WHOP (AM)
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| City | Hopkinsville, Kentucky |
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| Broadcast area | Clarksville, TN-Hopkinsville, KY |
| Branding | NewsTalk 1230 AM/95.3 FM |
| Slogan | Hopkinsville's #1 Station for News, Weather, and Sports |
| Frequency | 1230 kHz |
| Repeater(s) | W237BV (95.3 FM) Hopkinsville |
| First air date | January 6, 1940 |
| Format | News Talk Information |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 27634 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°52′54.00″N 87°30′44.00″W / 36.8816667°N 87.5122222°W |
| Callsign meaning | HOPkinsville, Kentucky |
| Affiliations |
CBS Radio Cincinnati Reds Radio Network Premiere Radio Networks Nashville Predators Radio Network UK Sports Network |
| Owner |
Forcht Group of Kentucky (Hop Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WHOP-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | whopam.com |
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.
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.
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 on WHOP-AM includes regionally-syndicated sports packages of live coverage of games, including:
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