W248CF is an FM translator-style radio station that is licensed to and serving Bowling Green, Kentucky. The station is owned and operated by Western Kentucky University. Although Radio-Locator.com lists is a repeater station of WKYU-FM,W248CF Information at Radio-Locator.com W248CF is actually broadcasting a Classical music format as a new local service of WKU Public Radio.
As part of an arrangement with Horse Cave-licensed WBVR-FM, W248CF is also simulcast on that station's HD Radio signal on its third subchannel.
History Although test broadcasts began in March 2016, the official launch of the station took place in the second week of April 2016.Mudd, Aaron (March 30, 2016). "Classical music to return with new radio station". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved March 31, 2016. The official license was granted by the Federal Communications Commission on March 21, 2016.W248CF Information at Radio-Locator.com
Programming Music played on W248CF includes symphonies, including those of the New York Philharmonic, the Dallas and Chicago Symphonies, and the Metropolitan Opera. Content is provided through The Public Radio Exchange. The station is also the area's local affiliate of the WFMT Radio Network.
References
External links WKU Public Radio website WKU Classical 97.5 Schedule
Radio Locator Information for W248CF