WKLX

WKLX

Brownsville, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Bowling Green, Kentucky
Frequency	100.7MHz
Branding	SAM 100.7
Programming
Format	Classic hits
Affiliations	Hilltopper Sports Network
Ownership
Owner	Charles M. Anderson (Commonwealth Broadcasting)
Sister stations	WOVO,WWKU
History
First air date	2000
Former call signs	WAUE (1997–1998)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	10515
Class	C2
ERP	16,000watts
HAAT	184 meters
Transmitter coordinates	37°9′17″N86°19′33″W
Repeater(s)	99.1WKYY(Beaver Dam)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	bowlinggreensam
Satellite station
WKYY
Beaver Dam, Kentucky
Broadcast area	SouthernOhioandButler Counties, Kentucky
Frequency	99.1MHz
Ownership
Owner	Charles M. Anderson
History
First air date	June 15, 2011(inMorgantown, Kentucky)
Technical information
Facility ID	170956
Class	A
ERP	650watts(0.65kW)
HAAT	226 feet (69 m)
Transmitter coordinates	37°13′38″N86°41′54″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

WKLX(100.7FM) is aclassic hits–formattedradio stationlicensedtoBrownsville,Kentucky,United States,and serving theBowling Green media market.The station is currently owned by Charles M. Anderson's Commonwealth Broadcasting as part of atriopolywithPlum Springs–licensedsports radiostationWWKU(1450AM) andHorse Cave–licensedadult contemporarystationWOVO(106.3 FM).The station'stransmitteris located alongKentucky Route 1749near the Wingfield community of southwesternEdmonson County;it was the only broadcasting station transmitting from that tower until March 2014, when it began sharing tower space with low-powered television stationWCZU-LD.

In addition to its primary signal covering the greater Bowling Green area, WKLX operates asatellite station:WKYY(99.1 FM). Licensed toBeaver Dam, Kentucky,that station's transmitter is located on Bald Knob Road offUS 231in unincorporated southernOhio County.

History

The station signed on the air as WAUE on June 1, 1997. It switched to its current WKLX callsign on July 10, 1998, which is about 11 months and 9 days after its inception.It started broadcasting as anadult hitsstation using the branding100.7 KLX.It was branded asStar 100.7during the mid-2000s.

The current100.7 Sam FMmoniker was adopted in November 2005; along the way after changing their branding to Sam FM, the format changed formats toclassic hitsthrough the syndicatedS.A.M.: Simply About Musicprogram service fromWestwood Oneoriginally held byWHHT,when it broadcast on the frequency now occupied byWOVO.After that service was discontinued, the Sam FM branding was kept even after the station began utilizing theBob FMservice.

WKYY history

WKYY began as aconstruction permitin 2008 with the call sign WWKN, although it would not go on-the-air until 2011. Since its launch, it has served as a full-time satellite of WKLX. The station changed its call sign to WKYY on July 1, 2023, following that stations purchase by Charles Anderson, one of WKLX's previous owners, from Newberry Broadcasting.The new owner relocated WKYY's broadvast license to Beaver Dam, and elected to relocate its transmission facility to a tower just south of that city. WKYY previously transmitted from a tower alongKentucky Route 70(Veterans Way) in Morgantown.

Programming

The station is the flagship station ofWestern Kentucky Hilltoppers basketballbroadcasts from theHilltopper Sports Network.WKLX, along withPlum Springs-licensedWWKUare co-flagships for that network's coverage of the university's football games.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 742270 (WKLX)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• WKLXinNielsen Audio's FM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 170956 (WKYY)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• WKYYinNielsen Audio's FM station database