WPTQ

WPTQ
City	Glasgow, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Bowling Green, Kentucky
Branding	105.3 The Point
Frequency	105.3 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s)	98.3 W252CV (Bowling Green, relays HD2)
First air date	1972 (as WOVO)
Format	Classic rock HD2: Active Rock "98.3 The Edge"
ERP	15,000 watts
HAAT	132 meters
Class	C3
Facility ID	70870
Transmitter coordinates	36°58′50.00″N 86°06′10.00″W / 36.9805556°N 86.1027778°W / 36.9805556; -86.1027778
Former callsigns	WOVO (1972-1991) WWWQ (1991-1996) WOVO (1996-2012) WHHT (2012)
Owner	Newberry Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations	WHHT, WOVO, WWKU
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live (HD2)
Website	1053thepoint.com 983theedge.com (HD2)

WPTQ (105.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Glasgow, Kentucky, USA. The station is owned by Newberry Broadcasting, Inc.

WPTQ broadcasts a classic rock music format to the Bowling Green, Kentucky, area.^[1] The format features classic rock songs from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, as well as select Active Rock songs from the 1990s and 2000s. In addition to its usual music programming, WPTQ-FM is an affiliate of the Tennessee Titans football radio network.^[2] It is also the flagship radio station for WKU Hilltoppers football from the Hilltopper IMG Sports Network.

On October 22, 2012 WPTQ and its mainstream rock format moved from 103.7 FM Cave City, KY to 105.3 FM Glasgow, KY, while the 103.7 FM frequency has picked up the WHHT calls and switched its format to Country, and rebranded the Station as HOWDY 103.7.^[3]

On February 16, 2014 WPTQ launched an active rock format on its HD2 sub channel, branded as "98.3 The Edge" (relayed on FM translator W252CV 98.3 FM Bowling Green, Kentucky).^[4]

Previous Logo

(WPTQ's logo under previous 103.7 frequency)

References

↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "Titans Radio in Kentucky". Titans Radio. Retrieved March 15, 2009.
↑ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/79382/stations-on-the-move-in-glasgow-ky/
↑ Edge Launches in Bowling Green

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WPTQ

Radio-Locator information on WPTQ

Radio stations in the Bowling Green, Kentucky market

By AM frequency	610 650 930 1230 1250 1340 1450 1490 1510 1570

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.9 90.7 91.7 92.5 92.9 93.3 94.1 95.1 95.5 95.7 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.5 97.9 98.3 99.3 100.7 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.3 102.5 102.7 103.7 104.5 105.3 105.9 106.3 107.1 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio frequencies	162.4 162.5

By callsign	KIH45 WNG570 W203BI W239BT W240CP W248CF W252CV W268CE W274BQ WAYD WBGN WBKR WBVR WCDS WCJK WCLU WCLU-FM WCVK WDNS WGFX WGGC WHHT WJXA WKCT WKLX WKYU WLAC WLBQ WLCK WLYE WNRQ WOVO WPRT WPTQ WQXQ WRUS WRVW WSIX WSM WSM-FM WUBT WUHU WVLE WWHR WWKU

Defunct	WBLG-LP (107.9 FM) WMJM (96.7 FM) WLBJ (1410 AM) WSMJ (800 AM)

Nearby radio markets Clarksville–Hopkinsville Cookeville Evansville Lexington–Fayette Louisville Nashville Owensboro See also List of radio stations in Kentucky

Classic rock radio stations in the state of Kentucky

By frequency	92.1 93.3 95.7 97.1 101.7 103.1 103.7 104.9 105.3 105.7 107.1 107.3

By callsign	WBVX WCBJ WDNS WJQQ WKCB-FM WKYM WPKE-FM WPTQ WQMF WRZI WTBK WXLR

By city	Bowling Green Campton Carlisle/Lexington Coal Run Glasgow/Bowling Green Harold Hindman Hodgenville Louisville (Jeffersonville, Indiana) Manchester Monticello Somerset

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Kentucky See also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock

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