Media in Glasgow, Kentucky

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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.

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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.

Television stations

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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 CallsignFormatOn-air identityExternal linkNotes
1150 AM WLOC Variety101.7 WLOCLicensed in Munfordville
1230 AM WCDS SportsFox Sports Radio
1490 AM WCLU Oldies/Full service1490 WCLU WCLUradio.com

Adjacent locals

kHz CallsignFormatOn-air identityExternal linkCity of licenseNotes
650 AM WSM Classic country650 WSM WSMonline.com Nashville, TN 50,000 watt Clear-channel AM station
840 AM WHAS News/TalkNewsRadio 840 WHAS.com Louisville, KY
1370 AM WTKY Country Tompkinsville, KY
1510 AM WLAC News/TalkNewsRadio 98.3 WLAC WLAC.com Nashville, TN50,000 watt Clear-channel AM station

Defunct locals

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

FM stations

MHz CallsignFormatOn-air identityExternal linkNotes
88.3 WSGP ReligiousKing of Kings RadioFull-time repeater of WTHL/Somerset
89.3 WZVK Christian contemporaryChristian Family Radio christianfamilyradio.com Full-time repeater of WCVK/Bowling Green
91.1 WBFK GospelLicensed to Hiseville; full-time repeater of WBFI/McDaniels, Kentucky
94.1 FM WLYE-FM Classic countryWillie Network 94.1 willie941.com
95.7 FM W239BT Top 40/CHR95.9 The Vibe
98.1 W251BT Active rock98.3 The Edge 983theedge.com Translator of W252CV/Bowling Green, which rebroadcasts WPTQ-HD2 106.3-2/Glasgow
98.5W253BNClassic countryWillie 94.1 wcluradio.com Translator of WLLI/Munfordville
99.1 WHSX Country99.1 The HossLicensed to Edmonton
102.3 FM WLLI Adult contemporaryWillie 94.1 WCLU.com Licensed to Munfordville
103.7 FM WHHT Country103.7 Nash IconLicensed to Cave City
105.3 FM WPTQ Classic rock105.3 The Point 1053thepoint.com
106.3 FM WOVO Adult contemporary wovo1063.com Licensed to Horse Cave

Adjacent locals

MHz CallsignFormatOn-air identityExternal linkCity of licenseNotes
90.1 FM WJCR-FM Southern gospelWJCR Upton
92.1 WTKY-FM CountryCountry 92.1 Tompkinsville
98.3 FM WQXE Hot ACQuicksie 98.3 WQXE.com Elizabethtown
99.3 FM WVLE Adult contemporary99.3 Love FM Scottsville
102.7 WKWY CountryTompkinsville
105.7 FM WGRK-FM Country105.7 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.

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