City Batavia, New York Branding The Music FM Format Album Oriented Rock | Broadcast area Buffalo Frequency 90.7 MHz | |
Slogan The Station With the Best Music | ||
WGCC-FM (90.7 FM) is an American college radio station broadcasting an Album Oriented Rock format in Batavia, New York. The station is currently owned by Genesee Community College and is located on the third floor of the Batavia Campus of Genesee Community College and is run primarily by students who work there. WGCC currently broadcasts with 880 watts Effective Radiated Power (ERP), which gives the station an average broadcast radius of 25 miles. Its antenna has a Height Above Average Terrain (HAAT) of 50 meters. The FCC regulations for ERP and HAAT are listed under Title 47, Part 73 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
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WGCC History
On November 13, 1985, the radio station first became licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) thanks to the station's founding father, Chuck Platt. The station is currently advised by GCC faculty member, and Buffalo radio personality, Val Townsend (Pawlowski). It started out as a mixed format radio station, which included some local bands, along with current favorites like Michael Jackson and The Moody Blues, as well as some classic favorites like The Beatles. At one point, WGCC played some Rap, but the genre was placed out of rotation due to the demographics of the area at the time. Presently, the station's demographic range covers many genres, as students are allowed to play whatever type of music they choose.
WGCC Rockfest
WGCC hosted a concert called Rockfest. Local bands to the Rochester/Buffalo area such as Down To Earth Approach and New Skin have played at this concert. In 2000, Disturbed was the headlining band for Rockfest, but do to unfortunate circumstances, they were unable to play, thus canceling that year's show. Another band, who was a hopeful for Rockfest 2006 was Kittie, but due to a previously scheduled touring event, they were scratched from the lineup. As of Fall 2012 Rockfest is no more, and been replaced by Play Eat and Trick or Treat: an indoor trick of treat for children in the surrounding area.