WGMC

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WGMC
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Broadcast area Rochester, New York and the surrounding area
Frequency 90.1 MHz
BrandingJazz90.1 [1]
Programming
Format Jazz, Ethnic
Affiliations United Stations Radio Networks
NBC News Radio
National Public Radio
Ownership
OwnerJazz90.1, Inc.; Greece Central School District
History
First air date
November 1, 1973
Call sign meaning
WGreece Media Center
Technical information
Class B1
ERP 15,000 watts [2]
HAAT 42 metres (138 ft) [2]
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website jazz901.org

WGMC (90.1 FM) is a listener-supported station licensed to Greece, New York and serving Rochester, New York. It airs a Jazz radio format. On air, the station is identified as "Jazz 90.1" in reference to its FM frequency. WGMC specializes in all styles of jazz, but is also an important outlet for music and voices that do not make it onto commercial radio.

Contents

Owned by the Greece Central School District but operated independently, the WGMC studios are located in the Greece Olympia High School media center.

Programmimng

Alongside standard jazz, the station hosts a blues show on Sunday evenings, a soul jazz program (The Soul Jazz Spectrum) on Friday nights, a program of avant-garde jazz (Northstar Sounds) on Tuesday nights, and other specialty shows featuring subgenres of jazz. The station also airs NPR's Jazz Night in America.

On June 6, 2009, WGMC added its first call-in talk show, Sound Bytes , which had previously been broadcast on WHAM and WXXI and airs on Saturdays. Other then SoundBytes, the station also airs ethinic programming during the day on the weekends including a Polka program.

When Rochester's other jazz station WJZR left the air on July 10, 2022 upon the owner's retirement, WGMC became the Rochester market's only full time jazz station. After the demise of WJZR, some shows formerly broadcast on that station such as JazzTrax with Art Good moved to WGMC.

Disc jockeys/online personalities

WGMC's regular DJs and on-air personalities include:

See also

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References

  1. "About Jazz90.1". Jazz90.1. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  2. 1 2 "WGMC-FM Radio Station Information". Radio-Locator. Retrieved 27 July 2010.

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