WHOP-FM
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| City | Hopkinsville, Kentucky |
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| Broadcast area | Clarksville, TN-Hopkinsville, KY |
| Branding | Lite-Rock 98.7 |
| Frequency | 98.7 MHz |
| First air date | May 1948 |
| Format | Soft Adult Contemporary |
| Audience share | 6.0 (Fall 2007, R&R [1]) |
| ERP | 100,000 watts = 100 kW |
| HAAT | 189.1 metres (620 ft) |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 27633 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°55′41.00″N 87°32′50.00″W / 36.9280556°N 87.5472222°W |
| Callsign meaning | W HOPkinsville, Kentucky [2] |
| Former callsigns | WRLX (1948-197?) |
| Affiliations |
CBS Radio Premiere Radio Networks UK Sports Network |
| Owner |
Forcht Broadcasting (Hop Broadcasting, Inc.[3]) |
| Sister stations | WHOP (AM) |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | lite987whop.com |
WHOP-FM (98.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Soft Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to and serving Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA, the station serves the Clarksville, TN-Hopkinsville, KY area. The station is currently owned by Forcht Broadcasting, and is a sister station to WHOP-AM. The two stations share studios located at 220 Buttermilk Road on the west side of Hopkinsville.
History
The station signed on the air as WRLX in May 1948.[4] It was the first FM station to sign on in the Clarksville/Hopkinsville radio market area, and the whole westernmost segment of Kentucky. Paducah's WPAD-FM (now WDDJ) and WKYX-FM signed on in the months after.
The station changed its callsign to WHOP-FM to match its AM sister station at some time between 1969 and 1974. Upon the callsign change, the station began broadcasting a country format. That ended in the mid-2000s, when it changed to its current Soft adult contemporary format.
Programming
Along with its Soft AC format, the station also features programming from CBS Radio and Premiere Radio Networks.
WHOP-FM and WHOP-AM both serve as two of three affiliates in the Clarksville/Hopkinsville market that serves as an affiliate of the University of Kentucky Wildcats sports radio network, broadcasting football and men's basketball games involving that school's athletic teams.[5] WKDZ-FM/Cadiz is the other station in the area that also serve as UK Sports Network affiliates.
References
- ↑ "Clarksville-Hopkinsville Market Ratings". Radio & Records.
- ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
- ↑ "WHOP-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ 1948 Broadcasting Yearbook, page B-63
- ↑ "Radio Network Information & Affiliates". University of Kentucky Athletics.
External links
- WHOP-FM Website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WHOP
- Radio-Locator information on WHOP
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WHOP