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| Broadcast area | Knoxville metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 1120kHz |
| Branding | Lit 97.1 |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Urban contemporary |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| Operator | One Major Media LLC |
| WGAP,WKCE,WVLZ,WKVL,WATO | |
| History | |
First air date | 1989 (1989) |
Former call signs |
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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 |
WTLT (1120AM) is acommercial radio stationlicensed toMaryville, Tennessee, and serving theKnoxvilleradio market. It airs anurban contemporaryradio format and is owned by Loud Media and operated by One Major Media LLC under via LMA.[2]
WTLT broadcasts at 1,000 watts by day; becauseAM 1120 is aclear channel frequency reserved forKMOX inSt. Louis, it mustsign-off atsunset to 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.
The stationsigned on as WCGM in 1989.[4] It aired aChristian radio format and was owned by Dove, Inc.
From 2007 to 2009, the then-WKCE had been a Spanish-languagesports radio station as anESPN Deportes Radio affiliate. Then it was an English-language sports station from 2010 to 2014. It aired acomedy radio format until January 2015, when the format changed tooldies.
WKCE changed briefly to anall-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 its format from oldies (afterstunting withChristmas music andvariety hits) toactive rock, branded as "101.5 VLZ" (simulcasting on FM translator W268BP 101.5 FM).[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", with aclassic hip hop format.[8] The WJMP call letters were moved by Loud Media to starta 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]