Media in Glasgow, Kentucky

Glasgow, Kentucky is technically considered to be part of the Bowling Green, Kentucky DMA, which is ranked as the 182nd largest media market in the United States.

Print

Glasgow is also served by the Bowling Green Daily News, which was originally based in nearby Glasgow Junction (now Park City) during that publication’s early days of operation. That newspaper is published all seven days of the week.

Defunct newspapers

Television

Glasgow is served by all television stations in the Bowling Green area. Glasgow was also previously served by select television stations in Louisville and Nashville, Tennessee on local cable systems.

The city of Glasgow proper is served by the Glasgow Electric Plant Board, while areas surrounding the city is served by the South Central Rural Telephone Cooperative. Both cable companies provide local public-access television channels serving the immediate area. Some other areas of the Glasgow micropolitan area, including parts of Barren and Metcalfe Counties, plus Cumberland County, are served by Mediacom.

Currently, no over-the-air broadcast television stations have any physical presence in Glasgow. However ABC affiliate WBKO once operated a news bureau during the 1980s and early 1990s.

Current

Defunct

Glasgow was previously served locally by these Trinity Broadcasting Network owned-and-operated translators:

Radio

In addition to most radio stations in Bowling Green, Glasgow is served locally by the following stations listed below.

AM stations

kHz Callsign Format On-air identity External link Notes
1150 AM WLOC Variety 101.7 WLOC Licensed in Munfordville
1230 AM WCDS Sports Fox Sports Radio
1490 AM WCLU Oldies/Full service 1490 WCLU WCLUradio.com

Adjacent locals

kHz Callsign Format On-air identity External link City of license Notes
650 AM WSM Classic country 650 WSM WSMonline.com Nashville, TN 50,000 watt Clear-channel AM station
840 AM WHAS News/Talk NewsRadio 840 WHAS.com Louisville, KY
1370 AM WTKY Country Tompkinsville, KY
1510 AM WLAC News/Talk NewsRadio 98.3 WLAC WLAC.com Nashville, TN 50,000 watt Clear-channel AM station

Defunct locals

  • 800 AM - WSMJ - AC - Licensed to Cave City (1975-1991)

FM stations

MHz Callsign Format On-air identity External link Notes
88.3 WSGP Religious King of Kings Radio Full-time repeater of WTHL/Somerset
89.3 WZVK Christian contemporary Christian Family Radio christianfamilyradio.com Full-time repeater of WCVK/Bowling Green
91.1 WBFK Gospel Licensed to Hiseville; full-time repeater of WBFI/McDaniels, Kentucky
94.1 FM WLYE-FM Classic country Willie Network 94.1 willie941.com
95.7 FM W239BT Top 40/CHR 95.9 The Vibe
98.1 W251BT Active rock 98.3 The Edge 983theedge.com Translator of W252CV/Bowling Green, which rebroadcasts WPTQ-HD2 106.3-2/Glasgow
98.5 W253BN Classic country Willie 94.1 wcluradio.com Translator of WLLI/Munfordville
99.1 WHSX Country 99.1 The Hoss Licensed to Edmonton
102.3 FM WLLI Adult contemporary Willie 94.1 WCLU.com Licensed to Munfordville
103.7 FM WHHT Country 103.7 Nash Icon Licensed to Cave City
105.3 FM WPTQ Classic rock 105.3 The Point 1053thepoint.com
106.3 FM WOVO Adult contemporary wovo1063.com Licensed to Horse Cave

Adjacent locals

MHz Callsign Format On-air identity External link City of license Notes
90.1 FM WJCR-FM Southern gospel WJCR Upton
92.1 WTKY-FM Country Country 92.1 Tompkinsville
98.3 FM WQXE Hot AC Quicksie 98.3 WQXE.com Elizabethtown
99.3 FM WVLE Adult contemporary 99.3 Love FM Scottsville
102.7 WKWY Country Tompkinsville
105.7 FM WGRK-FM Country 105.7 The Frog Greensburg

NOAA Weather Radio

The National Weather Service forecast office in Louisville provides automated weather information to the entire Mammoth Cave tourism area via Horse Cave-based weather band radio station WNG570, broadcast on a frequency of 162.500 MHz. Glasgow is also served on a secondary basis by Bowling Green’s weather radio station KIH45.

See also

References

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