W240CP is a low-powered translator-style radio station licensed to and serving Bowling Green, Kentucky. It is a

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station that simulcasts a second HD Radio subchannel of parent station

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, which is licensed to Horse Cave, but also serves Bowling Green and

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. Known on air as "96 Hits", it broadcasts with a frequency of 95.9

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. The translator's transmitter is located near Rockfield. This station is also broadcast over Glasgow-licensed translator

W239BT W239BT is a low-powered radio translator station that is licensed to Glasgow, Kentucky, and primarily serving the Caveland area and the Bowling Green, Kentucky vicinity. Owned by SOKY Radio, Inc., it broadcasts a Contemporary hit radio format at ...

at 95.7 megahertz. As a Top 40 station, the translator's main rivals are

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in Bowling Green, and

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. On March 21, 2018, W240CP rebranded as "95.9 The Vibe".

Signal coverage

The translator station can be received on a regular radio tuner in all parts of

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and Simpson Counties, along with much of neighboring

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, Edmonson, and Logan Counties. The small community of

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can also receive at least Grade C coverage.W240CP-FX Signal Coverage Map (Radio-Locator.com)
/ref> An HD radio set is necessary to receive the HD2 subchannel anywhere within WOVO's signal coverage area. W239BT expands the analog radio coverage into

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, Hart, Metcalfe, and Monroe Counties in southern Kentucky.

References

External links

* * 240CP Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 2015 2015 establishments in Kentucky {{Kentucky-radio-station-stub