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| name = WLNX
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| above = Simulcasting [[WXEC-LP]] [[Eureka, Illinois|Eureka]]
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| city = [[Lincoln, Illinois|Lincoln]], [[Illinois]]
| country = United States
| city = [[Lincoln, Illinois|Lincoln]], [[Illinois]]
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| branding = ''EC 103.1''
| branding = ''89x''
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| frequency = 88.9 [[MHz]]
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| airdate = {{Start date|1974|1}}
| airdate = 1974
| format = Simulcast of [[Alternative rock|Alternative]] [[WXEC-LP]]
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
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| erp = 225 [[watt]]s
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| haat = 21.0 meters
| format = [[Alternative rock|Alternative]]
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| facility_id = 37558
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| erp = 225 [[watt]]s
| callsign_meaning = "Lynx", Lincoln College (former owner) school mascot
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| owner = Independent Baptist Media
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'''WLNX''' (88.9 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a [[radio station]] licensed to [[Lincoln, Illinois]], United States.
'''WLNX''' (88.9 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a [[radio station]] broadcasting a [[Alternative rock|Alternative]] format. Licensed to [[Lincoln, Illinois]], USA. The station is currently owned by [[Lincoln College, Illinois]].<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WLNX |title=WLNX Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WLNX|title=WLNX Station Information Profile|publisher=[[Arbitron]]}}</ref>

From 1974 to 2022, the station was the campus radio station of [[Lincoln College (Illinois)|Lincoln College]], last broadcasting an [[alternative rock]] format.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WLNX |title=WLNX Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WLNX|title=WLNX Station Information Profile|publisher=[[Arbitron]]}}</ref> It was silent from June 2022 to May 2023 as the result of the college's closure after the spring 2022 semester and was put up for sale. It resumed broadcasting in May 2023, went silent again in July 2023, and resumed broadcasting again on May 10, 2024 after its sale to Independent Baptist Media, Inc. It currently airs a simulcast of the programming on [[Eureka College]]'s radio station [[WXEC-LP]].


==History==
==History==
===Lincoln College ownership===
The station began operation in January 1974, broadcasting at 10 watts of power on the frequency of 90.1 FM. In 1982, Lincoln College (originally chartered as Lincoln University and listed on WLNX's broadcast license as such), received permission from the FCC to increase its output power to 225 watts. Because of adjacent stations in the area and the potential overlap in signals/coverage areas, the station switched frequencies to 88.9 FM. The station originally was located in the basement of University Hall, a building listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (ground for the building was broken on [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s last living birthday). The broadcast antenna bays are mounted to the eastern side of the bell tower that sits atop the building. On [[June 11]], [[2006]], the WLNX facility narrowly survived a fire that damaged portions of two floors of the historic building.
[[File:Fall at Lincoln College, Lincoln, Illinois, showing University Hall.jpg|left|thumb|alt=Refer to caption|University Hall at Lincoln College]]
On October 12, 1973, Lincoln College{{efn|The licensee was listed as Lincoln University, the original name under which the institution was chartered, with the FCC for its entire history.}} obtained a construction permit for a new educational radio station, originally with 10 watts on 90.1 MHz.<ref>{{FCC letter|hcards=yes|callsign=WLNX|letterid=70519}}</ref> The station began broadcasting in January 1974 with test programming and formally launched on February 18 from studios in the basement of University Hall.<ref name="Deca740217">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103276469/lincoln-college-radio-station-starts-mon/|date=February 17, 1974|page=14|title=Lincoln College Radio Station Starts Monday|newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review|location=Decatur, Illinois|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref><!-- Sun --> Power was increased to 225 watts in 1982 along with a frequency change to 88.9&nbsp;MHz.<ref name="Pant820903">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103276675/college-stations-power-increased/|date=September 3, 1982|page=B4|title=College station's power increased|newspaper=The Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, Illinois|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref><!-- Fri -->


The founder of the radio station was Brayton Danner, a long-time science instructor at Lincoln College. Student interest caused Danner to found the Lincoln College Broadcasting Club, initially exploring the world of [[amateur radio]] operation. As student interest in [[broadcasting]] grew, Danner spent countless hours soliciting support for a broadcast radio station. He, along with the station's first chief engineer, Ray Knochel, set up the initial studios of WLNX. To complement the interest in broadcasting, Danner also petitioned the college and had broadcasting courses added to the curriculum. He taught these classes as part of his full-time duties, in addition to also serving as faculty adviser and General Manager of the station from 1974 to 1987. Danner continued overseeing the broadcasting program as a part-time instructor toward the end of his employment at Lincoln College, although he maintained an interest in the radio station as well as groundskeeping, photography, and other aspects of the Lincoln College campus.
The founder of the radio station was Brayton Danner, a long-time science instructor at Lincoln College. Student interest caused Danner to found the Lincoln College Broadcasting Club, initially exploring the world of [[amateur radio]] operation.<ref name="Hera730505">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103276709/lincoln-college-may-go-fm/|date=May 5, 1973|title=Lincoln College May Go FM|newspaper=Herald and Review|location=Decatur, Illinois|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 6, 2022|page=8|first=Dana|last=Ewell}}</ref><!-- Sat --> As student interest in [[broadcasting]] grew, Danner spent countless hours soliciting support for a broadcast radio station. He, along with the station's first chief engineer, Ray Knochel, set up the initial studios of WLNX.<ref name="Pant830422">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103277869/experience-often-best-teaching-aid/|date=April 22, 1983|page=23|title=Experience often best teaching aid|newspaper=The Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, Illinois|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 6, 2022|first=Diana|last=Frankenhoff}}</ref><!-- Fri --> To complement the interest in broadcasting, Danner also petitioned the college and had broadcasting courses added to the curriculum. He taught these classes as part of his full-time duties, in addition to also serving as faculty adviser and general manager of the station from 1974 to 1987. Danner continued overseeing the broadcasting program as a part-time instructor toward the end of his employment at Lincoln College, although he maintained an interest in the radio station as well as groundskeeping, photography, and other aspects of the Lincoln College campus.


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Following Danner, local commercial radio veteran Jim Ash, who worked at WLNX when attending college at LC, was hired as part-time instructor and general manager of the station from 1987 to 1989. Lincoln College and WLNX alumnus Lloyd Kirby was hired as full-time instructor and general manager of the station from 1989 to 1998. In August 2004, Lincoln College hired John Malone, a veteran broadcaster from the Peoria, Illinois, market.

==Format==
During its early years, WLNX aired music from a wide variety of genres. The initial philosophy of the founders was that the station was created by students for students, and students should determine the programming. Due to the FCC requirements that stations operate "in the public interest, convenience, and necessity," WLNX aired a variety of public affairs types of programming. Religious services from Lincoln Christian Church were broadcast Sunday mornings, students put together newscasts of both national and campus items, and various programs and public service announcements were incorporated into the station's broadcast schedule. While providing these programs to satisfy FCC licensing requirements, such programming was also aired in an effort to build the station into more than just a "free on-air jukebox." In an effort to provide a more consistent "sound" for the station, as well as taking into account college radio's place within the music industry, an effort was made early in the 1980s to emphasize alternative and new music.
During its early years, WLNX aired music from a wide variety of genres. The initial philosophy of the founders was that the station was created by students for students, and students should determine the programming. Due to the FCC requirements that stations operate "in the public interest, convenience, and necessity," WLNX aired a variety of public affairs types of programming. Religious services from Lincoln Christian Church were broadcast Sunday mornings, students put together newscasts of both national and campus items, and various programs and public service announcements were incorporated into the station's broadcast schedule. While providing these programs to satisfy FCC licensing requirements, such programming was also aired in an effort to build the station into more than just a "free on-air jukebox." In an effort to provide a more consistent "sound" for the station, as well as taking into account college radio's place within the music industry, an effort was made early in the 1980s to emphasize alternative and new music.


Until 2004, the broadcasting schedule of WLNX always mirrored the semesters of the Lincoln College academic calendar, never broadcasting 24 hours per day. The station would routinely sign off during summer recess and for all scheduled breaks.
Until 2004, the broadcasting schedule of WLNX always mirrored the semesters of the Lincoln College academic calendar, never broadcasting 24 hours per day. The station would routinely sign off during summer recess and for all scheduled breaks.


In mid 2004, WLNX began a [[satellite]]-delivered simulcast of [[classical music]] station [[WCPE-FM]] in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]. At the same time, with the addition of computers and broadcast automation software, WLNX began broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Under Malone's direction, during the fall of 2005, WLNX returned to local programming with a student-run and strictly formatted station. On [[November 22]], 2006, after one year of airing a [[classic rock]] format, WLNX re-christened itself "89X - Lincoln's New Rock Alternative" and began airing a focused modern [[alternative rock]] format.
In mid-2004, WLNX began a [[satellite]]-delivered simulcast of [[classical music]] station [[WCPE-FM]] in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]. At the same time, with the addition of computers and [[broadcast automation]] software, WLNX began broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Under Malone's direction, during the fall of 2005, WLNX returned to local programming with a student-run and strictly formatted station. On November 22, 2006, after one year of airing a [[classic rock]] format, WLNX re-christened itself "89X - Lincoln's New Rock Alternative" and began airing a modern [[alternative rock]] format. A year later, it began streaming on the internet.


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Following Danner, local commercial radio veteran Jim Ash, who worked at WLNX when attending college at LC, was hired as part-time instructor and general manager of the station from 1987 to 1989. Lincoln College and WLNX alumnus Lloyd Kirby was hired as full-time instructor and general manager of the station from 1989 to 1998. In August 2004, Lincoln College hired John Malone, a veteran broadcaster from the Peoria, Illinois, market. On June 11, 2006, the WLNX facility narrowly survived a fire that damaged portions of two floors of the historic building.<ref name="Pant060612">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103277218/fire-damages-historic-hall-administrati/|date=June 12, 2006|page=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103277273/ A10]|first=William|last=Barker|title=Fire damages historic hall: Administration offices avoid blaze|newspaper=The Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, Illinois|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref><!-- Mon -->
The purpose of WLNX is to provide Lincoln College students with real broadcasting experience done in the manner of commercial radio stations. Students at WLNX learn how to use software common to the broadcast industry, including "Selector" by [[Radio Computing Services]]. The on air format is executed by computers, utilizing the "X Studio" digital automation system from C-R Media.


In the fall of 2013, WLNX departed from its alternative rock format in favor of [[active rock]], though it switched to its original By the fall of 2014, the station quietly reverted to its original alternative rock format, featuring an even more pop-focused playlist. Lincoln College added management of a cable access channel and started a four-year radio, television, and new media degree program in 2016.<ref name="Pant170213">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103276906/students-find-hands-on-experience-with-s/|date=February 13, 2017|page=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103277975/ A2]|first=Lenore|last=Sobota|title=Students find hands-on experience with station|newspaper=The Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, Illinois|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref><!-- Mon -->
Currently, WLNX serves an audience within a listening radius of about ten miles from the college, located at 300 Keokuk Street in Lincoln, Illinois.


===Closure and sale===
On [[November 29]], 2007, WLNX began streaming on the internet, with access available at www.wlnxradio.com.
In early 2022, Lincoln College suffered a cyberattack that severely disrupted the university's enrollment systems, creating additional strains atop the effects of COVID-19, and led it to announce it would close after 157 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/05/10/1097855295/lincoln-college-closes-157-years-covid-cyberattack|work=NPR|date=May 10, 2022|title=Lincoln College closes after 157 years, blaming COVID-19 and cyberattack disruptions|first=Bill|last=Chappell|access-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref> On June 3, 2022, as part of the winding down of the college's operations, WLNX went off the air and was placed up for sale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/fmDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff38137a6130181398ce18000ba&id=25076ff38137a6130181398ce18000ba&goBack=N|title=Request for Silent Authority (LMS #192998)|date=June 6, 2022|access-date=June 6, 2022|first=David M.|last=Gerlach|publisher=Licensing and Management System, [[Federal Communications Commission]]}}</ref> It resumed broadcasting on May 10, 2024, after being silent since July 2023 and broadcasting from May to July 2023. It was sold to Independent Baptist Media in 2024 and relaunched as a simulcast of [[WXEC-LP]] at [[Eureka College]] in [[Eureka, Illinois]], which became the home of the Lincoln College broadcasting equipment and faculty after its closure.


==Future Plans==
==Note==
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During the summer of 2007, General Manager John Malone and WLNX consulting engineer Jerald Scott commissioned an engineering study from Charles M. Anderson and Associates in [[Bowling Green, Kentucky]], with the purpose of locating opportunities for a facility upgrade. On [[October 1]], 2007, the Federal Communications Commission granted Lincoln College a construction permit which will allow for WLNX to upgrade from 225 watts to 2800 watts, requiring space on a leased tower just north of Lincoln, a circularly polarized directional antenna and a relocation to 89.5 FM. The college now has until [[October 1]], [[2010]], to complete the project.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{FM station data|WLNX}}
*{{FM station data|37558|WLNX}}

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WLNX
Simulcasting WXEC-LP Eureka
Frequency88.9 MHz
BrandingEC 103.1
Programming
FormatSimulcast of Alternative WXEC-LP
Ownership
OwnerIndependent Baptist Media
History
First air date
January 1974 (1974-01)
Call sign meaning
"Lynx", Lincoln College (former owner) school mascot
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID37558
ClassA
ERP225 watts
HAAT21.0 meters
Transmitter coordinates
40°9′23.00″N 89°21′40.00″W / 40.1563889°N 89.3611111°W / 40.1563889; -89.3611111
Links
Public license information

WLNX (88.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Lincoln, Illinois, United States.

From 1974 to 2022, the station was the campus radio station of Lincoln College, last broadcasting an alternative rock format.[2][3] It was silent from June 2022 to May 2023 as the result of the college's closure after the spring 2022 semester and was put up for sale. It resumed broadcasting in May 2023, went silent again in July 2023, and resumed broadcasting again on May 10, 2024 after its sale to Independent Baptist Media, Inc. It currently airs a simulcast of the programming on Eureka College's radio station WXEC-LP.

History

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Lincoln College ownership

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Refer to caption
University Hall at Lincoln College

On October 12, 1973, Lincoln College[a] obtained a construction permit for a new educational radio station, originally with 10 watts on 90.1 MHz.[4] The station began broadcasting in January 1974 with test programming and formally launched on February 18 from studios in the basement of University Hall.[5] Power was increased to 225 watts in 1982 along with a frequency change to 88.9 MHz.[6]

The founder of the radio station was Brayton Danner, a long-time science instructor at Lincoln College. Student interest caused Danner to found the Lincoln College Broadcasting Club, initially exploring the world of amateur radio operation.[7] As student interest in broadcasting grew, Danner spent countless hours soliciting support for a broadcast radio station. He, along with the station's first chief engineer, Ray Knochel, set up the initial studios of WLNX.[8] To complement the interest in broadcasting, Danner also petitioned the college and had broadcasting courses added to the curriculum. He taught these classes as part of his full-time duties, in addition to also serving as faculty adviser and general manager of the station from 1974 to 1987. Danner continued overseeing the broadcasting program as a part-time instructor toward the end of his employment at Lincoln College, although he maintained an interest in the radio station as well as groundskeeping, photography, and other aspects of the Lincoln College campus.

During its early years, WLNX aired music from a wide variety of genres. The initial philosophy of the founders was that the station was created by students for students, and students should determine the programming. Due to the FCC requirements that stations operate "in the public interest, convenience, and necessity," WLNX aired a variety of public affairs types of programming. Religious services from Lincoln Christian Church were broadcast Sunday mornings, students put together newscasts of both national and campus items, and various programs and public service announcements were incorporated into the station's broadcast schedule. While providing these programs to satisfy FCC licensing requirements, such programming was also aired in an effort to build the station into more than just a "free on-air jukebox." In an effort to provide a more consistent "sound" for the station, as well as taking into account college radio's place within the music industry, an effort was made early in the 1980s to emphasize alternative and new music.

Until 2004, the broadcasting schedule of WLNX always mirrored the semesters of the Lincoln College academic calendar, never broadcasting 24 hours per day. The station would routinely sign off during summer recess and for all scheduled breaks.

In mid-2004, WLNX began a satellite-delivered simulcast of classical music station WCPE-FM in Raleigh, North Carolina. At the same time, with the addition of computers and broadcast automation software, WLNX began broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Under Malone's direction, during the fall of 2005, WLNX returned to local programming with a student-run and strictly formatted station. On November 22, 2006, after one year of airing a classic rock format, WLNX re-christened itself "89X - Lincoln's New Rock Alternative" and began airing a modern alternative rock format. A year later, it began streaming on the internet.

Following Danner, local commercial radio veteran Jim Ash, who worked at WLNX when attending college at LC, was hired as part-time instructor and general manager of the station from 1987 to 1989. Lincoln College and WLNX alumnus Lloyd Kirby was hired as full-time instructor and general manager of the station from 1989 to 1998. In August 2004, Lincoln College hired John Malone, a veteran broadcaster from the Peoria, Illinois, market. On June 11, 2006, the WLNX facility narrowly survived a fire that damaged portions of two floors of the historic building.[9]

In the fall of 2013, WLNX departed from its alternative rock format in favor of active rock, though it switched to its original By the fall of 2014, the station quietly reverted to its original alternative rock format, featuring an even more pop-focused playlist. Lincoln College added management of a cable access channel and started a four-year radio, television, and new media degree program in 2016.[10]

Closure and sale

[edit]

In early 2022, Lincoln College suffered a cyberattack that severely disrupted the university's enrollment systems, creating additional strains atop the effects of COVID-19, and led it to announce it would close after 157 years.[11] On June 3, 2022, as part of the winding down of the college's operations, WLNX went off the air and was placed up for sale.[12] It resumed broadcasting on May 10, 2024, after being silent since July 2023 and broadcasting from May to July 2023. It was sold to Independent Baptist Media in 2024 and relaunched as a simulcast of WXEC-LP at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois, which became the home of the Lincoln College broadcasting equipment and faculty after its closure.

Note

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  1. ^ The licensee was listed as Lincoln University, the original name under which the institution was chartered, with the FCC for its entire history.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLNX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WLNX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ "WLNX Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ^ FCC History Cards for WLNX
  5. ^ "Lincoln College Radio Station Starts Monday". The Decatur Daily Review. Decatur, Illinois. February 17, 1974. p. 14. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "College station's power increased". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. September 3, 1982. p. B4. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Ewell, Dana (May 5, 1973). "Lincoln College May Go FM". Herald and Review. Decatur, Illinois. p. 8. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Frankenhoff, Diana (April 22, 1983). "Experience often best teaching aid". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. p. 23. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Barker, William (June 12, 2006). "Fire damages historic hall: Administration offices avoid blaze". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. p. A1, A10. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Sobota, Lenore (February 13, 2017). "Students find hands-on experience with station". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. p. A1, A2. Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Chappell, Bill (May 10, 2022). "Lincoln College closes after 157 years, blaming COVID-19 and cyberattack disruptions". NPR. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  12. ^ Gerlach, David M. (June 6, 2022). "Request for Silent Authority (LMS #192998)". Licensing and Management System, Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
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