WHOP-FM

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For the AM radio station in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States, see WHOP (AM).
WHOP-FM
WHOP Lite98.7 logo.png
CityHopkinsville, Kentucky
Broadcast areaClarksville, Tennessee
Frequency98.7 MHz
BrandingLite Rock 98.7
Programming
FormatAdult contemporary
AffiliationsCBS News Radio
Premiere Radio Networks
UK Sports Network
Ownership
OwnerForcht Broadcasting
(Hop Broadcasting, Inc.[1])
WHOP (AM)
History
First air date
May 1948; 73 years ago (1948-05)
Former call signs
WHOP-FM (1948–59)
WRLX (1959–64)
Call sign meaning
Hopkinsville, Kentucky[2]
Technical information
Facility ID27633
ClassC1
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT189.1 metres (620 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
36°55′41″N 87°32′50″W / 36.92806°N 87.54722°W / 36.92806; -87.54722
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitelite987whop.com

WHOP-FM (98.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format. Licensed to and serving Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States, the station serves the Clarksville, Tennessee-Hopkinsville, Kentucky 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 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.

WHOP-FM changed its call sign to WRLX on December 4, 1959. The WHOP-FM call sign returned on December 28, 1964.[4] Upon the call sign change, WHOP-FM 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 News Radio and Premiere Radio Networks.

The WHOP stations 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.[5] WKDZ-FM in Cadiz is the other station in the area that also serve as UK Sports Network affiliates.

References[]

  1. ^ "WHOP-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  3. ^ 1948 Broadcasting Yearbook, page B-63
  4. ^ "WHOP-FM history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  5. ^ "Radio Network Information & Affiliates". University of Kentucky Athletics.

External links[]

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