WTJK
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| City of license | South Beloit, Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Janesville, Wisconsin |
| Branding | ESPN Radio 1380 |
| Frequency | 1380 (kHz) |
| Format | Sports Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 58732 |
| Callsign meaning | "The JocK" |
| Owner |
Good Karma Broadcasting, L.L.C. (sale to Big Radio pending) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | espn1380.com |
WTJK (1380 AM) is an ESPN Radio branded Sports Talk radio station in South Beloit, Illinois with studios in Janesville. WTJK formerly used the call letters WBEL, and aired an Adult Standards format. In 2001, WTJK was purchased by Good Karma Broadcasting and immediately switched to an ESPN Radio affiliate, the first ESPN Radio station in the company.
WTJK serves the Janesville market but because Rockford lacks an ESPN affiliate of its own and WTJK's strong signal it is often tuned in throughout the region.
In January 2014, Good Karma announced that it would sell WTJK and sister station WWHG (105.9 FM) to Big Radio; as part of the deal, the new owners will begin operating the stations through a local marketing agreement on February 1. Big Radio intends to decrease WTJK's ESPN Radio programming and add more local news.[1]
Programming
WTJK features ESPN Radio programming throughout the day, such as Mike and Mike in the Morning, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, and The Scott Van Pelt Show. The station also airs The Jim Rome Show middays, and features Jock Talk, the only daily local sports talk show in the Rockford/Beloit/Janesville region, during evening drive.
In 2011, WTJK debuted four football talk shows: Wisconsin Prep Preview, focusing on Southern Wisconsin high school football with emphasis on the WIAA Big Eight Conference; NIC-10 Tonight, focusing on Northern Illinois high school football with emphasis on the Northern Illinois Conference; Campus Kickoff, a weekly college football show with emphasis on Wisconsin Badgers football, Northern Illinois Huskies football, and Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks football; and The Sunday Sideline Report, a wide-ranging Sunday morning show with preps and college recaps, and NFL previews, with emphasis on the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. These shows run seasonally during the fall and winter. All of these shows returned in 2012 with the exception of Campus Kickoff.
In 2012, WTJK premiered The Prep Corner, a one-hour talk show on Saturday mornings looking back at the high school football action from Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. The show's launch coincided with The Prep Corner on the station's website, featuring stories, standings, previews and polls on the local high school football scene.
Recent shows added to the WTJK lineup include Tuesdays With Aaron, a comprehensive interview with Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Inside Huskies Football, featuring Northern Illinois Huskies football coach Dave Doeren, The Badger Hour, a one-hour show devoted to Wisconsin Badgers football, and The Lance Leipold Show, featuring Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks football coach Lance Leipold.
WTJK features a diverse line-up of play-by-play programming, including the flagship (broadcasting) home of Beloit Snappers baseball, Hononegah Community High School football and basketball, and Roscoe Rush football. WTJK also carries Marquette Golden Eagles basketball, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series events, Northern Illinois Huskies football, NBA on ESPN Radio, Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio, and the BCS on ESPN Radio. The station recently began carrying the Super Bowl, Monday Night Football, the Final Four, and NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship game from the Dial Global radio networks, and select Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks football games.
Past play-by-play events include Rockford RiverHawks baseball, Rockford IceHogs hockey, Rock River Raptors football and Chicago Bulls basketball.
References
- ↑ "Monroe man buying Janesville radio stations". The Janesville Gazette. January 30, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
External links
- WTJK official website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WTJK
- Radio-Locator Information on WTJK
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WTJK
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Coordinates: 42°27′34″N 89°01′43″W / 42.45944°N 89.02861°W