At this time, the station operated with 5,000 watts daytime from a transmitter site on Hutchinson Island in the Savannah River.

[2] WJIV was involved in a long-running battle with WSAV for a grant for television channel 3 in Savannah.

It appeared that the Rivers' family political connections would have the license granted to WJIV, but, in the end, WSAV won out and became Savannah's second TV station (after WTOC-TV).

As WJLG, the transmitter was damaged by a lightning storm in July 2020, resulting in a temporary power reduction to 200 watts; sister station WBMQ (the former WSAV), which operated from the same site, was forced off the air entirely.

On October 9, Cumulus elected to return both stations' licenses to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) instead of making repairs; the surrender also invalidated a construction permit for an FM translator station, W289CL (105.7), to relay WJLG.