WLIJ is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting an Americana

Americana (music)

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/bluegrass

Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...

 format, licensed to Shelbyville, Tennessee

Shelbyville, Tennessee

Shelbyville is a city in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. It had a local population of 16,105 residents at the 2000 census. Shelbyville, the county seat of Bedford County, was laid out in 1810 and incorporated in 1819...

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It was one of three radio stations owned by Arthur Wilkerson of Lenoir City, Tennessee

Lenoir City, Tennessee

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. WLIJ was one of the few AM stations to use the Motorola

Motorola

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 C-QUAM

C-QUAM

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 AM Stereo

AM stereo

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 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

WEKR

WEKR is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Fayetteville, Tennessee, USA, the station is currently owned by Elk River Broadcasting Inc. and features programing from Westwood One....

 in Fayetteville, Tennessee

Fayetteville, Tennessee

Fayetteville is a city in Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 6,994 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lincoln County.-History:...

 in 1998 and moved to WLIJ, still broadcast live from the BBQ Caboose

Caboose

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 Cafe in Lynchburg, Tennessee

Lynchburg, Tennessee

Lynchburg is a city in the south-central region of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is governed by a consolidated city-county government unit whose boundaries coincide with those of Moore County. Lynchburg is best known as the location of the Jack Daniel's distillery, whose famous whiskey is...

 at 10 A.M. on Saturdays.

Paul and Nadine Hopkins bought WLIJ and WZNG

WZNG

WZNG is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Shelbyville, Tennessee, USA, the station is currently owned by Jax Broadcasting, LLC....

, and Paul began a bluegrass

Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...

 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

Bell Buckle, Tennessee

Bell Buckle is a town in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 500 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Bell Buckle is located at ....

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