WHOP-FM
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| Broadcast area | Clarksville, TN-Hopkinsville, KY |
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| Frequency | 98.7 MHz |
| Branding | Lite rock 98.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Soft Adult Contemporary |
| Affiliations | CBS Radio Premiere Radio Networks UK Sports Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | |
| WHOP (AM) | |
| History | |
First air date | May 1948 |
Former call signs | WRLX (1948-197?) |
Call sign meaning | W HOPkinsville, Kentucky [2] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 27633 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100 kWs |
| HAAT | 189.1 metres (620 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°55′41.00″N 87°32′50.00″W / 36.9280556°N 87.5472222°W |
| Links | |
| 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, United States, 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.[3] 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.[4] WKDZ-FM/Cadiz is the other station in the area that also serve as UK Sports Network affiliates.
References
- ^ "WHOP-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
- ^ 1948 Broadcasting Yearbook, page B-63
- ^ "Radio Network Information & Affiliates". University of Kentucky Athletics.
External links
- WHOP-FM Website
- ‹The template FMQ is being considered for deletion.› WHOP in the FCC FM station database
- WHOP in Nielsen Audio's FM station database