Operating on a United States and Mexican clear-channel frequency, WLNL must cease broadcasting from sunset to sunrise to prevent interfering with the nighttime skywave signal of WMVP in Chicago.
[8] By 1979, in addition to the radio stations, Panosian owned six shoe, clothing, and furniture stores in upstate New York, including one in Utica.
[3] The FCC approved his application for 820 kHz in 1987, and work began to add towers to the transmitter site on Philo Road in Horseheads to accommodate the changeover.
In late 1987, Panosian filed to sell it to Paul and Nancy Schumacher, owners of Christian radio station WSJL in Cape May, New Jersey.
[13] The Schumachers sold the outlet in 1991 to Lighthouse Media, a company owned by Love Church Ministries of Horseheads, for $256,000, mostly in assumption of debt.
[17] After more than 32 years of Christian programming, Trinity Media took WLNL silent on March 1, 2021; in asking for authority to remain off the air with the FCC, it cited financial difficulties.