WGCD

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WGCD
City Chester, South Carolina
Frequency 1490 kHz
BrandingThe Rejoice Network
Programming
Format Urban Gospel
Ownership
OwnerWisdom, LLC
History
First air date
July 18, 1948(73 years ago) (1948-07-18)
Technical information
Facility ID 10761
Class C
Power 650 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
 34°41′54″N81°12′6″W / 34.69833°N 81.20167°W / 34.69833; -81.20167
Translator(s) W283CY 104.5 MHz (Chester)
Links
Website wgcd1045fm.com

WGCD (1490 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Chester, South Carolina. [1] The station broadcasts an urban gospel radio format and is owned by Wisdom, LLC. [2]

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WGCD is powered at 650 watts non-directional as a Class C station. [3] Programming is also heard on 250 watt FM translator W283CY at 104.5 MHz. [4]

History

On July 18, 1948, the station signed on for the first time. It was the first radio station in Chester County, South Carolina, put on the air by Morgan Jones Craig (1920-1964), a Chester native with a degree in engineering. Through his work as an aide-de-camp to a general in the Pacific theatre in World War II, he had developed an interest in radio. Morgan Craig designed and built the building where WGCD was housed for many years.[ citation needed ]

The call sign stands for "Wonderful Guernsey Center of Dixie." [5] Chester was well supplied with this variety of dairy cow and Morgan Craig's father, Alec Bell Craig, had guernseys on the family farm (called "Craigbow") outside of Chester.[ citation needed ]

WGCD was a family business and included locally generated programming. Shortly after World War II, Morgan's sister, Mary Craig, hosted a cooking/homemaking show called "Miss B".[ citation needed ]

Because the Craigs were staunch Presbyterians, the 11:15 am Sunday morning worship was broadcast weekly from Purity Presbyterian Church for 40 years, until the 1980s.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "WGCD Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  2. ↑ "WGCD". FCCInfo. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Radio Station Finder".
  4. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WGCD
  5. ↑ Zelezny, John D. (2010). Communications Law (6 ed.). Cengage Learning. p. 393. ISBN   9781111786380.


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