WWKU

WWKU

City	Plum Springs, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Bowling Green, Kentucky
Frequency	1450 kHz
Branding	ESPN 102.7
Programming
Format	Sports
Affiliations	ESPN Radio
Ownership
Owner	Newberry Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations	WKLX, WOVO
History
First air date	October 1, 1962 (as WCDS at 1440) [1]
Former call signs	WCDS (1962-2007)
Former frequencies	1440 kHz (1962-2008)
Call sign meaning	W Western Kentucky University
Technical information
Facility ID	70869
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	37°00′17″N 85°56′27″W / 37.00472°N 85.94083°W / 37.00472; -85.94083Coordinates: 37°00′17″N 85°56′27″W / 37.00472°N 85.94083°W / 37.00472; -85.94083
Translator(s)	102.7 W274CD (Plum Springs)
Repeater(s)	WPTQ-HD3 105.3-3 Glasgow
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	espnradio1027.com

WWKU (1450 AM) is a radio station licensed to Plum Springs, Kentucky, United States.^[2] The station is owned by Newberry Broadcasting, Inc. and runs ESPN Radio sports programming.

History[]

Originally licensed to Glasgow, the station signed on the air as the original WCDS on October 1, 1962. The station became WWKU in 2007. During that same year, the WCDS calls were reassigned to another station in the area that broadcasts at 1230 kilohertz. WWKU moved from 1440 to 1450 in May 2008 to allow for an upgrade to a stronger signal of 1,000 watts day and night (compared with the 500 watts day and 30 watts night it previously had). WWKU's broadcasting license was moved to the Bowling Green suburb of Plum Springs.

In 2015, WWKU launched an FM translator, W274BQ, licensed to Bowling Green. That translator repeated WWKU's AM signal from a tower located somewhere within the campus of Western Kentucky University in downtown Bowling Green.^[3]

Sports programming[]

The station serves as an affiliate of the following sports networks

• Tennessee Titans Radio Network^[4]
• Cincinnati Reds Radio Network^[5]
• Hilltopper IMG Sports Network (football and baseball only)

References[]

External links[]

• WWKU in the FCC AM station database
• WWKU on Radio-Locator
• WWKU in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

• W274CD in the FCC FM station database
• W274CD on Radio-Locator

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