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Weather Advisory
6:10 pm
Fri April 12, 2013

Frost Advisory Early Saturday Morning For Western Counties

Credit National Weather Service

The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for early Wednesday morning, affecting the western parts of the WKU Public Radio listening area. 

A strong cold front moved through the Ohio Valley on Thursday, ushering in a colder air mass for the weekend. By early Saturday morning, surface high pressure will be anchored over the middle Mississippi River Valley, allowing for mostly clear skies and nearly calm winds generally west of I-65.

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Weather
10:51 pm
Wed April 10, 2013

Severe Storms Possible Across Region Thursday

According to the National Weather Service, a cold front sweeping in from the west will bring numerous showers and thunderstorms to the region Thursday.

Wet weather will intially move into western sections in the morning, and some of those storms could be strong. Then, redevelopment is expected in the afternoon, primarily in the east, and some of those storms could be severe with strong winds, hail, and perhaps an isolated brief tornado or two.

More from the National Weather Service.

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Station Events
3:58 pm
Wed April 10, 2013

"Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me" Live Cinema Show in Bowling Green

It's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! like you've never seen it before! Because, well, normally you can't see it -- it's a radio show.

A live staging of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! presented by NCM Fathom Events, NPR, WBEZ-Chicago, and BY Experience, will be beamed to select cinemas across the country on Thursday, May 2nd, 2013.  

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Station Events
10:44 pm
Tue April 9, 2013

Tower Inspection Will Cause Brief Signal Outage At WDCL-FM Wednesday

A required inspection of the WDCL-FM transmitter tower in Somerset will result in a signal outage Wednesday. We anticipate the outage will begin late Wednesday morning. Crews will work to keep the interruption as brief as possible.

This does not affect our live webstream. Thanks for your patience while this work is completed.

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Regional
8:25 pm
Thu April 4, 2013

WDCL-FM Off The Air Due To A Downed Power Pole

WDCL-FM in Somerset is off the air due to a downed power pole caused by a car accident, which has interrupted power to the transmitter site. At this point we're not sure how long the signal will be out.

This does not affect our live webstream.

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