WTJF (1390
AM) is a
Sports
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formatted radio station. Licensed to
Jackson, Tennessee
Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Tennessee, United States. Located east of Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis and 130 Miles Southwest of Nashville, it is a regional center of trade for West Tennessee. Its total population wa ...
, United States, the station is owned by Forever Communications, through licensee Forever South Licenses, LLC.
History
The station, under the WTJS calls, was the first radio station in Jackson, Tennessee, and the entire West Tennessee area excluding Memphis and was the beacon that made Jackson the center hub of what is called the Golden Circle Area. In the 1930s, people listened to WTJS for farm programming, live radio shows and the latest news updates. Being a wide-reaching advertising medium, WTJS enticed listeners from 22 counties to shop in Jackson, thus the genesis of the "Hub City".
On January 16, 2017, WTJS flipped to
classic country as ''Willie 94'', in simulcast with
94.3 WDYE. The station changed its call letters to WLLI.
After stunting with Christmas music as ''Rudolph Radio'', on December 30, 2020, WLLI flipped to
conservative talk
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as "Tennessee Patriot Network", changing its call letters to WTJF. WTJF also readded the 94.3 simulcast.
The conservative talk programming, subsequently rebranded "The TJ Network", was replaced with a
sports radio
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format, primarily featuring
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio, which is alternatively branded platform-agnostically as ESPN Audio, is an American sports radio network and extension of the ESPN television network. It was launched on January 1, 1992, under the banner "SportsRadio ESPN". The netw ...
programming, on January 1, 2024.
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TJF (AM)
Sports radio stations in the United States
Jackson, Tennessee
Radio stations established in 1931
1931 establishments in Tennessee
ESPN Radio stations
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