WLNA

WLNA
City	Peekskill, New York
Broadcast area	Hudson Valley
Branding	Real Country 1260/1420
Frequency	1420 kHz
First air date	December 22, 1948
Format	Classic Country
Power	5,000 watts daytime 1,000 watts nighttime
Class	B
Facility ID	54852
Transmitter coordinates	41°18′31.13″N 73°54′59.0868″W / 41.3086472°N 73.916413000°W / 41.3086472; -73.916413000
Callsign meaning	W Local News Authority
Owner	Pamal Broadcasting (6 Johnson Road Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	WBNR, WBPM, WGHQ, WHUD, WSPK, WXPK
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	Hudson Valley Radio Network

WLNA is the callsign of an AM 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 5,000 watts daytime and 1,000 watts nighttime, both directional, from a five-tower array located just north of Peekskill in the Town of Cortlandt, New York. (The day and night patterns use two different arrays of three towers, with only one tower shared by both arrays)^[1]

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.^[2] 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 6 pm 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.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.

Throughout the 1970s 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.^[5] 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 1993. In 1997, WLNA and WHUD were sold Pamal Broadcasting.

Programming

On Monday, March 24, 2014 WLNA and WBNR introduced the "Real Country" music format.

References

↑ "WLNA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ Construction permit, FCC file number BP-6229, WLNA 1420 kc Peekskill, NY dated July 1948
↑ FCC violation notice and reply letter from Irving Cotrell, October 18, 1949
↑ "1959 Broadcasting Yearbook page 299". Broadcasting Publications, Inc.
↑ Supreme Court of the State of New York index #15043/80 Date September 5, 1980

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WLNA

Radio-Locator Information on WLNA

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WLNA

Radio stations in the Hudson Valley (Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Orange Counties, New York) market

By AM frequency	910 1110 1150 ¹ 1170 1220 1230 1260 1310 1340 1420 1460 1700 New Jersey 1500

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 (Mount Kisco) 88.9 (Port Jervis) 89.3 90.1 (Stamford) 90.1 (North Salem) 90.3 91.7 92.7 93.5 (New Rochelle) 93.5 (Warwick) 94.1 96.7 97.3 100.7 101.5 103.1 103.9 104.7 105.5 106.3 107.1 107.3

By callsign	W209CJ W228CG W231BP WALL WANZ WARY WBNR WDBY WWES WFAS WFME-FM WGHT WGNY WHUD WJGK WKLV-FM WLJP WLNA WNBM WOSR WPDH WPUT WQXW WRCR WRKL WRPJ WRRV WRVP WRWD-FM WSPK WTBQ WVIP WVOX WWLE WXPK WZAD plus varying levels of New York City stations, depending on location

Defunct stations	WPUT/1510

New York radio markets Albany–Schenectady–Troy Binghamton Buffalo–Niagara Falls Elmira–Corning Hudson Valley Nassau–Suffolk (Long Island) New York City Olean Plattsburgh Poughkeepsie Rochester Syracuse Utica–Rome Watertown Other New York radio regions Ithaca Jamestown–Dunkirk North Country Saratoga NYC Metro Markets Long Island Hudson Valley [partial] Poughkeepsie Middlesex-Somerset-Union Monmouth-Ocean Morristown Bridgeport Danbury New Haven Stamford-Norwalk See also List of radio stations in New York ¹ = Construction permit

Radio stations in the Poughkeepsie, New York market

By AM frequency	920 950 1260 1390 1450 1490

By FM frequency	88.7 (WFNP) 88.7 (WRHV) 89.7 90.9 91.3 92.1 92.9 93.3 94.3 95.1 96.1 96.9 97.7 98.9 100.1 100.7 101.5 104.7 105.5 106.3 107.3

By callsign	WAMK WBNR WBPM WBWZ WCZX WDBY WDST WEOK WFGB WFME-FM WFNP WGHQ WGNY-FM WHUD WHVW WKIP WKNY WKXP WPDH WPKF WRHV WRKI WRNQ WRRB WRWD-FM WSPK WVKR-FM plus some New York City AM radio stations

Defunct stations	WJDI

New York radio markets Albany–Schenectady–Troy Binghamton Buffalo–Niagara Falls Elmira–Corning Hudson Valley Nassau–Suffolk (Long Island) New York City Olean Plattsburgh Poughkeepsie Rochester Syracuse Utica–Rome Watertown Other New York radio regions Ithaca Jamestown–Dunkirk North Country Saratoga NYC Metro Markets Long Island Hudson Valley [partial] Poughkeepsie Middlesex-Somerset-Union Monmouth-Ocean Morristown Bridgeport Danbury New Haven Stamford-Norwalk See also List of radio stations in New York

Country radio stations in the state of New York

Stations	WBBI – Endwell WBBS Fulton WBEE-FM – Rochester WBGK – Newport Village WBKT – Norwich WBKX – Fredonia WBNR – Beacon WBRV-FM – Boonville WBUG – Fort Plain WCJW – Warsaw WCKR – Hornell WDBY – Patterson WDLA-FM – Walton WDLC – Port Jervis WDNB – Jeffersonville WDOS – Oneonta WFRG – Utica WFRY – Watertown WGNA-FM – Albany WHUG – Jamestown WHWK – Binghamton WINR – Binghamton WJVC – Center Moriches WKBE – Warrensburg WKLI-FM – Albany WKPQ – Hornell WKXP – Kingston WLFK – Gouverneur WLLG – Lowville WLNA – Peekskill WLSV – Wellsville WNBL – South Bristol Township WNCQ-FM – Canton WNSH – Newark/New York¹ WOKN – Southport WOLF-FM - Baldwinsville WPDM – Potsdam WPGI – Horseheads WPIG – Olean WQNY – Ithaca WRCE – Watkins Glen WRWB-FM – Ellenville WRWD-FM – Highland WUUF – Sodus WVNV – Malone WVTT – Portville WXRL – Lancaster WYRK – Buffalo WZKZ – Alfred

¹ = Although WNSH is licensed to Newark, NJ, it also serves the New York City area, with it's studios in New York City.

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York

Pamal Broadcasting

AM Radio Stations:	WBNR WENU WGHQ WLNA WMML WROW WSYB

FM Radio Stations:	WAJZ WBPM WDVT WFFG-FM WFLY WHUD WINU WJEN WJJR WKBE WKLI-FM WNYQ WSPK WXPK WYJB WZRT

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