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WPTQ
WPTQ (105.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Glasgow, Kentucky, United States, and serving the Bowling Green, Kentucky radio market area. The station is a classic rock-formatted radio station owned by Seven Mountains Media. Its radio signal is transmitted from a tower located along Kentucky Route 1297 in rural western Barren County near Railton, with studios located on McIntosh Street near US 231 on the south side of Bowling Green.
The station originally signed on the air on July 14, 1972. The station was originally a class A station located at 105.5 FM, owned by John Barrick alongside AM station WCDS (1440 AM, now WWKU; unrelated to the current WCDS). WOVO inherited a variety format from WCDS, which switched exclusively to country music upon WOVO's inception. WOVO ran a longtime Top 40 music format, with an original ERP of 1,000 watts. During the 1980s, the station went with the branding "V-105".
In 1990, WOVO and WCDS were sold to Ward Communications. After a few months off the air due to strong winds toppling the transmission tower in 1991, the station had instituted three changes: the station changed frequencies to 105.3 FM to obtain a power increase, changed its call sign to WWWQ on March 1, and restore its contemporary hit radio format upon returning to the air on July 9, 1991 following a tornado that affected the station's broadcasting facility that spring. On September 23, 1996, the station reversed their 1991 change of callsign and rechristened itself as WOVO.
In 1997, the station, along with WHHT, WXPC, WCDS, and four other stations in Kentucky, were acquired by a new business venture named Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation, formed by Steve Newberry and former Kentucky governor Brereton Jones. WOVO programming was simulcast over WCDS from its 1998 return to the air until it became a sports radio station in 2002.
On October 22, 2012, WPTQ and its classic rock format replaced WOVO on 105.3 FM; that station and its adult contemporary format moved to the Horse Cave-licensed 106.3 FM frequency. The 103.7 MHz frequency was returned to WHHT, which had been displaced from that frequency in 1998.
On February 16, 2014, WPTQ launched an active rock format on its HD2 sub channel, branded as "98.3 The Edge", which is relayed on Bowling Green-licensed FM translator W252CV, at 98.3 FM.
In October 2024, it was announced that Commonwealth Broadcasting and Seven Mountains Media agreed to a station swap of several stations in the Bowling Green, and Glasgow, Kentucky area (including this station, W240CP, WOVO, and WWKU).
On March 20, 2025, WPTQ rebranded as "105.3 The Goat".
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WPTQ
WPTQ (105.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Glasgow, Kentucky, United States, and serving the Bowling Green, Kentucky radio market area. The station is a classic rock-formatted radio station owned by Seven Mountains Media. Its radio signal is transmitted from a tower located along Kentucky Route 1297 in rural western Barren County near Railton, with studios located on McIntosh Street near US 231 on the south side of Bowling Green.
The station originally signed on the air on July 14, 1972. The station was originally a class A station located at 105.5 FM, owned by John Barrick alongside AM station WCDS (1440 AM, now WWKU; unrelated to the current WCDS). WOVO inherited a variety format from WCDS, which switched exclusively to country music upon WOVO's inception. WOVO ran a longtime Top 40 music format, with an original ERP of 1,000 watts. During the 1980s, the station went with the branding "V-105".
In 1990, WOVO and WCDS were sold to Ward Communications. After a few months off the air due to strong winds toppling the transmission tower in 1991, the station had instituted three changes: the station changed frequencies to 105.3 FM to obtain a power increase, changed its call sign to WWWQ on March 1, and restore its contemporary hit radio format upon returning to the air on July 9, 1991 following a tornado that affected the station's broadcasting facility that spring. On September 23, 1996, the station reversed their 1991 change of callsign and rechristened itself as WOVO.
In 1997, the station, along with WHHT, WXPC, WCDS, and four other stations in Kentucky, were acquired by a new business venture named Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation, formed by Steve Newberry and former Kentucky governor Brereton Jones. WOVO programming was simulcast over WCDS from its 1998 return to the air until it became a sports radio station in 2002.
On October 22, 2012, WPTQ and its classic rock format replaced WOVO on 105.3 FM; that station and its adult contemporary format moved to the Horse Cave-licensed 106.3 FM frequency. The 103.7 MHz frequency was returned to WHHT, which had been displaced from that frequency in 1998.
On February 16, 2014, WPTQ launched an active rock format on its HD2 sub channel, branded as "98.3 The Edge", which is relayed on Bowling Green-licensed FM translator W252CV, at 98.3 FM.
In October 2024, it was announced that Commonwealth Broadcasting and Seven Mountains Media agreed to a station swap of several stations in the Bowling Green, and Glasgow, Kentucky area (including this station, W240CP, WOVO, and WWKU).
On March 20, 2025, WPTQ rebranded as "105.3 The Goat".