WPTQ

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WPTQ
WPTQ 105.3ThePoint logo.png
Broadcast area Bowling Green, Kentucky
Frequency 105.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding105.3 The Point
Programming
Format Classic rock
Subchannels HD1: WPTQ analog
HD2: Active rock "98.3 The Edge"
HD3: Sports (WWKU simulcast)
Affiliations Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Commonwealth Broadcasting
  • (Newberry Broadcasting, Inc.)
WCDS, WHHT
History
First air date
September 19, 1994;29 years ago (1994-09-19)
Former call signs
WXPC (1993–1998)
Former frequencies
106.7 MHz (1994–1998)
103.7 MHz (1998–2012)
Technical information
Facility ID 70870
Class C3
ERP 15,000 watts
HAAT 132 meters (433 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 36°58′50″N86°06′10″W / 36.98056°N 86.10278°W / 36.98056; -86.10278
Translator(s) 98.3 W252CV (Bowling Green, relays HD2)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Listen Live (HD2)
Website 1053thepoint.com
983theedge.com (HD2)

WPTQ (105.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Glasgow, Kentucky, United States, and serving the Bowling Green, Kentucky radio market area. The station is a classic rock-formatted radio station owned by Newberry Broadcasting, Inc. Its radio signal is transmitted from a tower located along Kentucky Route 1297 in rural western Barren County near Railton, with studios located on on McIntosh Street near US 231 on the south side of Bowling Green.

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History

Originally licensed in Horse Cave, Kentucky, the station's construction permit was issued under the callsign WLMK in 1991. The station's callsign was changed to WXPC in 1993, the year before the station's first air date; it first signed on the air on September 19, 1994. [1] It began broadcasting as an Oldies–formatted station. [2]

In 1997, the station, along with sister stations WHHT, WOVO, WCDS (now WWKU), along with four other stations in Kentucky, were acquired by a new business venture named Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation, formed by Steve Newberry and former Kentucky governor Brereton Jones. [3] The following year, the station moved to the 103.7 MHz frequency in a frequency trade with WHHT; along with the frequency change, the station switched to its present-day classic rock format, and adopted its current callsign of WPTQ.

WPTQ's logo under the station's previous 103.7 FM frequency. WPTQ logo.png
WPTQ's logo under the station's previous 103.7 FM frequency.

On October 22, 2012, WPTQ and its classic rock format was relocated to the Glasgow-licensed 105.3 FM frequency previously held by WOVO; that station and its adult contemporary format now holds the Horse Cave-licensed 106.3 FM frequency. The 103.7 MHz frequency has been returned to WHHT after that station wss displaced from that frequency in 1998. [4]

On February 16, 2014, WPTQ launched an active rock format on its HD2 sub channel, branded as "98.3 The Edge", which is relayed on Bowling Green-licensed FM translator W252CV, at 98.3 FM. [5]

HD digital radio

The station's HD Digital radio signal is multiplexed in the following manner.

Frequency
and subchannels		CallsignProgramming
105.3 FM
105.3-1 HD		WPTQ
WPTQ-HD1		Simulcast of the traditional analog FM signal / Classic rock
105.3-2WPTQ-HD2W252CV / 98.3 The Edge
Active rock
105.3-3WPTQ-HD3Simulcast of WWKU / ESPN Radio 1450

HD radio subchannel history

This station began broadcasting on February 17, 2014, as a new active rock station, branded as 98.3 The Edge. The launch of WPTQ-HD2 made WPTQ the first radio station in the Bowling Green radio market to multi-cast their HD radio signal. [6] The subchannel is simulcast over an analog low-powered FM translator W252CV to make the HD radio subchannel available to those who do not own an HD Radio set. The effective radiated power of the translator is limited to 250 watts in order to avoid interference with WQXE in nearby Elizabethtown, Kentucky, which is also run at 98.3 Megahertz.

Since February 2016, the programming of W252CV has also been simulcast at 100.1 Megahertz, on translator W261BD. That translator previously simulcast WKLX's signal. Later that year, the station also began to simulcast over translator W251BT in Glasgow over 98.1 Megahertz.

Programming

WPTQ broadcasts a classic rock music format to the Bowling Green, Kentucky, area. [7] The format features classic rock songs from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, as well as select Active Rock songs from the 1990s and 2000s. In addition to its usual music programming, WPTQ broadcasts the games of the National Football League's Tennessee Titans through the Titans Radio Network. [8] It is also the flagship radio station for WKU Hilltoppers football from the Hilltopper Sports Network.

WPTQ-HD2/W252CV

As an active rock station, the station broadcasts rock hits from the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and the current decade, with only the biggest acts in rock and roll from the 1970s. The Local Show, which is now run on this station on Sunday nights at 7 p.m. Central time, is a local show showcasing local rock bands in southern Kentucky. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ 2010 Broadcasting Yearbook, page D-241
  2. ↑ Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). HOST Communications. p. 148. ISBN   9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
  3. ↑ "Former governor buys radio stations". Park City Daily News . January 19, 1997. p. 11A. Retrieved June 9, 2024– via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Stations On The Move In Glasgow, KY". RadioInsight. October 22, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  5. ↑ Edge Launches in Bowling Green
  6. ↑ The Edge Launches in Bowling Green
  7. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  8. ↑ "Titans Radio in Kentucky". Titans Radio. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2009.
  9. ↑ The Edge? WHAT!?!? | 98.3 The Edge
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