WLNN-LP is a class A

Class A television service

The class A television service is a system for regulating some low-power television stations in the United States. Class A stations are denoted by the broadcast callsign suffix "-CA" or "-CD" , although very many analog -CA stations have a digital companion channel that was assigned the -LD...

 television station

Television station

A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...

 in Boone, North Carolina

Boone, North Carolina

Boone is a town located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, United States. Boone's population was reported as 17,122, as of 2010...

. The station broadcasts on channel 24 and is a part-time affiliate of the America One

America One

America One is an over-the-air television network in the United States. The network serves over 170 LPTV, Class A, Full Power, Cable and Satellite affiliate stations...

 Television Network. Some of WLNN's news and other local programming can be seen on WTBL-LP

WTBL-LP

WTBL-LP is a class A television station in Lenoir, North Carolina, which broadcasts on channel 49. It is a part-time affiliate of FamilyNet and also broadcasts some news and other local programming from WLNN-LP in Boone. WTBL is available on cable channel 13 through Charter Communications in Lenoir....

in Lenoir

Lenoir, North Carolina

Lenoir is a city in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 18,228 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Caldwell County. Lenoir is located in the Blue Ridge foothills. The city also contains the Brushy Mountains, a spur of the Blue Ridge Mountains...

. WLNN was previously owned by Steve Rondinaro, who also hosted the evening news before becoming the evening news anchor at WWAY

WWAY

WWAY is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Cape Fear area of North Carolina that is licensed to Wilmington. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 46 from a transmitter northwest of Bolivia. Owned by Morris Multimedia, the station has studios on North Front Street...

 in Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina

Wilmington is a port city in and is the county seat of New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The population is 106,476 according to the 2010 Census, making it the eighth most populous city in the state of North Carolina...

. Rondinaro later sold WLNN to local businessman Terry Smith

Terry Smith (football)

Terry Smith is an American-born American Football player, sports coach and businessman. After starting his playing career as a defensive back for American Football franchise New England Patriots, Smith went on to coach the Great Britain Spartans American football team...

 in 2008. WLNN is available on cable channel 18 through Charter Communications

Charter Communications

Charter Communications is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 4.7 million customers in 25 states. By revenues, it is the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, behind Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cox Communications...

in Boone.

Newscasts

The station produces a low budget newscast covering local affairs in the High Country region, which is broadcast multiple times a day in different formats.