Hilltopper Sports Network
{{short description|Collegiate sports radio network}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = Hilltopper Sports Network
| logo =
| city = Bowling Green, Kentucky
| area = South Central Kentucky
Western Kentucky
northwest Middle Tennessee
southwest Indiana
| branding =
| frequency = Various AM and FM radio stations
| repeater =
| airdate =
| format = Sports
| power = night
| erp =
| haat =
| class = Satellite-delivered Regional sports radio network
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| affiliations =
| owner = IMG College
Western Kentucky University
| licensee =
| sister_stations = WKYU-TV, WKYU-FM
| webcast =
| website = [http://www.wkusports.com WKUSports.com]
}}
The Hilltopper Sports Network is the regional sports radio network for the Western Kentucky University's Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers. Headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the network provides coverage of WKU's athletic teams football, men's and women's basketball. Some select affiliates also clears WKU Men's Baseball games. The network boasts the second-largest radio network in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, behind only their main competitor, the UK IMG Sports Network.[http://www.wkusports.com/ot/radio-affiliates.html Hilltopper IMG Sports Network – Radio Affiliates]
WKYU-TV, the university-owned PBS member station, is the sole television affiliate that broadcasts WKU's televised coaches shows, along with some of WKU's sporting events, including those that originate from Sinclair Broadcasting-owned Stadium.Greenwell, Zach (October 21, 2014) [http://www.bgdailynews.com/sports/blogs/hilltopper_focus/hilltopper-focus-wku-adds-five-tv-games-through-american-sports/article_ad466ade-5951-11e4-b822-8b5819443ed3.html "HILLTOPPER FOCUS: WKU adds five TV games through American Sports Network"] Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved November 25, 2014. In addition, some men's and women's basketball games are presented by WKYU with the Fox College Sports cablecast of the game, with the radio network's audio, broadcasting under the branding, "Hilltopper Sports Satellite Network.""[http://www.wku.edu/public-broadcasting/ WKU Public Broadcasting]". Western Kentucky University. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
Radio affiliates
| class="wikitable sortable"
! City of license ! Frequency ! Notes |
| Albany
| WANY-FM | FM 100.9 | Men's basketball only |
| Beaver Dam
| WBGN | FM 99.1 | Full-time satellite of WKLX/Brownsville; Men's basketball only. |
| rowspan=2| Bowling Green
| W261BD | FM 100.1 | Men's basketball only; Low-power FM translator of WKLX |
| W274BQ
| FM 102.7 | FM translator of WWKU/Plum Springs |
| rowspan=2| Brentwood {{small|(Nashville, Tennessee)}}
| WNSR | AM 560 | Football only |
| W240CA
| FM 95.9 | Low-power translator of WNSR; football only |
| Brownsville {{small|(Bowling Green)}}
| WKLX[http://www.conferenceusa.com/ot/tv-radio.html C-USA Schools Radio Outlets] | FM 100.7 | Network flagship for men's basketball |
| Campbellsville
| WTCO | AM 1450 | |
| Cave City {{small|(Bowling Green/Glasgow)}}
| WHHT | FM 103.7 | Network flagship for women's basketball |
| Drakesboro {{small|(Central City)}}
| WRFM | FM 103.9 | Football only |
| Elizabethtown
| WIEL | AM 1400 | |
| Elkton
| WEKT | AM 1070 | Football only |
| Franklin
| WFKN | Also serves the Portland, Tennessee area |
| rowspan=2| Glasgow {{small|(Bowling Green)}}
| WCDS | AM 1230 | |
| WPTQ
| FM 105.3 | Network flagship for football |
| Henderson, KY {{small|(Evansville, Indiana)}}
| WSON | AM 690 | |
| Hodgenville
| WLCB | AM 1430 | |
| rowspan=2| Hopkinsville
| WHOP | AM 1230 | Football only |
| W237BV
| FM 95.3 | Football only; FM translator of WHOP (AM) |
| rowspan=2| Jamestown {{small|(Russell Springs)}}
| WJKY | AM 1060 | rowspan=2| Football only |
| WJRS
| FM 104.9 |
| Jeffersonville, IN {{small|(Louisville)}}
| WXVW | AM 1450 | Football only |
| Madisonville
| WTTL | AM 1310 |
| Owensboro
| WXCM | FM 97.1 | |
| Plum Springs
| WWKU | AM 1450 | Network flagship for football and baseball |
| Smyrna/La Vergne {{small|(Murfreesboro, Tennessee)}} | W300DO | FM 107.9 | Low-powered FM translator of WNSR; football only |
| Somerset
| WTLO | AM 1480 | Football only |
| Vine Grove {{small|(Elizabethtown)}}
| WKMO-FM | FM 101.5 | |
===Former affiliates===
- Bardstown – WBRT AM 1340 (2005–200?) [http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=12254 "Big Red Radio Network adds WAIN-AM, Columbia, KY, to network on Columbia Magazine.com"]. ColumbiaMagazine.com. August 22, 2005.
- Bowling Green – WBGN AM 1340 (1950?–199?) original flagship station
- Brandenburg – WMMG-AM/FM 1140AM/103.5FM (WMMG-AM went defunct)
- Columbia – WAIN AM 1270 (2005–200?)
- Elizabethtown – WQXE (1969–197?)
- Glasgow – WCLU AM 1490 (196?–198?)
- Morgantown – WLBQ AM 1570 (1994–2005)
- Lewisport/Owensboro – WLME 102.7
- Princeton – WPKY AM 1580
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.wkusports.com WKU Athletics Official Website]
{{Bowling Green Radio}}
{{Sports radio networks in the United States}}
{{Western Kentucky University}}
Category:Western Kentucky University
Category:Sports radio networks in the United States
Category:Sports in Bowling Green, Kentucky
Category:College basketball on the radio in the United States
Category:College football on the radio
Category:Learfield IMG College sports radio networks
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