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]

Hilltopper Sports Network
Broadcast areaSouth Central Kentucky
Western Kentucky
northwest Middle Tennessee
southwest Indiana
FrequencyVarious AM and FM radio stations
Programming
FormatSports
Ownership
OwnerIMG College
Western Kentucky University
WKYU-TV, WKYU-FM
Technical information
ClassSatellite-delivered Regional sports radio network
Powernight
Links
WebsiteWKUSports.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

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City of license
(Area served)
Station [1] Frequency Notes
Albany WANY-FM FM 100.9 Men's basketball only
Beaver Dam WKYY FM 99.1 Full-time satellite of WKLX/Brownsville; 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
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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Hilltopper IMG Sports Network – Radio Affiliates
  2. ^ Greenwell, Zach (October 21, 2014) "HILLTOPPER FOCUS: WKU adds five TV games through American Sports Network" Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  3. ^ "WKU Public Broadcasting". Western Kentucky University. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  4. ^ C-USA Schools Radio Outlets
  5. ^ Monneyhan, James (September 3, 2015). "Hilltopper Football is back on 1220 WFKN radio". Franklin Favorite. Franklin, KY. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  6. ^ a b c "Big Red Radio Network adds WAIN-AM, Columbia, KY, to network on Columbia Magazine.com". ColumbiaMagazine.com. August 22, 2005.
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