WTLT
WTLT (1120 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Maryville, Tennessee, and serving the Knoxville radio market. It airs an urban contemporary radio format and is owned by Loud Media and operated by One Major Media LLC under via LMA.[2]
| Broadcast area | Knoxville metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1120 kHz |
| Branding | Lit 97.1 |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Urban contemporary |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks United Stations Radio Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| Operator | One Major Media LLC |
| WGAP, WKCE, WKVL, WPLA, WVLZ | |
| History | |
First air date | 1989 |
Former call signs | WDOZ (1985) WCGM (1985–95) WKCE (1995–2018) WVLZ (2018–20) WJMP (2020–2021) |
Call sign meaning | Tennessee LiT |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 17472 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts day |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°45′08″N 83°55′04″W |
| Translator(s) | 97.1 W246DH (Knoxville) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WTLT broadcasts at 1,000 watts by day; because AM 1120 is a clear channel frequency reserved for KMOX in St. Louis, it must sign-off at sunset to avoid interference. Listeners in the Knoxville metropolitan area can hear WTLT around the clock on its FM translator station, W246DH at 97.1 MHz,[3] and could previously be heard on W268BP at 101.5 MHz.
History
The station signed on as WCGM in 1989.[4] It aired a Christian radio format and was owned by Dove, Inc.
From 2007 to 2009, the then-WKCE had been a Spanish-language sports radio station as an ESPN Deportes Radio Network affiliate. Then it was an English-language sports station from 2010 to 2014. It aired a comedy radio format till January 2015, when the format changed to oldies.
WKCE changed briefly to an all-news radio format under the moniker "1120 News Now" on July 4, 2015.[5]
WKCE returned to oldies on December 5, 2015.[6] The station changed its call sign to WVLZ on September 19, 2018.
On March 18, 2019, WVLZ changed their format from Oldies (after stunting with Christmas music and Variety Hits) to Active Rock, branded as "101.5 VLZ" (simulcasting on FM translator W268BP 101.5 FM Knoxville).[7] WVLZ also began simulcasting on translator W246DH 97.1 FM shortly thereafter, and this became the sole translator in February 2020.
On July 1, 2020, the call sign was changed to WJMP and the radio station rebranded as "Jump 97.1".[8] The WJMP call letters were moved by Loud Media to start a second Jump station in Plattsburgh, New York, on October 1, 2021, and this station became WTLT.
On December 14, 2021, WTLT flipped to urban contemporary and rebranded as "Lit 97.1".[9]
References
- "Facility Technical Data for WTLT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE FCC, December 16, 2015
- Radio-Locator.com/WTLT
- Broadcasting Yearbook 1990 page B-289
- WKCE/Knoxville To Go All-News All Access Music Group, July 2, 2015
- WKCE–1120 back on air with oldies Radio Insight, December 5, 2015
- WVLZ Brings Rock to Knoxville Radioinsight - March 19, 2019
- Jump 97.1 Debuts In Knoxville Radio Insight, July 1, 2020
- "Lit 97.1 Lights Up Knoxville". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2021-12-14.