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Radio station in Shelbyville, Tennessee

WLIJ
Shelbyville, Tennessee
Frequency	1580 kHz
Programming
Format	Classic country
Ownership
Owner	David Hopkins, Lori Schuler, and Paul Hopkins (Hopkins Farms Broadcasting Inc.)
Sister stations	WZNG
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	27632
Class	D
Power	5,000 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	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wlijradio.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.

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.

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.

References

"Facility Technical Data for WLIJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
"Serving East Tennessee since 1950". wlilcountry.com. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
"Old Time Country Radio Show". bbqcaboose.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
"Paul Hopkins". bellbucklerecords.com. 2001. Archived from the original on September 7, 2002. Retrieved March 21, 2023.

External links

Facility details for Facility ID 27632 (WLIJ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WLIJ in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

Radio stations in the Tullahoma–Manchester micropolitan area (Tennessee)

Note: This region also includes the cities Lynchburg and Shelbyville.

By AM frequency

By FM frequency

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Defunct

Radio stations in Middle Tennessee: Clarksville-Hopkinsville; Cookeville; Nashville; Tullahoma-Manchester

Other nearby regions: Bowling Green; Chattanooga; Florence-Muscle Shoals; Huntsville; Jackson and Northwest Tennessee

See also: List of radio stations in Tennessee

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