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WKLX

Brownsville, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Bowling Green, Kentucky
Frequency	100.7 MHz
Branding	SAM 100.7
Programming
Format	Classic hits
Affiliations	Hilltopper Sports Network
Ownership
Owner	Charles M. Anderson (Commonwealth Broadcasting)
Sister stations	WOVO, WWKU
History
First air date	2000
Former call signs	WAUE (1997–1998)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	10515
Class	C2
ERP	16,000 watts
HAAT	184 meters
Transmitter coordinates	37°9′17″N 86°19′33″W / 37.15472°N 86.32583°W / 37.15472; -86.32583
Repeater(s)	99.1 WKYY (Beaver Dam)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	bowlinggreensam.com
Satellite station
Radio station in Beaver Dam, KentuckyWKYY
Beaver Dam, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Southern Ohio and Butler Counties, Kentucky
Frequency	99.1 MHz
Ownership
Owner	Charles M. Anderson
History
First air date	June 15, 2011 (in Morgantown, Kentucky)
Technical information
Facility ID	170956
Class	A
ERP	650 watts (0.65 kW)
HAAT	226 feet (69 m)
Transmitter coordinates	37°13′38″N 86°41′54″W / 37.22722°N 86.69833°W / 37.22722; -86.69833
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

WKLX (100.7 FM) is a classic hits–formatted radio station licensed to Brownsville, Kentucky, United States, and serving the Bowling Green media market. The station is currently owned by Charles M. Anderson's Commonwealth Broadcasting as part of a triopoly with Plum Springs–licensed sports radio station WWKU (1450 AM) and Horse Cave–licensed adult contemporary station WOVO (106.3 FM). The station's transmitter is located along Kentucky Route 1749 near the Wingfield community of southwestern Edmonson County; it was the only broadcasting station transmitting from that tower until March 2014, when it began sharing tower space with low-powered television station WCZU-LD.

In addition to its primary signal covering the greater Bowling Green area, WKLX operates a satellite station: WKYY (99.1 FM). Licensed to Beaver Dam, Kentucky, that station's transmitter is located on Bald Knob Road off US 231 in unincorporated southern Ohio County.

History

The station signed on the air as WAUE on June 1, 1997. It switched to its current WKLX callsign on July 10, 1998, which is about 11 months and 9 days after its inception. It started broadcasting as an adult hits station using the branding 100.7 KLX. It was branded as Star 100.7 during the mid-2000s.

The current 100.7 Sam FM moniker was adopted in November 2005; along the way after changing their branding to Sam FM, the format changed formats to classic hits through the syndicated S.A.M.: Simply About Music program service from Westwood One originally held by WHHT, when it broadcast on the frequency now occupied by WOVO. After that service was discontinued, the Sam FM branding was kept even after the station began utilizing the Bob FM service.

WKYY history

WKYY began as a construction permit in 2008 with the call sign WWKN, although it would not go on-the-air until 2011. Since its launch, it has served as a full-time satellite of WKLX. The station changed its call sign to WKYY on July 1, 2023, following that stations purchase by Charles Anderson, one of WKLX's previous owners, from Newberry Broadcasting. The new owner relocated WKYY's broadvast license to Beaver Dam, and elected to relocate its transmission facility to a tower just south of that city. WKYY previously transmitted from a tower along Kentucky Route 70 (Veterans Way) in Morgantown.

Programming

The station is the flagship station of Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball broadcasts from the Hilltopper Sports Network. WKLX, along with Plum Springs-licensed WWKU are co-flagships for that network's coverage of the university's football games.

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for WKLX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. Station Search
3. "Facility Technical Data for WKYY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
4. WKYY FM 99.1
5. WKLX Facility Record United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
6. "RabbitEars.Info".
7. WKLX Call Sign History. United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
8. "Sam Moves in Bowling Green, KY". All Access. November 14, 2005. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
9. "STATION SALES WEEK OF 7/21: A MIRACLE OF A SALE IN SHREVEPORT". Radio Insight. July 21, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
10. 2021-22 Hilltopper Basketball Media Guide, p. 10.
11. 2021 WKU Football Media Guide, p. 6.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 742270 (WKLX) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WKLX in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 170956 (WKYY) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WKYY in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

• Radio stations in Kentucky
• Classic hits radio stations in the United States
• Radio stations established in 1997