[6] In early 1959, the station built a new office, studio and transmitting facility on the corner of Pennsylvania & Woodside Avenues in Medford, New York.
A new 10,000–watt transmitter was installed at this time and the station began broadcasting a 10 kW directional daytime signal from 2 towers.
Rick Sklar who, while at New York City's WABC, was one of the originators of the top 40 radio format, began his career at WPAC.
[10] The station was sold in late 1977 to Brookhaven Broadcasting Corporation and returned to the air in 1978 with the new call letters WYFA.
[11][12] The station was assigned the WLIM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 13, 1981, after being purchased by Long Island Music Broadcasting.