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WFLI (AM)
WFLI (1070 kHz "The Big One") is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a conservative talk and sports radio format. Licensed to Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, the station serves the Chattanooga metropolitan area. WFLI is owned by Tri-State Radio, Inc. It shares some programming with sister station WKWN 1420 AM in Trenton, Tennessee.
By day, WFLI broadcasts with 50,000 watts, the maximum for commercial AM stations in the U.S. As 1070 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for KNX Los Angeles, WFLI must reduce power at night to 2,500 watts to avoid interference. It uses a directional antenna at all times. Programming is also heard on 250–watt FM translator W241AF at 96.1 MHz. (which formerly carried WUSY-HD2) in addition to a second translator for coverage in areas located north of downtown Chattanooga, W262DQ at 100.3 MHz.
Weekdays begin with This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal, a radio news magazine show. The weekday schedule includes two syndicated conservative talk programs, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show and The Sean Hannity Show. At the beginning of most weekday hours, Fox News Radio updates are heard. In middays, WFLI carries Chuck Oliver from Atlanta sports radio station WCNN 680 AM. At night, the station carries Infinity Sports Network shows.
WFLI airs University of Tennessee Chattanooga Mocs football and men's basketball games. The broadcasts are produced by Learfield Sports.
WFLI signed on the air on February 20, 1961. It broadcast with 10,000 watts by day but had to reduce power to 1,000 watts at night. WFLI played Top 40 hits, competing with the other Top 40 AM radio stations in the Chattanooga market such as 1490 WDXB and 1450 WOGA for the young adult market. The station's power was boosted to 50,000 watts in 1967 but it was still limited to 1,000 watts after sunset.
In the 1960s and 70s, WFLI was a popular contemporary hits station in the Chattanooga area. It was nicknamed "Jet Fli". The station also held two concerts each year called "WFLI Jet-Fli Spectaculars". These concerts attracted large crowds to Memorial Auditorium. The WFLI Light in the Sky projected a spotlight in the sky, attracting listeners to businesses and events.
By 1979, many radio listeners were moving to FM radio for their music, and the new WSKZ (KZ-106) captured a large part of WFLI's audience. After a two-year switch to a country music format, WFLI flipped to a Christian radio format in 1982, branding itself as "The Mid South's Most Powerful AM Gospel Station". It played Southern gospel music with some Christian talk and teaching shows.
WFLI suffered money problems and it went dark on March 31, 2017. It stayed off the air for two months.
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WFLI (AM)
WFLI (1070 kHz "The Big One") is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a conservative talk and sports radio format. Licensed to Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, the station serves the Chattanooga metropolitan area. WFLI is owned by Tri-State Radio, Inc. It shares some programming with sister station WKWN 1420 AM in Trenton, Tennessee.
By day, WFLI broadcasts with 50,000 watts, the maximum for commercial AM stations in the U.S. As 1070 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for KNX Los Angeles, WFLI must reduce power at night to 2,500 watts to avoid interference. It uses a directional antenna at all times. Programming is also heard on 250–watt FM translator W241AF at 96.1 MHz. (which formerly carried WUSY-HD2) in addition to a second translator for coverage in areas located north of downtown Chattanooga, W262DQ at 100.3 MHz.
Weekdays begin with This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal, a radio news magazine show. The weekday schedule includes two syndicated conservative talk programs, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show and The Sean Hannity Show. At the beginning of most weekday hours, Fox News Radio updates are heard. In middays, WFLI carries Chuck Oliver from Atlanta sports radio station WCNN 680 AM. At night, the station carries Infinity Sports Network shows.
WFLI airs University of Tennessee Chattanooga Mocs football and men's basketball games. The broadcasts are produced by Learfield Sports.
WFLI signed on the air on February 20, 1961. It broadcast with 10,000 watts by day but had to reduce power to 1,000 watts at night. WFLI played Top 40 hits, competing with the other Top 40 AM radio stations in the Chattanooga market such as 1490 WDXB and 1450 WOGA for the young adult market. The station's power was boosted to 50,000 watts in 1967 but it was still limited to 1,000 watts after sunset.
In the 1960s and 70s, WFLI was a popular contemporary hits station in the Chattanooga area. It was nicknamed "Jet Fli". The station also held two concerts each year called "WFLI Jet-Fli Spectaculars". These concerts attracted large crowds to Memorial Auditorium. The WFLI Light in the Sky projected a spotlight in the sky, attracting listeners to businesses and events.
By 1979, many radio listeners were moving to FM radio for their music, and the new WSKZ (KZ-106) captured a large part of WFLI's audience. After a two-year switch to a country music format, WFLI flipped to a Christian radio format in 1982, branding itself as "The Mid South's Most Powerful AM Gospel Station". It played Southern gospel music with some Christian talk and teaching shows.
WFLI suffered money problems and it went dark on March 31, 2017. It stayed off the air for two months.