WLIJ

WLIJ
Frequency1580 kHz
Programming
FormatClassic country
Ownership
Owner
  • David Hopkins, Lori Schuler, and Paul Hopkins
  • (Hopkins Farms Broadcasting Inc.)
WZNG
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID27632
ClassD
Power5,000 watts day
12 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
35°27′19.00″N 86°27′7.00″W / 35.4552778°N 86.4519444°W / 35.4552778; -86.4519444
Translator(s)98.7 W254DW (Shelbyville)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewlijradio.com

WLIJ (1580 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format, licensed to Shelbyville, Tennessee.

It was one of three radio stations owned by Arthur Wilkerson of Lenoir City, Tennessee. WLIJ was one of the few AM stations to use the Motorola C-QUAM AM Stereo system.[2]

Programming

WLIJ's programming includes "The Old-Time Country Radio Show" with Ken Fly and Paul Jones, which started with Jones and Pete Crim on WEKR in Fayetteville, Tennessee in 1998 and moved to WLIJ, still broadcast live from the BBQ Caboose Cafe in Lynchburg, Tennessee at 10 A.M. on Saturdays.[3]

Paul and Nadine Hopkins bought WLIJ and WZNG, and Paul began a Bluegrass program which aired on WLIJ. Paul and J. Gregory Heinike began "J. Gregory Jamboree," a live two-hour program broadcast from J. Gregory's restaurant in Bell Buckle, Tennessee.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLIJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Serving East Tennessee since 1950". wlilcountry.com. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  3. ^ "NameBright - Coming Soon". bbqcaboose.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  4. ^ "Paul Hopkins". bellbucklerecords.com. 2001. Archived from the original on September 7, 2002. Retrieved 21 March 2023.


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