WLYE-FM


WLYE-FM is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to Glasgow, Kentucky, United States, the station serves the Bowling Green area. The station is currently owned by Commonwealth Broadcasting, and features programming from Fox News Radio.
The station's studios and offices are located at 902 West Main Street in downtown Glasgow. WLYE's transmitter is located on the southeastern outskirts of the city off Kentucky Route 90.

History

Construction permit

Following the 1988 purchase of WCLU by Royse Radio, Inc., intentions to launch an FM companion station for the locally based AM station were in place. The station was assigned the call letters WGBV on January 4, 1995, when the FCC first granted the construction permit for the frequency of 94.1 MHz.

WBVR simulcast as WGBV

The station signed on in 1997 as a full-time satellite station of Bowling Green-based WBVR-FM.

Willie 94.1

In January 2002, Forever Communications Inc. reached an agreement to purchase the station from Royse Radio for a reported sale price of $416,412. After the sale was finalized, on September 3, 2003, the call letters were changed to the current WLYE. From that day on, the station has been broadcasting a classic country format, billing itself as Real Country Willie 94.1.
Along with its classic country format, WLYE was also the official broadcaster of Edmonson County High School football and boys' and girls' basketball games from the 2003–2004 season until 2014. The rights to those games became Internet-exclusive upon that year's launch of EdmonsonVoice.com, an online-based news website specifically catering to the Brownsville and Edmonson County area.

Expansion of the Willie branding

From February 2017 until December 2019, WLYE's programming began to be simulcast over WBGN and its associated translator W300DA, both of Bowling Green. WBGN has since switched to an oldies format, but still retained their status as the Bowling Green Hot Rods' official broadcaster and its affiliation with the Nashville Predators Radio Network. In February 2022, the station's programming began simulcasting over 102.3 MHz via WLLI in Munfordville.

Sale to Seven Mountains Media, and currently Commonwealth Broadcasting

In September 2023, this station along with 3 others were acquired by Seven Mountains Media from Forever Communications. Then in October 2024, Seven Mountains announced that they and Commonwealth Broadcasting agreed to swap stations with some of the Bowling Green area, including WLYE.

Programming

Since 2003, WLYE broadcasts a classic country format. The station also airs The Real Trader program weekday mornings at around 8:30 am CT. The Real Trader is a weekday program devoted to people selling items in classified ads.