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
OwnerNewberry Broadcasting, Inc.
WCDS, WHHT
History
First air date
1972 (as WOVO)
Former call signs
WOVO (1972-1991)
WWWQ (1991-1996)
WOVO (1996-2012)
WHHT (2012)
Former frequencies
105.5 MHz (1972-1991)
105.3 MHz (1991-2012)
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 Campbell Lane in Bowling Green.

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History

The station originally signed on the air as WOVO on July 14, 1972. [1] The station was previously a class A station located at 105.5 FM, owned by John Barrick alongside AM station WCDS (1440 AM, unrelated to current WCDS). WOVO inherited a Variety (format)variety format from WCDS, which switched exclusively to country music.

In 1990, WOVO and WCDS were sold to Ward Communications. After a few months off the air due to strong winds toppling the transmission tower in 1991, the station had instituted three changes: the station changed frequencies to 105.3 FM to obtain a power increase, changed its call sign to WWWQ on March 1, and adopted a new contemporary hit radio format upon returning to the air on July 9, 1991. [2] On September 23, 1996, the station changed its call sign back to WOVO. [3]

On October 22, 2012, WOVO and its adult contemporary format moved to 106.3 FM Horse Cave, KY, while the 105.3 FM frequency became the new home for WPTQ and its classic rock format. [4]

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 mainstream rock format moved from 103.7 FM Cave City, KY to 105.3 FM Glasgow, KY, while the 103.7 FM frequency has picked up the WHHT calls and switched its format to Country, and rebranded the Station as HOWDY 103.7. [5]

On February 16, 2014, WPTQ launched an active rock format on its HD2 sub channel, branded as "98.3 The Edge" (relayed on FM translator W252CV 98.3 FM Bowling Green, Kentucky). [6]

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. [7] 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. [8] 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. [9] 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. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ 2010 Broadcasting Yearbook, page D-240
  2. ↑ Reagan, Stan (August 4, 1991). "FM radio stations making changes". Park City Daily News . Bowling Green, Kentucky – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "WOVO Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "Stations On The Move In Glasgow, KY". RadioInsight. 2012-10-22.
  5. ↑ "Stations on the Move in Glasgow, KY".
  6. ↑ Edge Launches in Bowling Green
  7. ↑ The Edge Launches in Bowling Green
  8. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  9. ↑ "Titans Radio in Kentucky". Titans Radio. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2009.
  10. ↑ The Edge? WHAT!?!? | 98.3 The Edge
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