affiliates
| City of license (Area served) |
Station [1] | Frequency | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | WANY-FM | FM 100.9 | Men's basketball only |
| Bowling Green | W261BD | FM 100.1 | Men's basketball only; Low-power FM translator of WKLX |
| W274BQ | FM 102.7 | FM translator of WWKU/Plum Springs | |
| Brentwood (Nashville, Tennessee) | WNSR | AM 560 | Football only |
| W240CA | FM 95.9 | Low-power translator of WNSR; football only | |
| Brownsville (Bowling Green) | WKLX[4] | FM 100.7 | Network flagship for men's basketball |
| Campbellsville | WTCO | AM 1450 | |
| Cave City (Bowling Green/Glasgow) | WHHT | FM 103.7 | Network flagship for women's basketball |
| Drakesboro (Central City) | WRFM | FM 103.9 | Football only |
| Elizabethtown | WIEL | AM 1400 | |
| Elkton | WEKT | AM 1070 | Football only |
| Franklin | WFKN | AM 1220 [5] | Also serves the Portland, Tennessee area |
| Glasgow (Bowling Green) | WCDS | AM 1230 | |
| WPTQ | FM 105.3 | Network flagship for football | |
| Henderson, KY (Evansville, Indiana) | WSON | AM 690 | |
| Hodgenville | WLCB | AM 1430 | |
| Hopkinsville | WHOP | AM 1230 | Football only |
| W237BV | FM 95.3 | Football only; FM translator of WHOP (AM) | |
| Jamestown (Russell Springs) | WJKY | AM 1060 | Football only |
| WJRS | FM 104.9 | ||
| Jeffersonville, IN (Louisville) | WXVW | AM 1450 | Football only |
| Madisonville | WTTL | AM 1310 | |
| Morgantown | WKYY | FM 99.1 | Full-time satellite of WKLX/Brownsville; Men's basketball only. |
| Owensboro | WXCM | FM 97.1 | |
| Plum Springs | WWKU | AM 1450 | Network flagship for football and baseball |
| Smyrna/La Vergne (Murfreesboro, Tennessee) |
W300DO | FM 107.9 | Low-powered FM translator of WNSR; football only |
| Somerset | WTLO | AM 1480 | Football only |
| Vine Grove (Elizabethtown) | WKMO-FM | FM 101.5 | |
Former affiliates
- Bardstown -- WBRT AM 1340 (2005-200?) [6]
- Bowling Green -- WBGN AM 1340 (1950?-199?) original flagship station
- Brandenburg -- WMMG-AM/FM 1140AM/103.5FM (WMMG-AM went defunct defunct)
- Columbia -- WAIN AM 1270 (2005-200?)[6]
- Elizabethtown -- WQXE FM (1969-197?)
- Glasgow -- WCLU AM 1490 (196?-198?)
- Morgantown -- WLBQ AM 1570 (1994-2005)[6]
- Lewisport/Owensboro -- WLME 102.7
- Princeton -- WPKY AM 1580
References
- Hilltopper IMG Sports Network - Radio Affiliates
- Greenwell, Zach (October 21, 2014) "HILLTOPPER FOCUS: WKU adds five TV games through American Sports Network" Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
- "WKU Public Broadcasting". Western Kentucky University. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
- C-USA Schools Radio Outlets
- Monneyhan, James (September 3, 2015). "Hilltopper Football is back on 1220 WFKN radio". Franklin Favorite. Franklin, KY. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
- "Big Red Radio Network adds WAIN-AM, Columbia, KY, to network on Columbia Magazine.com". ColumbiaMagazine.com. August 22, 2005.