You're in good company when you become an underwriter on Western's Public Radio. Click here to see our current underwriting partners and visit their websites.

Underwriting allows your business or organization to become a supporting partner with Western’s Public Radio, and gets your message in front of the most educated and active audience in radio.

A wise investment. Western’s Public Radio is viewed as an important community resource by its listeners. Because of this, an underwriting partnership builds good will and greatly enhances a company’s community image. Four out of five public radio listeners say their opinion of a company is more positive when they know that company supports public radio.*

The broadest coverage area in the region.  With four transmitters, Western’s Public Radio reaches a population of 1.3 million people.  Our coverage area includes over 65% of Kentucky, plus Southern Indiana (including Evansville) and Northern Tennessee. Follow this link to see our coverage map.

Reach the people you want to reach.  A recent study by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting showed that public radio listeners are twice as likely to have graduated from college, twice as likely to earn over $50,000 annually, 89% more likely to hold a top management position, and twice as likely to be involved in civic issues when compared to the overall adult population.

Target your customers. We can custom design an underwriting sponsorship package for your business, tailored to match your marketing strategies with our award-winning news, public affairs and music programs.

An uncluttered environment. You won’t hear commercial clutter on Western’s Public Radio. We program only music, news and information and schedule no more than two non-competing sponsor acknowledgments per break. As a result, each underwriting credit read by our professional staff has a much greater chance of standing out and being heard.

*NPR data from ICR, "Listeners Opinions of Corporate Support," May, 2001.

For more information email Pete Kirchoff or Terry Reagan, or call them at 1-800-599-9598.

Our Underwriters

These are the businesses and organizations you hear mentioned on Western's Public Radio each day.  Their support, along with the support of listeners who become members, is our most important source of income for programs.

Learn more about our underwriters by visiting their websites (click on any underlined name to visit their site). 

Action Realty & Properties, LLC

ALIVE Center

Alvey Law Offices

American Bank & Trust Company

AT&T

Bank of Ohio County

Bandy Bedding Company

Barnes & Noble

Bell, Orr, Ayers & Moore Law Firm

Bluegrass Cellular

Bowling Green Municipal Utilities

Bowling Green/Western Symphony Orchestra

Bowling Green Technical College

BRIMS Science Museum

The Cancer Center

Capitol Arts Center

Caslin, Cecil & Holtrey

The Cellar Restaurant & Wine Bar

The Center for Rural Development

Claude Robertson at Edward Jones

Coldwell Banker Legacy Real Estate Group

Cole & Moore Law Firm

Colonial House Furniture

Danhaur Drugs & Health Equipment

Diamond Caverns

Eclectic Style

English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley

Farm Bureau Insurance

Firstar

Flora Templeton Stuart, Attorney at Law

FS Arts

Dr. William Funk

Glasgow Highland Games

Chad Goodman at Edward Jones

Dr. Christopher Goodwin

Greenwood Mall

Harborside Health Care

Harlin & Parker, Attorneys at Law

Jacob Harper at Edward Jones

Harrison & Goin Attorneys at Law

Helm/Cravens Library

Henderson County Tourist Commission

Highland Raku Studio

Hildreth-Hopper Oil Company

Holiday Inn University Plaza

Hospice of Southern Kentucky

Matt Idlett at Edward Jones

J. Todd Inman State Farm

Integra Bank

International Bluegrass Music Museum

International Bluegrass Music Association

Dr. Eli Jackson

Edward Jones

Kentucky Center for the Arts

Kentucky Humanities Council

Kentucky Railway Museum

Kentucky Solar Partnership

Kentucky Trust Bank

 

Kerrick, Grise, Stivers & Coyle, PLC

Kirby Auto Auction

Leo Eggelton Accounting Services

Lifeskills, Inc.

Lindsey Wilson College

Scott Lowe at Wachovia Securities, LLC

Dr. Mark Lowry

Master Musicians Festival

McDonald's

The Medical Center

Monticello Banking Company

Morgan-Keegan

Nashville Opera

National City Bank

Ohio County Tourism Commission

Dr. Dennis O'Keefe

D. Bruce Orwin, Attorney at Law

Owensboro-Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau

Owensboro Friends of the Library

Owensboro Medical Health System

Owensboro Museum of Science & History

Owensboro Symphony Orchestra

Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging

Jeanette Rayles at Edward Jones

Red Pixel Studios

Riverpark Center

Ross-Tarrant Architects

Royal Music Company

Phil Sansom at Edward Jones

Sams Insurance Agency

Schott Gardens

Service One Credit Union

SMG Evansville

SMR

Somerset Community College

South Central Kentucky AHEC

South Central Kentucky Council of the Blind

Square Deal Lumber Company

State Farm (J. Todd Inman)

Structural Engineers of Kentucky

Sullivan, Mountjoy, Stainback & Miller

TIAA-CREF

Time Warner Cable

The Parker Agency

Walker Financial Services

Warren County Medical Society

Western Kentucky Botanical Garden

Russ Wilkey, PSC

WKU Center for Gifted Studies

WKU Division of Extended Learning & Outreach (DELO)

WKU Health Services

WKU Physics & Astronomy Department

Lloyd Williford at Edward Jones

Wilson & Company

Womens Health Specialists

WRECC

Wyatt, Tarrant & Coombs, LLP

 

   

     

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