| WHHT | |
| City: | Cave City, Kentucky |
| Area: | Bowling Green, Kentucky |
| Branding: | 103.7 WHHT |
| Frequency: | 103.7 MHz (1991–1998; 2012–present) |
| Format: | Country |
| Subchannels: | HD2: Country |
| Erp: | 13,500 watts |
| Class: | C3 |
| Facility Id: | 48704 |
| Coordinates: | 36.9595°N -86.0022°W |
| Former Callsigns: | WPTQ (1998-2012) |
| Owner: | Commonwealth Broadcasting |
| Licensee: | Newberry Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Sister Stations: | WCDS, WPTQ |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WHHT (103.7 FM) is a country music–formatted radio station licensed to Cave City, Kentucky, United States, and serving the Bowling Green area. The station is owned by Commonwealth Broadcasting through licensee Newberry Broadcasting, Inc.[1]
The station studios, which are shared with Fox Sports Radio affiliate WCDS (1230 AM) are located on the Public Square in downtown Glasgow. WHHT's transmitter is located near Haywood, Kentucky.
The station signed on the air for the first time on July 5, 1988, at 106.7 MHz, as a Top-40 contemporary music station, with the on-air identity as "Hottest Hits".[2] The station's studios were located on Happy Valley Road in Glasgow, Kentucky. Steve Newberry was General Manager and part owner of the station, whose first air staff included Duke Ryan, Scott Jackson, Bobby Rambo, Jonathan "Tunes" Taylor, and Jim "The Captain" Kirk, the latter of which was later known as Scotty Matthews on sister station WKNK-FM (99.1 MHz licensed to Edmonton, now WHSX). WHHT was an immediate ratings success, allowing Newberry to expand his radio ownership holdings. He is now among the premier small-market radio station owners in the U.S., and is an active member of the board of the National Association of Broadcasters, having testified before the U.S. Congress on the issue of royalties and performance rights.
In August 1991, a few years after its inception, WHHT's frequency was changed to 103.7 under the FCC's orders, to facilitate a signal power increase by Smiths Grove–licensed WBLG-FM (107.1 MHz, now WUHU), based in nearby Bowling Green.[3] The frequency switch was reversed on October 23, 1998, when the station returned to its previous frequency at 106.7 MHz[4] as part of a frequency swap with sister station WXPC (now WPTQ). In 1997, WHHT, along with WOVO, WXPC, WCDS, and four other stations in Kentucky, were acquired by a new business venture named Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation, formed by Steve Newberry and former Kentucky governor Brereton C. Jones.[5]
From 1998 to 2005, WHHT broadcast a variety hits format as Sam FM, airing the syndicated network from Westwood One. In November 2005, the Sam FM format moved to Brownsville-licensed WKLX (100.7 FM), where it remains to this day.[6] For the next six years, WHHT broadcast a hot adult contemporary format under the branding Star FM. In 2008, upgrades at Cumulus Media–owned WNFN (106.7 FM, licensed to Millersville, Tennessee) in the Nashville metropolitan area resulted in WHHT shifting to 106.5 MHz.[7] The format switch to country music occurred sometime in 2010, with another frequency change to 106.3 MHz occurring soon after.
On October 22, 2012, WHHT and sister stations WPTQ and WOVO were involved in a three-station format shift that included a trade of frequencies and FCC licenses. WHHT moved back to its former 103.7 MHz frequency it broadcast on from 1991 until 1998. WPTQ, which was previously occupying the 103.7 FM frequency, moved to 105.3 FM, with the Horse Cave-licensed 106.3 FM frequency, complete with a signal upgrade after shifting from 106.5 FM, became the new allocation for WOVO and its adult contemporary format.[8]
On February 20, 2015, the station made the transition to becoming another Nash Icon station, that is not owned and operated by Cumulus Media. For a time, the station also kept its "Howdy" branding, and was branded as "103.7 Nash Icon Howdy FM".[9]
On August 6, 2020, WHHT dropped the Nash Icon branding, and became known as "Nash 103.7".
On April 18, 2024, WHHT rebranded simply as "103.7 WHHT".