W240CP

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W240CP
WOVO-HD2 95.9TheVibe logo.jpg
Broadcast areaBowling Green and some surrounding communities
Frequency 95.9 MHz
Branding95.9 The Vibe
Programming
Format Rhythmic Top 40
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Ownership
OwnerSOKY Radio, Inc.
WOVO, WHHT, WPTQ, WWKU, W239BT
History
First air date
2015
Technical information
Facility ID 139196
Class D
ERP 250 watts
HAAT 0 meters (0 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
36°57′37″N86°32′49″W / 36.96028°N 86.54694°W / 36.96028; -86.54694
Repeater(s) WOVO-HD2 (HD FM 106.3-2) Horse Cave/Glasgow
W239BT (FM 95.7) Glasgow
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website 959thevibe.com

W240CP is a low-powered translator-style radio station licensed to and serving Bowling Green, Kentucky. It airs a Rhythmic Top 40 format that simulcasts a second HD Radio subchannel of parent station WOVO, which is licensed to Horse Cave, but also serves Bowling Green and Glasgow. Known on air as "95.9 The Vibe", it broadcasts with a frequency of 95.9 MHz. The translator's transmitter is located near Rockfield. [1]

Contents

This station is also broadcast over Glasgow-licensed translator W239BT at 95.7 MHz.

On March 21, 2018, W240CP rebranded as "95.9 The Vibe". [2]

Signal coverage

The translator station can be received on a regular radio tuner in all parts of Warren and Simpson Counties, along with much of neighboring Allen, Butler, Edmonson, and Logan Counties. The small community of Mitchellville, Tennessee can also receive at least Grade C coverage. [3] An HD radio set is necessary to receive the HD2 subchannel anywhere within WOVO's signal coverage area. W239BT expands the analog radio coverage into Barren, Hart, Metcalfe, and Monroe Counties in southern Kentucky.

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References

  1. "Google Maps".
  2. A New Vibe for CHR in Bowling Green Radioinsight - March 21, 2018
  3. W240CP-FX Signal Coverage Map (Radio-Locator.com)