WHOP-FM

WHOP-FM (98.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Soft Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to and serving Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States, the station serves the Clarksville, TN-Hopkinsville, KY area. The station is currently owned by Forcht Broadcasting, and is a sister station to WHOP-AM. The two stations share studios located at 220 Buttermilk Road on the west side of Hopkinsville.

For the AM radio station in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States, see WHOP (AM).
WHOP-FM
CityHopkinsville, Kentucky
Broadcast areaClarksville, TN-Hopkinsville, KY
BrandingLite rock 98.7
SloganTodays Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
Frequency98.7 MHz
First air dateMay 1948 (1948-05)
FormatSoft Adult Contemporary
ERP100 kWs
HAAT189.1 metres (620 ft)
ClassC1
Facility ID27633
Transmitter coordinates36°55′41″N 87°32′50″W
Call sign meaningW HOPkinsville, Kentucky [1]
Former call signsWRLX (1948-197?)
AffiliationsCBS Radio
Premiere Radio Networks
UK Sports Network
OwnerForcht Broadcasting
(Hop Broadcasting, Inc.[2])
Sister stationsWHOP (AM)
WebcastListen live
Websitelite987whop.com

History

The station signed on the air as WRLX in May 1948.[3] It was the first FM station to sign on in the Clarksville/Hopkinsville radio market area, and the whole westernmost segment of Kentucky. Paducah's WPAD-FM (now WDDJ) and WKYX-FM signed on in the months after.

The station changed its callsign to WHOP-FM to match its AM sister station at some time between 1969 and 1974. Upon the callsign change, the station began broadcasting a country format. That ended in the mid-2000s, when it changed to its current Soft Adult Contemporary format.

Programming

Along with its Soft AC format, the station also features programming from CBS Radio and Premiere Radio Networks.

WHOP-FM and WHOP-AM both serve as two of three affiliates in the Clarksville/Hopkinsville market that serves as an affiliate of the University of Kentucky Wildcats sports radio network, broadcasting football and men's basketball games involving that school's athletic teams.[4] WKDZ-FM/Cadiz is the other station in the area that also serve as UK Sports Network affiliates.

References
  1. "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. "WHOP-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. 1948 Broadcasting Yearbook, page B-63
  4. "Radio Network Information & Affiliates". University of Kentucky Athletics.
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