History
WLNA first signed on the air on December 22, 1948, with 500 watts of power day time only from a single tower located on Radio Terrace in the Town of Cortlandt. It was a Full service/Middle of the road AM station with heavy emphasis on local news and community events. A typical broadcast day had local news at the top and bottom of the hour, farm reports, local weather, and either recorded or live music in between.
During the Peekskill Riots on September 4, 1949, WLNA was requested by State Police and City of Peekskill officials to stay on the air past its 6pm sign off time to broadcast emergency information to local residents and persons traveling into the area who may have not been aware of the situation. The Riots took place near Van Cortlandtville, about 2 miles west of the station.
In 1951 the station increased power to 1,000 watts. In 1958 WLNA-FM 100.7 mHz signed on as a simulcast of the AM station. After sign off time, WLNA-FM continued on the air until about midnight, allowing additional advertising revenue during shortened winter broadcast days. On October 24, 1971, WLNA-FM changed its call letters to WHUD. In 1972 the simulcast ended as FM signal split off and launched a beautiful music format from Bonneville.
Through the 70's WLNA continued the Full service format.
In 1980, WLNA applied to the Federal Communications Commission for a signal upgrade to 5,000 watts daytime and 1,000 watts night time power. This would entail moving the transmitter site about 1/2 mile south and putting up a five tower directional antenna array. The station owners, Highland Broadcasting, battled the Town of Cortlandt zoning board all the way to the New York State Supreme Court over a zoning variance for use of the new transmitter site. The Supreme court sided with the radio station, and construction was finished in late 1981.
After the power upgrade, the station's signal never lived up to expectations, and with the decline of AM radio, more resources were put into its sister station WHUD.
Highland Broadcasting sold both WLNA and WHUD to Radio Terrace, Inc in 1982. Radio Terrace also owned WROW and WROW-FM in Albany, New York. Radio Terrace, Inc sold WROW AM/FM to Albany Broadcasting, predecessor of Pamal Broadcasting in December of 1993. In 1997, WLNA and WHUD were sold Pamal Broadcasting.
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