Media in Glasgow, Kentucky explained

Glasgow, Kentucky is technically considered to be part of the Bowling Green, Kentucky DMA, which is ranked as the 182nd largest media market in the United States.

Print

Glasgow is also served by the Bowling Green Daily News, which was originally based in nearby Glasgow Junction (now Park City) during that publication's early days of operation. That newspaper is published all seven days of the week.

Defunct newspapers

Television

See main article: article and Media in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Glasgow is served by all television stations in the Bowling Green area. Glasgow was also previously served by select television stations in Louisville and Nashville, Tennessee on local cable systems.

The city of Glasgow proper is served by the Glasgow Electric Plant Board, while areas surrounding the city is served by the South Central Rural Telephone Cooperative. Both cable companies provide local public-access television channels serving the immediate area. Some other areas of the Glasgow micropolitan area, including parts of Barren and Metcalfe Counties, plus Cumberland County, are served by Mediacom.

Currently, no over-the-air broadcast television stations have any physical presence in Glasgow. However, ABC affiliate WBKO once operated a news bureau during the 1980s and early 1990s.

Television stations

Current

Defunct

Glasgow was previously served locally by these Trinity Broadcasting Network owned-and-operated translators:

Radio

In addition to most radio stations in Bowling Green, Glasgow is served locally by the following stations listed below.

AM stations

Callsign FormatOn-air identity External linkNotes
1150 AM Variety 101.7 WLOC
1230 AM Sports Fox Sports Radio
1490 AMOldies/Full service 1490 WCLUWCLUradio.com

Adjacent locals

Callsign FormatOn-air identity External linkCity of licenseNotes
650 AM Classic country 650 WSM WSMonline.com Nashville, TN50,000 watt Clear-channel AM station
840 AMNews/TalkNewsRadio 840WHAS.com
1370 AMWTKYCountry
1510 AM WLACNews/TalkNewsRadio 98.3 WLACWLAC.com Nashville, TN50,000 watt Clear-channel AM station

Defunct locals

FM stations

Callsign FormatOn-air identity External linkNotes
88.3WSGPReligiousKing of Kings Radio
89.3Christian contemporary Christian Family Radio christianfamilyradio.comFull-time repeater of WCVK/Bowling Green
91.1WBFKGospelLicensed to Hiseville; full-time repeater of WBFI/McDaniels, Kentucky
94.1 FM WLYE-FMClassic country Willie Network 94.1 willie941.com
95.7 FM Top 40/CHR 95.9 The Vibe
98.1 Active rock 98.3 The Edge 983theedge.comTranslator of W252CV/Bowling Green, which rebroadcasts WPTQ-HD2 106.3-2/Glasgow
98.5 W253BN Classic country Willie 94.1 wcluradio.com
99.1 WHSXCountry 99.1 The Hoss
102.3 FM WLLIAdult contemporary Willie 94.1 WCLU.com Licensed to Munfordville
103.7 FM Country 103.7 Nash Icon
105.3 FM Classic rock 105.3 The Point1053thepoint.com
106.3 FM WOVOAdult contemporary wovo1063.com

Adjacent locals

Callsign FormatOn-air identity External linkCity of licenseNotes
90.1 FM Southern gospel WJCR
92.1 WTKY-FMCountry Country 92.1
98.3 FM Hot AC Quicksie 98.3 WQXE.comElizabethtown
99.3 FM WVLEAdult contemporary 99.3 Love FM
102.7 WKWYCountryTompkinsville
105.7 FM Country 105.7 The Frog

NOAA Weather Radio

The National Weather Service forecast office in Louisville provides automated weather information to the entire Mammoth Cave tourism area via Horse Cave-based weather band radio station WNG570, broadcast on a frequency of 162.500 MHz. Glasgow is also served on a secondary basis by Bowling Green's weather radio station KIH45.

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