[4] On June 17, 1947, the Berkshire Broadcasting Corporation received a construction permit to build a new radio station in Danbury.

[5] It was the second attempt by the company to secure a radio station; it had lost out on an application for 1490 kHz when the FCC assigned it to a group from Torrington.

WLAD's studios and offices were located at the Hotel Green building (renamed Ives Manor in 1975) within the Main Street Historic District in downtown Danbury from 1962 until July 2012.

[14] On the show, she interviewed many celebrities including actor Van Johnson, pianist Victor Borge and, in 1955, singer Marian Anderson.

Victor Gilbert also hosted a celebrity interview show on WLAD, Sunday at Stonehenge, as of 1959-1962 with interviewees including the actresses Ruth Chatterton and Judy Garland.

[20][21][22] The Lebanon Hour, hosted by Kamil Saffi, began its four decades of weekly shows on WLAD in 1951 filled with entertainment and information tailored to the local residents of Lebanese descent.

[24] For much of its history, WLAD broadcast a full service middle of the road music format, playing compact discs, tape cartridges, and vinyl records.

Disc jockeys during WLAD's contemporary music era from the 1970s to the 1990s included Mike Piazza, Dan Stevens, Pete Summers, and Dave Rinelli.

Jay Fink joined WLAD in December 1988 and became the disc jockey for the Boomer Oldies Show featuring music of the 1950s through early 1970s.

[28] The replacement for Summers' morning show, the radio veteran and comedian Larry Caringer, began his stint in January 2006[29] and ended it in 2008.

WLAD began airing the nationally syndicated Glenn Beck Radio Program in 2008 and dropped it in 2012 in favor of Brian Kilmeade's show.