WPTQ


WPTQ is a radio station licensed to Glasgow, Kentucky, United States, and serving the Bowling Green, Kentucky radio market area. The station is a classic rock-formatted radio station owned by Newberry Broadcasting, Inc. Its radio signal is transmitted from a tower located along Kentucky Route 1297 in rural western Barren County near Railton, with studios located on Campbell Lane in Bowling Green.

Programming

WPTQ broadcasts a classic rock music format to the Bowling Green, Kentucky, area. 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 Radio Network. It is also the flagship radio station for WKU Hilltoppers football from the Hilltopper IMG Sports Network.

History

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.
On February 16, 2014 WPTQ launched an active rock format on its HD2 sub channel, branded as "98.3 The Edge".

HD digital radio

The station's HD Digital radio signal is multiplexed in the following manner.
Frequency
and subchannels
CallsignProgramming
105.3 FM
105.3-1 HD
WPTQ
WPTQ-HD1
Simulcast of the traditional analog FM signal / Classic rock
105.3-2WPTQ-HD2W252CV / 98.3 The Edge
Active Rock
105.3-3WPTQ-HD3Simulcast of WWKU / ESPN Radio 1450