WXTJ is now entirely administered and programmed by students, with WTJU's staff providing only studio space and technical support.

[7] The station first went live on the Internet in the fall of 2013 under the fictitious callsign WTJX.

A planned Part 15 AM transmitter on 1620 kHz while the station raised money for an FM signal was publicized, but never materialized.

WXTJ gained its current callsign as a side effect of applying for an LPFM license in 2015.

Although the suffixed callsign WTJX-LP is not in use, FCC rules require approval if any station is already using the base callsign – in this case, WTJX-TV of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, who expressed their opposition.