 On May 21, 1959, WGAL, Inc., was granted a construction permit by the FCC to install a new transmitter for the station at the WGAL-TV tower in Hellam Township, York County and side-mount a new antenna on the TV tower.A new license with the updated facilities was granted on July 28, 1960.By the 1970s, the station had switched its format to beautiful music, a format of soft instrumentals with limited talk and commercials.