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 Sports Network.
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; this previously included any WKU games that were part of the Conference USA syndication package aired on Stadium and its predecessor, American Sports Network. 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.""WKU Public Broadcasting". Western Kentucky University. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
Radio affiliates + Hilltopper Sports Satellite Network affiliates Call sign Frequency Band City State Network status W261BD 100.1 FM Bowling Green Kentucky WKLX relay WKLXC-USA Schools Radio Outlets 100.7 FM Bowling Green Kentucky Flagship (men's basketball) W274BQ 102.7 FM Bowling Green Kentucky WWKU relay WHHT 103.7 FM Bowling Green Kentucky Flagship (women's basketball) WPTQ 105.3 FM Bowling Green Kentucky Flagship (football) WCDS 1230 AM Bowling Green Kentucky Affiliate WWKU 1450 AM Bowling Green Kentucky Flagship (football, baseball) WANY-FM 100.9 FM Albany Kentucky Men's basketball only WBGN 99.1 FM Beaver Dam Kentucky Men's basketball only WTCO 1450 AM Campbellsville Kentucky Affiliate WRFM 103.9 FM Drakesboro Kentucky Football only WIEL 1400 AM Elizabethtown Kentucky Affiliate WKMO-FM 101.5 FM Elizabethtown Kentucky Affiliate WEKT 1070 AM Elkton Kentucky Football only WSON 690 AM Evansville Indiana Affiliate WFKN 1220 AM Franklin Kentucky Affiliate WLCB 1430 AM Hodgenville Kentucky Affiliate WHOP 1230 AM Hopkinsville Kentucky Football only W237BV 95.3 FM Hopkinsville Kentucky WHOP relay WJKY 1060 AM Jamestown Kentucky Football only WJRS 104.9 FM Jamestown Kentucky Affiliate WNSR 560 AM Nashville Tennessee Football only W240CA 95.9 FM Nashville Tennessee WNSR relay W300DO 107.9 FM Nashville Tennessee WNSR relay WXVW 1450 AM Louisville Kentucky Football only WTTL 1310 AM Madisonville Kentucky Affiliate WXCM 97.1 FM Owensboro Kentucky Affiliate WTLO 1480 AM Somerset Kentucky Football only
Former affiliates Bardstown – WBRT (2005–200?) "Big Red Radio Network adds WAIN-AM, Columbia, KY, to network on Columbia Magazine.com". ColumbiaMagazine.com. August 22, 2005. Bowling Green – WBGN (1950?–199?) original flagship station Brandenburg – WMMG and WWMG-FM Columbia – WAIN (2005–200?) Elizabethtown – WQXE (1969–197?) Glasgow – WCLU (196?–198?) Morgantown – WLBQ (1994–2005) Lewisport/Owensboro – WLME Princeton – WPKY
See also Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers WKYU-TV Hilltopper Sports Satellite Network
References
External links WKU Athletics Official Website