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| Frequency | 1390kHz |
| Branding | Rumba 100.5 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Spanishtropical |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
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| History | |
First air date | August 9, 1946 (79 years ago) (1946-08-09) |
Call sign meaning | Lancaster |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 52260 |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 40°3′38.35″N76°18′57.85″W / 40.0606528°N 76.3160694°W /40.0606528; -76.3160694 |
| Translator | See § Translator |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | rumbalancaster |
WLAN (1390kHz, "Rumba 100.5") is a commercialAMradio stationlicensed to serveLancaster, Pennsylvania. The station is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc. through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC, and airs aSpanishtropical musicformat.
WLAN signed on for the first time on August 9, 1946.[2] The station was originally owned by The Peoples Broadcasting Company, operated by the Altdoerffer family ofLancaster County, Pennsylvania.[3] In January 1948, theFederal Communications Commission authorized WLAN to change from 1000watts (daytime only) to 1000 watts (full-time), concurrent with a change in frequency from 1320 kHz to 1390 kHz.[4] In 1949, a companion FM station was added,WLAN-FM. In the 1960s and 70s, WLAN offered aTop 40 format and was anaffiliate of theABC Radio Contemporary Network. As Top 40 music listening switched toFM, WLAN became anAdult contemporary music station, and by the early 2000s it switched toadult standards.
On January 4, 2010, WLAN changed its format from standards toclassic hits. Then, on February 7, 2012, the station switched to a conservativeTalk radio format,simulcast from co-ownedWHP inHarrisburg, Pennsylvania. Programming includedGlenn Beck,Rush Limbaugh, and othernationally syndicated conservative talk hosts, plus WHP's own RJ Harris & Bob Durgin.
On January 7, 2010, WLAN informed theFCC that it was about to lose its long-time transmitter site.[5][6]Franklin & Marshall College, which owned the site, decided not to renew the lease.[6] WLAN chose to apply to move its transmitter to theWLPA transmitter site anddiplex its signal into WLPA's non-directional antenna.[6] The change from a directional antenna array at the former site to a non-directional antenna resulted in WLAN having to reduce power from 5,000 watts day/1,000 watts night to 1,100 watts day/18 watts night,[6] with a corresponding downgrade fromClass B toClass D. The FCC granted WLAN a new license with the updated facilities on August 23, 2010.[7]
On May 4, 2015, the station changed format to Spanish Tropical music and changed branding to "Rumba 1390". The station caters to the LancasterHispanic community and is fullyautomated (DJs are located in other cities and use pre-recorded voice tracks with no live on-air personalities).
In May 2017, WLAN began simulcasting on FM translator W226CC, Lancaster. The station's branding was changed to "Rumba 93.1".
On September 15, 2017, the FCC received an interference complaint from the owner ofWLEB-LP, alleging interference being caused to at least 56 WLEB-LP listeners by W226CC operations.[8] The complaint contained written declarations from 56 WLEB-LP listeners, documenting where the interference was occurring now that W266CC was on the air.[8] As a result, the FCC required the translator to move to 100.5, with a corresponding change in call sign to W263DB effective October 24, 2017.[9] WLAN subsequently rebranded as "Rumba 100.5".
WLAN programming is simulcast on the followingtranslator:
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W263DB | 100.5 FM | Lancaster, Pennsylvania | 144779 | 250 | 56 m (184 ft) | D | 40°2′17.4″N76°18′21.9″W / 40.038167°N 76.306083°W /40.038167; -76.306083 (W263DB) | LMS |