WTLT

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WTLT
Broadcast area Knoxville metropolitan area
Frequency 1120 kHz
BrandingLit 97.1
Programming
Language(s) English
Format Urban contemporary
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Loud Media
  • (Mid-Century Radio LLC)
OperatorOne Major Media LLC
WGAP, WKCE, WSMM, WKVL, WVLZ
History
First air date
1989 (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″N83°55′04″W / 35.75222°N 83.91778°W / 35.75222; -83.91778
Translator(s) 97.1 W246DH (Knoxville)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.lit971.com

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]

Contents

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WTLT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE FCC, December 16, 2015
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WTLT
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1990 page B-289
  5. ↑ WKCE/Knoxville To Go All-News All Access Music Group, July 2, 2015
  6. ↑ WKCE–1120 back on air with oldies Radio Insight, December 5, 2015
  7. ↑ WVLZ Brings Rock to Knoxville Radioinsight - March 19, 2019
  8. ↑ Jump 97.1 Debuts In Knoxville Radio Insight, July 1, 2020
  9. ↑ "Lit 97.1 Lights Up Knoxville". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
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