Jump to content

Hilltopper Sports Network: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
→External links: rm nonexistent template
m →top: add {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
 
(44 intermediate revisions by 16 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|Collegiate sports radio network}}
{{Infobox Radio station
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
| name =Hilltopper IMG Sports Network
{{Infobox radio station
| image = [[File:WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png|75px]] [[File:IMG College logo.png|100px]]
| city =[[Bowling Green, Kentucky]]
| name = Hilltopper Sports Network
| area = South Central [[Kentucky]]<br />Western Kentucky<br />northwest Middle [[Tennessee]]<br />southwest [[Indiana]]
| logo =
| city = [[Bowling Green, Kentucky]]
| area = South Central [[Kentucky]]<br />Western Kentucky<br />northwest Middle [[Tennessee]]<br />southwest [[Indiana]]
| branding =
| branding =
| frequency = Various [[AM broadcasting|AM]] and [[FM broadcasting|FM]] [[radio station]]s
| slogan =
| repeater =
| frequency =Various [[AM broadcasting|AM]] and [[FM broadcasting|FM]] [[radio station]]s
| repeater =
| airdate =
| airdate =
| format = [[Sports radio|Sports]]
| share =
| power = night
| share as of =
| erp =
| share source =
| haat =
| format = [[Sports radio|Sports]]
| class = Satellite-delivered Regional sports radio network
| power =
| facility_id =
| coordinates =
night
| callsign_meaning =
| erp =
| former_callsigns =
| haat =
| affiliations =
| class =Satellite-delivered Regional sports radio network
| owner = [[IMG College]]<br />[[Western Kentucky University]]
| facility_id =
| coordinates =
| licensee =
| sister_stations = [[WKYU-TV]], [[WKYU-FM]]
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns =
| webcast =
| website = [http://www.wkusports.com WKUSports.com]
| affiliations =
| owner = [[IMG College]]<br />[[Western Kentucky University]]
| licensee =
| sister_stations = [[WKYU-TV]], [[WKYU-FM]]
| webcast =
| website =[http://www.wkusports.com WKUSports.com]
}}
}}


The '''Hilltopper IMG Sports network''', also known as the '''Big Red Radio Network''', is the regional sports radio network for the [[Western Kentucky University]]'s [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers|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]].<ref name=wku>[http://www.wkusports.com/ot/radio-affiliates.html Hilltopper IMG Sports Network - Radio Affiliates]</ref>
The '''Hilltopper Sports Network''' is the regional sports radio network for the [[Western Kentucky University]]'s [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers|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]].<ref name=wku>[http://www.wkusports.com/ot/radio-affiliates.html Hilltopper IMG Sports Network – Radio Affiliates]</ref>


[[WKYU-TV]], the university-owned [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] affiliate, 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 Group|Sinclair Broadcasting]]-owned [[American Sports Network]].<ref>Greenwell, Zach (October 21, 2014) [http://www.bgdailynews.com/sports/blogs/hilltopper_focus/hilltopper-focus-wku-adds-five-tv-games-through-american-sports/article_ad466ade-5951-11e4-b822-8b5819443ed3.html "HILLTOPPER FOCUS: WKU adds five TV games through American Sports Network"] ''[[The Daily News (Kentucky)|Bowling Green Daily News]]''. Retrieved November 25, 2014.</ref> 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." <ref>"[http://www.wku.edu/public-broadcasting/ WKU Public Broadcasting]". [[Western Kentucky University]]. Retrieved April 6, 2015.</ref>
[[WKYU-TV]], the university-owned [[Public Broadcasting Service|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 Group|Sinclair Broadcasting]]-owned [[Stadium (sports network)|Stadium]].<ref>Greenwell, Zach (October 21, 2014) [http://www.bgdailynews.com/sports/blogs/hilltopper_focus/hilltopper-focus-wku-adds-five-tv-games-through-american-sports/article_ad466ade-5951-11e4-b822-8b5819443ed3.html "HILLTOPPER FOCUS: WKU adds five TV games through American Sports Network"] ''[[The Daily News (Kentucky)|Bowling Green Daily News]]''. Retrieved November 25, 2014.</ref> 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."<ref>"[http://www.wku.edu/public-broadcasting/ WKU Public Broadcasting]". [[Western Kentucky University]]. Retrieved April 6, 2015.</ref>


==Radio affiliates==
==Radio affiliates==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
<ref name=wku/>
! [[City of license]] <br> (Area served)
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
! Station <ref name=wku/>
! Frequency
! Notes
|-
|-
| [[Albany, Kentucky|Albany]]
! Area served
| [[WANY-FM]]
! City of License
| FM 100.9
! Station
| Men's basketball only
! Notes
|-
|-
| [[Beaver Dam, Kentucky|Beaver Dam]]
| rowspan=6| [[Bowling Green, Kentucky|Bowling Green]] <ref>[http://www.conferenceusa.com/ot/tv-radio.html C-USA Schools Radio Outlets]</ref>
| [[Glasgow, Kentucky|Glasgow]]
| [[WKYY (FM)|WKYY]]
| [[WPTQ]]-FM 105.3 "The Point"
| FM 99.1
| Full-time satellite of WKLX/Brownsville; Men's basketball only.
| Network's Flagship #1; Football only
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Bowling Green, Kentucky|Bowling Green]]
| [[WKLX|W261BD]]
| FM 100.1
| Men's basketball only; Low-power FM translator of WKLX
|-
|-
| [[WWKU|W274BQ]]
| Bowling Green
| [[WKLX|W261BD]] (100.1 FM)
| FM 102.7
| FM translator of WWKU/Plum Springs
| Men's Basketball only. Low-power FM Translator of WKLX.
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Brentwood, Tennessee|Brentwood]] {{small|([[Nashville, Tennessee]])}}
| [[WNSR]]
| AM 560
| Football only
|-
| W240CA
| FM 95.9
| Low-power translator of WNSR; football only
|-
|-
| [[Brownsville, Kentucky|Brownsville]]
| [[Brownsville, Kentucky|Brownsville]] {{small|(Bowling Green)}}
| [[WKLX]]<ref name=cusa>[http://www.conferenceusa.com/ot/tv-radio.html C-USA Schools Radio Outlets]</ref>
| [[WKLX]]-FM 100.7 Sam FM
| FM 100.7
| Network flagship #3; [[WKU Hilltoppers basketball|Men's Basketball]] only
| Network flagship for [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball|men's basketball]]
|-
| [[Cave City, Kentucky|Cave City]]
| [[WHHT]]-FM 103.7
| [[WKU Lady Toppers basketball|Women's Basketball]] only. Also used in programming conflicts of other Bowling Green stations.
|-
|-
| [[Morgantown, Kentucky|Morgantown]]
| [[Campbellsville, Kentucky|Campbellsville]]
| [[WWKN]]-FM 99.1
| [[WTCO]]
| AM 1450
| Full-time satellite of WKLX; Men's basketball only
|
|-
|-
| [[Plum Springs, Kentucky|Plum Springs]]
| [[Cave City, Kentucky|Cave City]] {{small|(Bowling Green/Glasgow)}}
| [[WWKU]]-AM 1450
| [[WHHT]]
| FM 103.7
| Network flagship #2; Football and baseball only
| Network flagship for [[Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball|women's basketball]]
|-
|-
| [[Albany, Kentucky|Albany KY]]
| [[Drakesboro, Kentucky|Drakesboro]] {{small|([[Central City, Kentucky|Central City]])}}
| [[WRFM (FM)|WRFM]]
| Albany
| FM 103.9
| [[WANY (AM)|WANY-AM]] 1390<br />[[WANY-FM]] 100.9
| Men's basketball only.
| Football only
|-
|-
| [[Campbellsville, Kentucky|Campbellsville]]
| [[Elizabethtown, Kentucky|Elizabethtown]]
| [[WIEL]]
| Campbellsville
| [[WTCO]]-AM 1450
| AM 1400
|
|
|-
| [[Elkton, Kentucky|Elkton]]
| [[WEKT]]
| AM 1070
| Football only
|-
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Elizabethtown, Kentucky|Elizabethtown]]
| [[Franklin, Kentucky|Franklin]]
| [[WFKN]]
| [[Vine Grove, Kentucky|Vine Grove]]
| AM 1220 <ref>{{cite news |last= Monneyhan |first= James |date= September 3, 2015 |title= Hilltopper Football is back on 1220 WFKN radio |url= http://www.franklinfavorite.com/sports/local/article_a3d8a9b5-5b41-53a6-9bc4-0d818a1d336f.html |newspaper= Franklin Favorite |location= Franklin, KY |access-date= September 3, 2015}}</ref>
| [[WTHX]]-FM 101.5
| Also serves the [[Portland, Tennessee]] area
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Glasgow, Kentucky|Glasgow]] {{small|(Bowling Green)}}
| [[WCDS]]
| AM 1230
|
|
|-
|-
| [[WPTQ]]
| Elizabethtown
| FM 105.3
| [[WIEL]]-AM 1400
| Network flagship for [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|football]]
|-
| [[Henderson, Kentucky|Henderson, KY]] {{small|([[Evansville, Indiana]])}}
| [[WSON]]
| AM 690
|
|-
| [[Hodgenville, Kentucky|Hodgenville]]
| [[WLCB (AM)|WLCB]]
| AM 1430
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Elkton, Kentucky|Elkton, KY]]
| rowspan=2| [[Hopkinsville, Kentucky|Hopkinsville]]
| [[WHOP (AM)|WHOP]]
| Elkton, KY
| AM 1230
| [[WEKT]]-AM "Heavenly 1070"
| Football only
| Football only
|-
| [[Franklin, Kentucky|Franklin, KY]]
| Franklin KY
| [[WFKN]]-AM 1220 <ref>Monneyhan, James (September 3, 2015). [http://www.franklinfavorite.com/sports/local/article_a3d8a9b5-5b41-53a6-9bc4-0d818a1d336f.html "Hilltopper Football is back on 1220 WFKN radio"]. ''Franklin Favorite''. Retrieved September 3, 2015.</ref>
| Can also serve [[Portland, Tennessee|Portland]], [[Orlinda, Tennessee|Orlinda]], and [[Cross Plains, Tennessee|Cross Plains (TN)]].
|-
| [[Glasgow, Kentucky|Glasgow]]/[[Cave City, Kentucky|Cave City]]
| [[Glasgow, Kentucky|Glasgow]]
| [[WCDS]]-AM 1230
|
|-
| [[Henderson, Kentucky|Henderson KY]]/[[Evansville, Indiana|Evansville IN]]
| Henderson, KY
| [[WSON]]-AM 690
| Football only
|-
|-
| W237BV
| [[Hodgenville, Kentucky|Hodgenville]]
| Hodgenville
| FM 95.3
| Football only; FM translator of WHOP (AM)
| [[WXAM]] AM 1430
|
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Jamestown, Kentucky|Jamestown]] {{small|([[Russell Springs, Kentucky|Russell Springs]])}}
|-
| [[WJKY]]
| rowspan=2| [[Hopkinsville, Kentucky|Hopkinsville]]
| AM 1060
| rowspan=2| Hopkinsville
| rowspan=2| Football only
| [[WHOP (AM)|WHOP-AM 1230]]
|-
| Football only. Also serves [[Clarksville, Tennessee|Clarksville, TN]].
| [[WJRS]]
|-
| W237BV (FM 95.3)
| FM 104.9
| Football only. FM translator of WHOP-AM.
|-
|-
| [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]]
| [[Jeffersonville, Indiana|Jeffersonville, IN]] {{small|([[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]])}}
| [[WXVW]]
| [[Jeffersonville, Indiana|Jeffersonville, IN]]
| [[WXVW]]-AM 1450
| AM 1450
| Football only
| Football only
|-
|-
| [[Madisonville, Kentucky|Madisonville]]
| [[Madisonville, Kentucky|Madisonville]]
| [[WTTL (AM)|WTTL]]
| Madisonville
| [[WTTL (AM)|WTTL-AM 1310]]
| AM 1310
|
|-
|-
| [[Princeton, Kentucky|Princeton]]
| [[Owensboro, Kentucky|Owensboro]]
| Princeton KY
| [[WXCM]]
| FM 97.1
| [[WPKY]]-AM 1580
|
| Men's Basketball only
|-
| [[Plum Springs, Kentucky|Plum Springs]]
| [[WWKU]]
| AM 1450
| Network flagship for football and [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers baseball|baseball]]
|-
| [[Smyrna, Tennessee|Smyrna]]/[[La Vergne, Tennessee|La Vergne]] <br>{{small|([[Murfreesboro, Tennessee]])}}
| [[WNSR|W300DO]]
| FM 107.9
| Low-powered FM translator of WNSR; football only
|-
|-
| Somerset
| [[Somerset, Kentucky|Somerset]]
| [[Somerset, Kentucky|Somerset]]
| [[WTLO]]-AM 1480
| [[WTLO]]
| AM 1480
| Football only
| Football only
|-
| [[Owensboro, Kentucky|Owensboro]]
| Owensboro
| [[WXCM]]-FM 91.7
|
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Russell Springs, Kentucky|Russell Springs]]
| rowspan=2| Russell Springs
| [[WJKY]]-AM 1060
| rowspan=2| Football only
|-
| [[WJRS]]-FM 104.9
|-
|-
| [[Vine Grove, Kentucky|Vine Grove]] {{small|(Elizabethtown)}}
| [[WKMO-FM]]
| FM 101.5
|
|-
|}
|}

===Former affiliates===
*[[Bardstown, Kentucky|Bardstown]] – [[WBRT]] AM 1340 (2005–200?) <ref name=big-red-adds-WAIN>[http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=12254 "Big Red Radio Network adds WAIN-AM, Columbia, KY, to network on Columbia Magazine.com"]. ''ColumbiaMagazine.com''. August 22, 2005.</ref>
*Bowling Green – [[WBGN (AM)|WBGN]] AM 1340 (1950?–199?) original flagship station
*[[Brandenburg, Kentucky|Brandenburg]] – [[WMMG (AM)|WMMG-AM]]/[[WMMG-FM|FM]] 1140AM/103.5FM (WMMG-AM went defunct)
*[[Columbia, Kentucky|Columbia]] – [[WAIN (AM)|WAIN]] AM 1270 (2005–200?)<ref name=big-red-adds-WAIN/>
*[[Elizabethtown, Kentucky|Elizabethtown]] – [[WQXE]] (1969–197?)
*Glasgow – [[WCLU (AM)|WCLU]] AM 1490 (196?–198?)
*[[Morgantown, Kentucky|Morgantown]] – [[WLBQ]] AM 1570 (1994–2005)<ref name=big-red-adds-WAIN/>
*[[Lewisport, Kentucky|Lewisport]]/Owensboro – [[WLME]] 102.7
*[[Princeton, Kentucky|Princeton]] – [[WPKY]] AM 1580


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers]]
*[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers]]
*[[WKYU-TV]]
*[[WKYU-TV]]
*[[Hilltopper Sports Satellite Network]]


==References==
==References==
Line 166: Line 197:
{{Bowling Green Radio}}
{{Bowling Green Radio}}
{{Sports radio networks in the United States}}
{{Sports radio networks in the United States}}
{{Western Kentucky University}}


[[Category:Western Kentucky University]]
[[Category:Western Kentucky University]]
[[Category:Sports radio in the United States]]
[[Category:Sports radio networks in the United States]]
[[Category:Bowling Green, Kentucky]]
[[Category:Sports in Bowling Green, Kentucky]]
[[Category:College basketball on the radio in the United States]]
[[Category:College basketball on the radio in the United States]]
[[Category:College football on the radio]]
[[Category:College football on the radio]]
[[Category:Learfield IMG College sports radio networks]]




Latest revision as of 05:33, 11 January 2025

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

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]

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

[edit]
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

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  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.
[edit]


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article about a radio station in Kentucky is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Hilltopper_Sports_Network&oldid=1268718746"