It knocked WNLC off the air for three weeks and crumpled its tower, while the storm surge battered the transmitter building and washed out the front and back walls.
[6] It was able to return to the air when a shortwave transmitter arrived from WOR, fed by power from the hotel; other outlets in the region also aided in restoring operations.
[5] In August 1958, it filed to move to 1510 kHz, relocate its transmitter, and broadcast with 5,000 watts; the FCC granted the application in November 1960.
[10] WNLC-WTYD entered into negotiations in 1975 to sell the Mercury Broadcasting Corporation based in Maryland, after nearly 40 years under the same ownership that had founded the station in 1936.
[13] One night in 1977, the station went off the air for two hours as a safety precaution while rescue workers sought to talk a 30-year old man who made a living building and painting radio towers from committing suicide by jumping off the 180-foot (55 m) mast.
[17] In its final years of operation, WNLC aired an adult standards format, after having flipped to news/talk prior to the Hall acquisition.
In April, Hall surrendered its nighttime operating authority, which would have left the station a daytime-only outlet using three of the eight towers.