Media in Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Hopkinsville, Kentucky is served by various media outlets. While it is one of two principal cities in its own radio market, it is considered to be part of the Nashville, Tennessee DMA, which is ranked as the 29 largest media market in the United States.

Print

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  • The Kentucky New Era, founded in 1869, is the daily newspaper serving the city and surrounding areas.
  • The Hoptown Chronicle is an online news outlet operated by a non-profit organization that provides public service journalism.[1]

Television

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Hopkinsville is the largest Kentucky city to be considered to be a part of the Nashville, Tennessee television market, which includes nine counties along the Kentucky–Tennessee state line. Nashville is ranked at the 29th largest media market in the United States.

Television stations

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While Hopkinsville does not currently have a locally based television stations of its own, the city was previously served locally by these stations and translators:

Currently, in addition to Nashville's full-power stations, Hopkinsville is served over-the-air by KET station WKMA-TV (channel 35) of Madisonville. Clarksville, Tennessee–based WCKV-LD (channel 21) transmits rimshot signals in at least the southern half of the city. Cable television subscribers are also served by a few locally based public access stations, as well as Bowling Green ABC affiliate WBKO and Paducah NBC affiliate WPSD-TV.

Mediacom and Charter/Spectrum are the primary cable television providers in the area.

Radio

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In addition to most radio stations in Clarksville, Hopkinsville is served locally by the following stations listed below.

kHz Callsign Format On-air identity External link Notes
1070 WEKT Classic hits Todd 1070 WEKT WEKTradio.com Licensed to Elkton, Kentucky
1110 WKDZ Oldies Oldies Radio 96.5/100.9 FM WHVO.com Licensed to Cadiz, Kentucky; primarily a simulcast of WHVO except for occasional solo broadcasts
1230 WHOP News/Talk NewsRadio 1230 WHOP whopam.com
1480 WHVO Oldies Oldies Radio 96.5/100.9 FM WHVO.com

Adjacent/Distant locals

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kHz Callsign Format On-air identity External link City of license Notes
610 AM WRUS Variety/full service WRUS 610 WRUSradio.com Russellville, Kentucky
650 AM WSM Classic country 650 WSM WSMonline.com Nashville, Tennessee 50,000 watt Clear-channel station
1510 AM WLAC News/Talk NewsRadio 98.3 WLAC WLAC.com
MHz Callsign Format On-air identity External link Notes
89.3 WNKJ Christian Missionary Radio [4]
93.5 WSPP-LP Catholic EWTN Radio
94.3 WRND-FM Adult hits Rewind 94.3 Rewind943.com Licensed to Oak Grove, Kentucky; studio operations based in Clarksville, Tennessee
94.9 WPJI-LP Religious 3ABN
96.5 W243CH Oldies Oldies Radio 96.5/100.9 FM WHVO.com Translator of WHVO/Hopkinsville
97.5 WZZP Mainstream rock Z97.5 Z975.com
98.7 WHOP-FM Soft adult contemporary LiteRock 98.7 WHOPFM.com
99.3 W257EV News/Talk NewsRadio 1230AM/99.3 FM WHOPAM.com Translator of WHOP-AM
100.3 WVVR Country Beaver 100.3 FM TheBeaverFM.com Studio operations based in Clarksville, Tennessee
100.9 W265BW Oldies Oldies Radio 96.5/100.9 FM WHVOradio.com Translator of WKDZ-AM/Cadiz
106.5 WKDZ-FM Country 106.5 WKDZ WKDZradio.com Licensed to Cadiz, Kentucky

Adjacent locals

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MHz Callsign Format On-air identity City of license Notes
101.1 WUBT Hip-hop 101.1 The Beat Russellville, Kentucky Studio operations located in Nashville
101.9 WEKV Christian K-Love Central City, Kentucky
104.5 WGFX Sports 104.5 The Zone Gallatin, Tennessee Studio operations located in Nashville

The National Weather Service forecast office in Paducah provides automated weather information to the area via NOAA Weather Radio stations KXI26 (162.45 MHz) in Hopkinsville and WXJ91 (162.525 MHz) in Madisonville. The area is also served by station WWH37 (162.5 MHz) in Clarksville.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Hoptown Chronicle Inc".
  2. ^ reports, New Era Staff. "TV station alters local coverage". Kentucky New Era. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  3. ^ TBN Kentucky Affiliates. Archived from the original August 26, 2000. Retrieved November 3, 2019. Note: select Kentucky in the drop-down menu.
  4. ^ Missionary Radio
  5. ^ "County Coverage". weather.gov. National Weather Service. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
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