WKLX

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title: "WKLX" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["radio-stations-in-kentucky", "classic-hits-radio-stations-in-the-united-states", "radio-stations-established-in-1997"] topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WKLX" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
nameWKLX
cityBrownsville, Kentucky
countryUS
areaBowling Green, Kentucky
brandingBG 100.7
frequency100.7 MHz
repeater
airdate
formatClassic hits
erp16,000 watts
haat184 m
classC2
facility_id10515
licensing_authorityFCC
coordinates
former_callsignsWAUE (1997–1998)
affiliationsHilltopper Sports Network
ownerSeven Mountains Media
licenseeSouthern Belle Media Family, LLC
webcast
websitebighitsbg.com
embed_headerSatellite station
embedded{{Infobox radio station
childyes
nameWBGN
cityBeaver Dam, Kentucky
countryUS
areaSouthern Ohio and Butler Counties, Kentucky
frequency99.1 MHz
airdate(in Morgantown, Kentucky)
erp1,000 watts
haat88 m
classA
facility_id170956
licensing_authorityFCC
coordinates
callsign_meaningBowling Green
former_callsigns
ownerCommonwealth Broadcasting
licenseeCharles Anderson
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| name = WKLX | logo = | logo_size = | city = Brownsville, Kentucky | country = US | area = Bowling Green, Kentucky | branding = BG 100.7 | frequency = 100.7 MHz | repeater = | airdate = | format = Classic hits | erp = 16,000 watts | haat = 184 m | class = C2 | facility_id = 10515 | licensing_authority = FCC | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = | former_callsigns = WAUE (1997–1998) | affiliations = Hilltopper Sports Network | owner = Seven Mountains Media | licensee = Southern Belle Media Family, LLC | sister_stations = W240CP, WBVR, WBVR-FM, WOVO, WPTQ, WWKU, WUHU | webcast = | website = bighitsbg.com | embed_header = Satellite station | embedded = {{Infobox radio station | child = yes | name = WBGN | city = Beaver Dam, Kentucky | country = US | area = Southern Ohio and Butler Counties, Kentucky | frequency = 99.1 MHz | airdate = (in Morgantown, Kentucky) | erp = 1,000 watts | haat = 88 m | class = A | facility_id = 170956 | licensing_authority = FCC | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = Bowling Green | former_callsigns = | owner = Commonwealth Broadcasting | licensee = Charles Anderson

WKLX (100.7 FM) is a classic hits–formatted radio station licensed to Brownsville, Kentucky, United States, and serving the Bowling Green media market. The station is currently owned by Charles M. Anderson's Commonwealth Broadcasting and leased to Seven Mountains Media, which operates the station. The station's transmitter is located along Kentucky Route 1749 near the Wingfield community of southwestern Edmonson County; it was the only broadcasting station transmitting from that tower until March 2014, when it began sharing tower space with low-powered television station WCZU-LD.

In addition to its primary signal covering the greater Bowling Green area, WKLX operates a satellite station, WBGN (99.1 FM). Licensed to Beaver Dam, Kentucky, that station's transmitter is located on Bald Knob Road off US 231 in unincorporated southern Ohio County.

History

WKLX 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 an adult hits station using the branding 100.7 KLX. It was branded as Star 100.7 during the mid-2000s.

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The current 100.7 Sam FM moniker was adopted in November 2005; along the way after changing their branding to Sam FM, the format changed formats to classic hits through the syndicated S.A.M.: Simply About Music program service from Westwood One originally held by WHHT (106.7 FM). After that service was discontinued, the Sam FM branding was kept even after the station began utilizing the Bob FM service at some point in the 2010s.

In April 2025, the station rebranded as BG 100.7, following the lease of the station to Seven Mountains Media.

WBGN history

WBGN began as a construction permit in 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 broadcast 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 along Kentucky Route 70 (Veterans Way) in Morgantown. The call sign was changed again, to WBGN, on February 15, 2025.

Programming

The station is the flagship station of Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball broadcasts from the Hilltopper Sports Network. WKLX, along with Plum Springs-licensed WWKU are co-flagships for that network's coverage of the university's football games.

References

References

  1. [https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=170956 Station Search]
  2. [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WKLX WKLX Facility Record] ''United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division''.
  3. "RabbitEars.Info".
  4. [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=10515&Callsign=WKLX WKLX Call Sign History.] ''United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division''.
  5. (November 14, 2005). "Sam Moves in Bowling Green, KY". All Access.
  6. Venta, Lance. (April 11, 2025). "WKLX Relaunches as BG 100 7". RadioInsight.
  7. (July 21, 2023). "STATION SALES WEEK OF 7/21: A MIRACLE OF A SALE IN SHREVEPORT".
  8. (January 24, 2025). "Form 380 - Change Request". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
  9. ''2021-22 Hilltopper Basketball Media Guide'', p. 10.
  10. ''2021 WKU Football Media Guide'', p. 6.

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