WHOP (AM)

For the FM radio station in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States, see WHOP-FM.
WHOP
Broadcast areaClarksville, Tennessee–Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Frequency1230 kHz
BrandingNewsTalk 1230 AM/99.3 FM
Programming
FormatNews–talk
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WHOP-FM
History
First air date
January 8, 1940; 84 years ago (1940-01-08)[2][3][4]
Call sign meaning
Hopkinsville, Kentucky[5]
Technical information[6]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID27634
ClassC
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
36°52′54″N 87°30′44″W / 36.88167°N 87.51222°W / 36.88167; -87.51222
Translator(s)99.3 W257EV (Hopkinsville)
Repeater(s)98.7 WHOP-HD3 (Hopkinsville)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewhopam.com

WHOP (1230 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a news–talk format. Licensed to and serving Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States, the station serves the Clarksville–Hopkinsville area. The station is currently owned by Forcht Broadcasting.

The station's studios are located on Buttermilk Road (known to station management as Dink Embry's Buttermilk Road in tribute to the former on-air personality of that name[3]) off Dawson Springs Road on the northwestern outskirts of Hopkinsville. The station's transmitter is located on Witty Lane off Princeton Road northwest of Hopkinsville.

  1. ^ "WHOP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ^ 2010 Broadcasting Yearbook, page D-241
  3. ^ a b Brown, Jennifer P. (February 8, 2022). "WHOP radio marks uts 80th anniversary of broadcasting from a hill at the edge of town". Hoptown Chronicle. Archived from the original on June 16, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  4. ^ Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). HOST Communications. ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
  5. ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  6. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHOP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.