W248CF

W248CF
Broadcast areaBowling Green
Frequency97.5 MHz
BrandingWKU Classical Radio
Programming
FormatClassical
AffiliationsWFMT Radio Network
Ownership
OwnerWestern Kentucky University
Radio: WKYU-FM, WWHR
TV: WKYU-TV
History
First air date
March 2016 (Signal testing)
April 2016 (official launch)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID142552
ClassD (FM translator)
ERP250 watts
Transmitter coordinates
36°57′37″N 86°32′49″W / 36.96028°N 86.54694°W / 36.96028; -86.54694
Repeater(s)WBVR-FM-HD3 106.3-3 Horse Cave/Bowling Green
Links
Public license information
WebsiteWKYU-FM Website

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.

As part of an arrangement with Horse Cave-licensed WBVR-FM, W248CF is also simulcast on that station's HD Radio signal on its third subchannel.