WDXI
radio station in Jackson, Tennessee
WDXI (1310 AM, "Talk-N West TN Sports" is a radio station in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. It broadcasts a Sports format, The station is currently owned by Golden Media Group
Established in 1948, WDXI was the key station in the regional Dixie Network station group, owned by Aaron Robinson. Robinson also established the city's first television station, WDXI-TV (now WBBJ-TV), in 1955. After Robinson's death, his estate ran WDXI for a decade before it was sold. Long a country music station, it switched in the early 1990s to a news/talk format.
WDXI fell silent in February 2022, owing to damage to its transmission line and antenna tuning system. It has since been fixed and returned to air.
WDXI switched formats from oldies as "Kool 103.5" to Talk radio as "News Talk 103.5" at midnight on September 16, 2024 expanding coverage to cover more of Jackson & West tn with sister station WBFG-FM "News Talk 96.5".
WDXI switched formats from talk as “Talk N West TN” to Sports as “Talk N Sports West TN” on Monday, May 12, 2025 at midnight carrying Fox Sports programming 24/7. Fox sports programming was originally on WTJK 105.3 in Humboldt/Jackson, Tennessee that’s now moved to WDXI 1310 & 103.5 Fox sports Jackson.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “WDXI” as radio station in Jackson, Tennessee. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as radio station in Jackson, Tennessee. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7948651. Authority coordinates are 35.664, -88.822. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1310, 1948, 1955 and 2022.
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How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
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Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “WDXI”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow WDXI primary sources, WDXI archive and WDXI research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
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This entry incorporates text from “WDXI” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.