WTLT
| Broadcast area | Knoxville metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1120kHz |
| 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,WSMM,WKVL,WVLZ | |
| History | |
First air date | 1989 |
Former call signs | WDOZ (1985) WCGM (1985–95) WKCE (1995–2018) WVLZ (2018–20) WJMP (2020–2021) |
Call signmeaning | TennesseeLiT |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 17472 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000wattsday |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°45′08″N83°55′04″W/ 35.75222°N 83.91778°W |
| Translator(s) | 97.1W246DH (Knoxville) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WTLT(1120AM) is acommercialradio stationlicensedtoMaryville, Tennessee,and serving theKnoxvilleradio market.It airs anurban contemporaryradio formatand is owned by Loud Media and operated by One Major Media LLC under via LMA.[2]
WTLT broadcasts at 1,000wattsby day; becauseAM 1120is aclear channel frequencyreserved forKMOXinSt. Louis,it mustsign-offatsunsetto avoid interference. Listeners in the Knoxville metropolitan area can hear WTLT around the clock on itsFMtranslator station,W246DH at 97.1MHz,[3]and could previously be heard on W268BP at 101.5 MHz.
History
[edit]The stationsigned onas WCGM in 1989.[4]It aired aChristian radioformat and was owned by Dove, Inc.
From 2007 to 2009, the then-WKCE had been aSpanish-languagesports radiostationas anESPN Deportes RadioNetwork affiliate.Then it was an English-language sports station from 2010 to 2014. It aired acomedy radioformat till January 2015, when the format changed tooldies.
WKCE changed briefly to anall-news radioformat 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 (afterstuntingwith Christmas music andVariety 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 inPlattsburgh, 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
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for WTLT".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSEFCC, December 16, 2015
- ^Radio-Locator /WTLT
- ^Broadcasting Yearbook 1990 page B-289
- ^WKCE/Knoxville To Go All-NewsAll Access Music Group, July 2, 2015
- ^WKCE–1120 back on air with oldiesRadio Insight, December 5, 2015
- ^WVLZ Brings Rock to KnoxvilleRadioinsight - March 19, 2019
- ^Jump 97.1 Debuts In KnoxvilleRadio Insight, July 1, 2020
- ^"Lit 97.1 Lights Up Knoxville".RadioInsight.RetrievedDecember 14,2021.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 17472 (WTLT)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WTLTinNielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 155941 (W246DH)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- W246DHat FCCdata.org