Hilltopper Sports Network

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 IMG Sports Network.^[1]

Hilltopper Sports Network

Bowling Green, Kentucky
Broadcast area	South Central Kentucky Western Kentucky northwest Middle Tennessee southwest Indiana
Frequency	Various AM and FM radio stations
Programming
Format	Sports
Ownership
Owner	IMG College Western Kentucky University
Sister stations	WKYU-TV, WKYU-FM
Technical information
Class	Satellite-delivered Regional sports radio network
Power	night
Links
Website	WKUSports.com

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, including those that originate from Sinclair Broadcasting-owned Stadium.^[2] 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."^[3]

Radio affiliates

City of license (Area served)	Station [1]	Frequency	Notes
Albany	WANY-FM	FM 100.9	Men's basketball only
Beaver Dam	WBGN	FM 99.1	Full-time satellite of WKLX/Brownsville; Men's basketball only.
Bowling Green	W261BD	FM 100.1	Men's basketball only; Low-power FM translator of WKLX
	W274BQ	FM 102.7	FM translator of WWKU/Plum Springs
Brentwood (Nashville, Tennessee)	WNSR	AM 560	Football only
	W240CA	FM 95.9	Low-power translator of WNSR; football only
Brownsville (Bowling Green)	WKLX[4]	FM 100.7	Network flagship for men's basketball
Campbellsville	WTCO	AM 1450
Cave City (Bowling Green/Glasgow)	WHHT	FM 103.7	Network flagship for women's basketball
Drakesboro (Central City)	WRFM	FM 103.9	Football only
Elizabethtown	WIEL	AM 1400
Elkton	WEKT	AM 1070	Football only
Franklin	WFKN	AM 1220 [5]	Also serves the Portland, Tennessee area
Glasgow (Bowling Green)	WCDS	AM 1230
	WPTQ	FM 105.3	Network flagship for football
Henderson, KY (Evansville, Indiana)	WSON	AM 690
Hodgenville	WLCB	AM 1430
Hopkinsville	WHOP	AM 1230	Football only
	W237BV	FM 95.3	Football only; FM translator of WHOP (AM)
Jamestown (Russell Springs)	WJKY	AM 1060	Football only
	WJRS	FM 104.9
Jeffersonville, IN (Louisville)	WXVW	AM 1450	Football only
Madisonville	WTTL	AM 1310
Owensboro	WXCM	FM 97.1
Plum Springs	WWKU	AM 1450	Network flagship for football and baseball
Smyrna/La Vergne (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)	W300DO	FM 107.9	Low-powered FM translator of WNSR; football only
Somerset	WTLO	AM 1480	Football only
Vine Grove (Elizabethtown)	WKMO-FM	FM 101.5

Former affiliates

• Bardstown – WBRT AM 1340 (2005–200?) ^[6]
• Bowling Green – WBGN AM 1340 (1950?–199?) original flagship station
• Brandenburg – WMMG-AM/FM 1140AM/103.5FM (WMMG-AM went defunct)
• Columbia – WAIN AM 1270 (2005–200?)^[6]
• Elizabethtown – WQXE (1969–197?)
• Glasgow – WCLU AM 1490 (196?–198?)
• Morgantown – WLBQ AM 1570 (1994–2005)^[6]
• Lewisport/Owensboro – WLME 102.7
• Princeton – WPKY AM 1580

See also

• Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers
• WKYU-TV
• Hilltopper Sports Satellite Network