Originally licensed on June 27, 2003, to operate in Cedar Lake, in the U.S. state of Michigan, it first began broadcasting on December 9, 2004.
It is licensed to Great Lakes Adventist Academy which uses it in part for teaching Radio broadcasting to high-school students.
Each year students produce and air station IDs, public service announcements, informational clips, Christmas music concerts, and other local programming.
However, in 2008 an application was made to move the antenna to the top of the tower (23 extra feet) at an offset reduction in power, where it exists today.
WGLN is also the home of the nationally syndicated radio show 11th Hour Dispatch, a daily radio show devoted to highlighting current news in light of Bible prophecy and the hope of Jesus' soon return.