First air date January 6, 1940 Power 1,000 watts unlimited City of license Hopkinsville Owner Forcht Group of Kentucky Branding Newstalk 1230 AM | Audience share 1.9 (Fall 2007, R&R, ) Frequency 1230 kHz Format Talk radio Area Hopkinsville Call sign meaning H'o'pkinsville, KY | |
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Broadcast area Clarksville, TN-Hopkinsville, KY Slogan Hopkinsville's #1 Station for News, Weather, and Sports Repeater(s) W237BV (95.3 FM) Hopkinsville | ||
WHOP (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to and serving Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA, the station serves the Clarksville-Hopkinsville area radio market. The station is currently owned by Forcht Broadcasting.
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History
The station first began broadcasting on January 6, 1940. It is the Hopkinsville area's long-time home of CBS Radio, and that affiliation remains with the station to this day.
Programming
As a news-talk-information format radio station, WHOP's programming content includes local newscasts, and public affairs programs. Syndicated radio programs on WHOP include The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Dave Ramsey Show, Coast to Coast AM, and America in the Morning. Hourly national news updates are provided by CBS Radio News. WHOP also provides programming from Premiere Radio Networks.
Sports programming
Sports programming on WHOP-AM includes regionally-syndicated sports packages of live coverage of games, including: