| Broadcast area | Southeastern West Virginia |
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| Frequency | 560 kHz |
| Branding | WJLS AM 560 |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
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| Affiliations | Premiere Networks Westwood One West Virginia Miners |
| Ownership | |
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| WJLS-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1939 |
Call sign meaning | "Joe L. Smith", father of station founder Joe L. Smith, Jr. |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 52335 |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 37°45′32.0″N 81°11′12.0″W / 37.758889°N 81.186667°W |
| Translator(s) | 104.1 W281AJ (Beckley) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WJLS (560 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Beckley, West Virginia, serving Southeastern West Virginia with talk radio programming during the daytime and country music in evenings and overnights. The sister station to WJLS-FM, it is owned and operated by WVRC Media, who bought both stations in the 2010s from First Media Radio, LLC. The station began broadcasting in 1939, the first radio station in Beckley, and was a CBS affiliate from 1943 to 1990.