Misplaced Pages

W248CF is an FM translator-style radio station that is licensed to and serving Bowling Green, Kentucky. The station is owned and operated by Western Kentucky University. Although Radio-Locator.com lists is a repeater station of WKYU-FM, W248CF is actually broadcasting a Classical music format as a new local service of WKU Public Radio.

History

Although test broadcasts began in March 2016, the official launch of the station took place in the second week of April 2016. The official license was granted by the Federal Communications Commission on March 21, 2016.

Programming

Music played on W248CF includes symphonies, including those of the New York Philharmonic, the Dallas and Chicago Symphinies, and Metropolitan Opera. Content is provided through Public Radio Exchange. The station is also the area's local affiliate of the WFMT Radio Network.

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for W248CF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. ^ W248CF Information at Radio-Locator.com
3. Mudd, Aaron (March 30, 2016). "Classical music to return with new radio station". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved March 31, 2016.

External links

• WKU Public Radio website
• WKU Classical 97.5 Schedule
• Facility details for Facility ID 142552 (W248CF) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• Radio Locator Information for W248CF

This article about a radio station in Kentucky is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• NPR member stations
• Radio stations in Kentucky
• Radio stations established in 2016
• 2016 establishments in Kentucky
• Western Kentucky University
• Kentucky radio station stubs