WPJX (1500 AM) is a radio station, licensed to Zion, Illinois, that airs a heavy metal format.
The station transmits with a directional 250 watts of power from three towers located on the corner of Delany Road and 21st Street near Wadsworth, Illinois.
[12] As WKGA, the station aired a Spanish music format and was branded "Radio Borinquen".
[18] It returned to the air permanently in spring 2002 first with its previous format, a simulcast of Radio Disney station WRDZ.
[31][32] In February 2009, the heavy metal[33][1] format "Rebel Radio" began airing full-time on the station.
[33][2] On October 1, 2018, at noon, the heavy metal format of “Rebel Radio” returned to WPJX, after an eight-year hiatus.
[35][1][36] During the first day back, Rebel Radio aired only the "Big 4" thrash metal bands: Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer.