WINL

WINL (98.5 FM, "Dixie Country") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Linden, Alabama. The station's broadcast license is held by Westburg Broadcasting Alabama, LLC.

WINL broadcasts a country music format to the greater Demopolis, Alabama, area. The format includes select programming from Citadel Media.

History

This station received its original construction permit for a new station broadcasting with 3,000 watts of effective radiated power at 107.1 MHz from the Federal Communications Commission on August 6, 1986. The new station was assigned the call letters WDAL by the FCC on September 15, 1986. In November 1986, L. Lynn Henley reached an agreement to transfer this construction permit to Marengo County Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 7, 1987, and the transaction was consummated on April 29, 1987. WDAL received its license to cover from the FCC on August 17, 1988.

On September 13, 1989, the FCC granted the station a new construction permit to relocate to 98.5 MHz, increase power to 50,000 watts, and upgrade to class C2.