WLIJ

WLIJ
City Shelbyville, Tennessee
Slogan 1580 AM Stereo The Leader
Frequency 1580 Khz
Format Americana, Bluegrass
Power 5000 watts day
12 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 27632
Transmitter coordinates 35°27′19.00″N 86°27′7.00″W / 35.4552778°N 86.4519444°W / 35.4552778; -86.4519444
Owner JAX Broadcasting LLC
Sister stations WZNG
Website http://www.thisisjaxradio.com

WLIJ (1580 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an Americana/Bluegrass 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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

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