WLNA

Infobox Radio station
name = WLNA


city = Peekskill, New York
area = Hudson Valley
branding = Timeless Favorites
slogan = The Sound of the Valley
airdate = December 22, 1948
frequency = 1420 kHz
format = Adult Standards/oldies
power = 5 kW daytime, 1 kW nighttime
class = B
callsign_meaning = W Local News Authority
owner = Pamal Broadcasting
licensee = 6 Johnson Road Licenses, Inc.
affiliations = Timeless (ABC Radio)
website = [http://www.thesoundofthevalley.com/index2.php The Sound of the Valley]
sister_stations = WBNR, WBPM, WGHQ, WHUD, WSPK, WXPK

WLNA "(The Sound of the Valley)" is the callsign of a radio station licensed to Peekskill, New York and serving the Hudson Valley. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and broadcasts on 1420 kHz at 5 kilowatts daytime and 1 kilowatt nighttime, both directional, from a five-tower array located just north of Peekskill in the Town of Cortlandt, New York.

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 AM station with heavy emphasis on local news and community events. In 1951 the station increased power to 1 kW. In 1958 WLNA-FM 100.7 mHz signed on with a beautiful music format from Bonneville. In 1970, WLNA-FM changed its call letters to WHUD.

In 1980, WLNA applied to the FCC for a station upgrade to 5 kW daytime and 1 kW 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 Terrance also owned WROW and WROW-FM now WYJB 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

Currently, the station's format is adult standards/oldies simulcasted with WBNR and WGHQ as the Sound of the Valley. The station also broadcasts local sports from Army Black Knights football, other men's and women's Black Knights sports teams and single A minor league baseball from the Hudson Valley Renegades.

External links

*AMQ|WLNA