FM radio station
WGXC
WGXC Mission Statement
WGXC is a community-run media project, re-envisioning radio as an innovative
platform for local participation. Our inclusive programming connects diverse
voices, and distributes information across the public spectrum in New
York's Greene and Columbia counties.
We will launch a 3,300-watt community radio station on 90.7-FM throughout
Greene and Columbia counties in 2010, and an online radio station in 2009.
The project will be much more than just a radio station, including media
training for youth and other members of the community, and a blog, local
calendar of events and meetings, photography, and more. This will be an
interactive multi-media project engaging the community to report about
what's going on in Greene and Columbia counties.
WGXC designers are currently developing a full-service web site for WGXC. For right now, all information about the new station is on this page. New audio, community news, and links to many local institutions are updated daily at the WGXC Newsroom blog.
WGXC Online Radio now playing:
Click here to listen to WGXC Online Radio.
Listen to recordings
from Greene and Columbia counties around the clock and get a preview of things to come when WGXC goes live on FM later this summer. Current song is listed on top. Click here,
or paste the following url into "open stream" on your computer's media player
to listen:
http://comm.free103point9.org:8000/wgxc.mp3.m3u
WGXC Fundraising
WGXC volunteers are working hard to launch a 3,300-watt community radio station. More than 78,000 people throughout Greene and Columbia counties will be able to receive the signal on 90.7-FM. WGXC received its license from the FCC and a grant from the US Commerce Dept that will cover 50 percent of our equipment needs. We now need to raise matching funds in order to get on the air.

BECOME A WGXC FOUNDING MEMBER
Buy some watts and help bring community radio to Greene and Columbia counties.
We need folks to step up now and create a local community station. Become a Founding Member and get WGXC on the air and community radio will be beaming into your radio by the end of the year. We are very close to making a giant difference in the community, airing live town meetings, and giving citizens a voice with their local government officials. We are very close to bringing media training to local youth, who will then report on what is going on in the schools for WGXC. We are very close to airing live performances, festivals, and events on WGXC, and being a central information source for local farmers, artists, history buffs, and fans of interesting music. Together we can get that all and more on WGXC if you become a Founding Member.
3,300 watts at $25/watt = 82,500 &
WGXC-FM IS ON THE AIR!
Founding member levels:
ELECTRODES = 1 watt ($25 - 49)
CAPACITORS = 2-4 watts ($50 - 124)
CIRCUITS = 5-9 watts ($125 - 249)
TRANSISTORS = 10 - 20 watts ($250 - 524)
TOWERS = 21 - 40 watts ($525 - 1,024)
ANTENNAE = 41 - 100 watts ($1,025 - 2,524)
TRANSMISSIONS = 101 - 200 watts ($2,525 - 5,000)
DONATIONS ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW.

Win a guitar
Win a Les Paul Gibson guitar and help bring community radio to Greene and Columbia counties!
Stop by Musica (17 N. 4th St. in Hudson, NY) to see the guitar on display and buy raffle tickets.
Raffle tickets for the cherry sunburst guitar are $5 at Musica, and selected WGXC events, or $20 for five tickets.
The drawing will be held on March 17, 2010. Buy raffle tickets online here, and online sales end March 16, 2010.
Tickets available for online purchase with credit card at:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/95070
Upcoming WGXC Fundraisers:

Gibson Les Paul guitar raffle through March 17
Raffle to win guitar and benefit WGXC.
March 12: CONTRA DANCE
Catskill Community Center, 344 Main Street, 7 p.m. $10 individual, $15 couple, $20 family
Co-benefit for WGXC and Catskill Community Center with caller, musicians, and youth bands.
March 13: EAT + DRINK
Bell’s Cafe, 387 Main Street, Catskill, 4 - 7 p.m.
March 13: MUSIC SHOWCASE
Savoia 214 Warren Street, Hudson, 9 p.m.
Slink Moss curates a night of music at Savoia.
March 20: SPRING SOLSTICE
Spotty Dog Books & Ale 440 Warren Street, Hudson 1 - 11 p.m.
All-day festival of authors, children’s entertainment, music, and more.
March 26: TALENT SHOW
Cairo Elementary School 424 Main Street, Cairo, 6:30 p.m.
Come and join the fun, get on stage with your poetry, music, dance, etc.
Buy WGXC t-shirts

Buy WGXC t-shirts and help bring community radio to Greene and Columbia counties! WGXC stands for Greene x Columbia, and getting the station on the air will bring community access to the airwaves in this area. Help support community radio with a new t-shirt, with the WGXC logo in silver/grey/white on a black t-shirt. Sizes: adult male L, M, S; adult female L, M, S; child L, M, S. T-shirts $15 in Greene or Columbia counties; $20 outside those counties. Click below to purchase with credit card via Paypal:
Pamela Badilla interviews a passerby in Hudson on Aug. 1, 2009, as Kaya Weidman checks sound levels. Photo by Dharma Dailey.
FIND WGXC INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS
Click on the links to access more about your new community media project.WGXC Online Radio
Click on the link to listen to WGXC Online Radio on your computer, iPhone, etc..
WGXC Newsroom
Read all about community news, events,and happenings in Greene and Columbia counties.
WGXC Program Application
Download PDF to apply to host a show on WGXC. Deadline: May 1, 2010.
WGXC Archives
Listen in Quicktime Player or download archived audio of past WGXC broadcasts.
WGXC Facebook group
Join WGXC social network.
WGXC myspace page
Join WGXC social network.
Buy WGXC t-shirts
Choose your own style shirts with WGXC logo with proceeds to the station.
WGXC Twitter feed
Get immediate notifications of WGXC broadcasts and news.
WGXC Twitter video recordings
Watch archived videos of past WGXC broadcasts.
WGXC event tickets
Buy tickets to WGXC events online with Paypal/credit card.
CONTACT WGXC
GREENE COUNTY: Tom Roe at tom at wgxc.org
COLUMBIA COUNTY: Kaya Weidman at kaya at wgxc.org
GENERAL INFORMATION: info at wgxc.org
NEWSROOM: Send press releases, news tips, and suggestions to news at WGXC.org.
SIGN UP FOR OUR WGXC-FM E-MAIL LIST:
DONATE
If you would like to make a donation towards these efforts, let us know.
E-mail Tom Roe at tom @ wgxc.org. We will soon have a list of items
you can donate to help get the new radio station started. Donations for WGXC are tax-deductible. Click below to
donate funds online through Paypal.
WGXC community radio project events
To launch this radio station, members of the community in Greene and Columbia counties in New York will have to become involved and help to form the station so it reflects the community. To do that we will hold many public meetings, as well as media training workshops. The aim is to create a new team of citizen journalists, radio hosts, DJs, and media makers who will make the Greene/Columbia radio project their own.
Schedule of public meetings and media workshops:
Many are being scheduled right now.
WGXC at the Catskill Community Center.
Organize a benefit event for WGXC
Anyone interested in organizing a benefit event for WGXC, please let us know. You can find a venue, invite local artists to perform or local authors or speakers to talk. You could host a yard sale at your house, or put on a wine-tasting or silent auction. Any types of events that involve the community are welcome.
WGXC will provide volunteer help, sound equipment, web streaming, and other support to anyone who would like to organize a benefit event for WGXC. Help us raise the money to bring community radio to the FM airwaves of Greene and Columbia Counties.
In Columbia County, please contact Kaya Weidman at kaya at WGXC.org.In Greene County, please contact Tom Roe at tom at WGXC.org.
Send local recordings to WGXC
Are you in a local band? Send us recordings to air on WGXC. Want to interview people in the community? Make your own recordings, and share them with your neighbors. Going to you local town meetings? Why not borrow a recording device from WGXC and record your town meetings and share them with your neighbors via WGXC?
Get in touch with Tom Roe at tom@WGXC.org if you want to share local recordings with your community through WGXC.
Send recordings to:
WGXC
5662 Rt. 23, Acra, NY 12405
or e-mail mp3s as attachments to
info@WGXC.org
(mp3s should be 192 kbps/44 kHz/stereo whenever possible.)
Mother Fletcher, "The Wild and Crazy Sounds of Mother Fletcher" (Old Soul)
"River of Dreams" cast recording, Hudson Talbott/Frank Cuthbert (Greene Arts Foundation)
Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra, "2009 Windham Chamber Music Festival" (Windhammusic.com)
Alexander Turnquist, "As the Twilight Crane Dreams in Color" (VHF)
Alexander Turnquist, "faint at the loudest hour" (VHF)
Young Paris, "EuroWave"
Voodelic, "Conjure"
Hudson City Ramblers, "Helvetica Blue" (Rattlesnake Records)
John Esposito, "down blue marlin road" (Sun Jump Records)
Saber Coup, "Comes With Scissors"
Ron Truesdell, "WGXC Station Identifications"
Lex Grey and the Urban Pioneers, "Va Va Voom" (Lexgreymusic)
Sheri Bauer-Mayorga + Lincoln Mayorga, "American Snapshots" (Town Hall)
The Felice Brothers, "Tonight at the Arizona" (Loosemusic)
The Chrome Chranks, "The Chrome Chranks" (PCP)
The Chrome Chranks, "Dead Cool" (Crypt)
Foetus/The Chrome Chranks, "Vice Squad Dick EP" (PCP)
Oded Ben-Ami, "Beyond" Loni Pont, "Pieces" (Planet She Music)
Chrissy Budzinski, "Taking Chances"
Bunny Brains, "Box The Bunny" (Narnack)
United States of Belt, "Ping Pong Holiday" (Chloe)
Way Out West, "Nothin' Left to Lose" (OverIt)
Tuba Skinny, "15 songs"
Tuba Skinny, "12 songs"
Evidence, "Receiver" (free103point9)
various artists, "A Raga for Peter Walker" (Tompkins Square)
Elizabeth Mitchell, "You Are My Little Bird" (Folkways)
John Kirk and Trish Miller, "The Big Rock Candy Mountain" (A Gentle Wind)
Tom Roe, "The Worst Hour of the Year" (free103point9)
Live recordings in rotation:
Rebecca Wolf at The Spotty Dog, Hudson
Ira Sher at The Spotty Dog, Hudson
Armadillo Slink and Uncle Billy at The Spotty Dog
Dan Seward of Hudson in the M49 van in Hudson
Chrissy Budzinski of Catskill at Cairo Open Mic
Cyrus Gengras at The Spotty Dog, Hudson
Kyle Clements at The Spotty Dog, Hudson
Mikey Corcoran at The Spotty Dog, Hudson
Alexander Turnquist at The Spotty Dog, Hudson
John Madden and the Deep Sea Divers at The Spotty Dog, Hudson
DJ Mr. Chips at Jason's Upstairs, Hudson
Catskill Community Orchestra live at First Reformed Church, Catskill
Miloh (Leeds) live at Wave Farm in Acra
Mambo Kikongo (Woodstock) live at Hudson Waterfront Park
Jason Broome at Muddy Cup, Catskill
Scanner at Wave Farm, Acra
Many other recordings are in rotation at WGXC Online Radio. Please send others!
Donate equipment
Do you have any audio equipment you can share with WGXC? Anything you might imagine a radio station with studios in Catskill, Hudson, and other locations around the area could use.
We need high-quality equipment that will last. In particular we could use:*Microphones
*Headphones
*CD players
*Computers
*Digital recording devices
*Mixing boards
*Turntables
*Cables and adaptors
*Compressors
*Tape decks
*Mic stands
Anything else you think a community radio station could use!
Help organize film event
Do you make films? Want to help with a local film benefit for WGXC? A local film event is in the works!
WGXC Program Application
Download the WGXC program application by clicking here to apply to host a program on WGXC-FM. Please consider what volunteer work you are going to contribute to getting the station on the air. Please consider how your program will interact with the people of Greene and Columbia Counties. Applications due Jan. 1, 2010. Send completed applications to info @ wgxc.org, or print a copy and bring it to any WGXC event.
TOWN RECORDER
Record your town meetings, or stream them live on WGXC Online Radio. We will train volunteers to make digital recordings of local town meetings, and archive them on the WGXC web site, so your friends and neighbors can attend even when they cannot make it in person. We have a digital recorder in the Cairo Public Library. Contact info @ wgxc.org for training, and once-trained, anyone with a library card can check out the recorder and then upload mp3 files of local meetings and events to the WGXC web site. Cassette and CD recordings of these meetings are also available in the Cairo Library. Future town meetings will be broadcast in part or in full, on the WGXC FM radio station, and other digital recorders to borrow are coming to Catskill and Hudson.See full list of Town Recorders at right.
SIGN UP FOR OUR WGXC-FM E-MAIL LIST:
About the future radio station
Community radio is a unique format run by and for members of the community. Together, we will create a radio station that serves the needs and interests of Greene and Columbia County residents, and invites community members to get behind the microphone. WGXC will have studios at the Catskill Community Center, as well as in Hudson and other towns. There may also be studios at local education institutions. There will also be live internet online radio streams set up from many area venues, with programming from these venues often airing on the FM station. Weekly and monthly programs will focus on agriculture, hunting, schools, arts, music, politics, seniors, youth, and other issues important to the community. Evenings will feature live broadcasts from events all over the two upstate counties.
Get involved!
Please contact Tom Roe at tom @ wgxc.org to get involved. Currently, the station is organizing five work teams to begin building different elements of the radio station. These five work groups include:
FUNDRAISING: Galen Joseph-Hunter (free103point9 Executive Director). This group will organize benefite concerts and events, research and write grants, and find local partners to barter services to get the new radio station started.
OUTREACH: Dharma Dailey, Ethos Wireless. This group will contact different members of the community, and organizations in the area to see how the radio station project can work to help the community.
POLICIES: Liza Dichter (former). Dichter was leading the Radio Council to create policies for the station.
FACILITIES: Kaya Weidman (Germantown Community Farm). This group is working to find donated studio space in Hudson, New York, as well as building studios at the Catskill Community Center and in Cairo. Carpentry, electronic repair, sound, wiring, and other hands-on skills are needed here. E-mail Kaya at kaya @ wgxc.org.
PROGRAMMING: Tom Roe (free103point9 Program Director). Initially, this group will get the online radio station started this spring, and eventually will work on choosing the shows to air on the FM radio station.
Others on the WGXC Work Team include Tom Morino, and others.
Donate!
If you would like to make a donation towards these efforts, let us know.
E-mail Tom Roe at tom @ wgxc.org. We will soon have a list of items
you can donate to help get the new radio station started. Click below to
donate funds online through Paypal.
You can also donate equipment such as microphones, headphones, digital recorders, studio furniture such as chairs, shelves, and filing cabinets, and many other items. Watch for a complete list of items we are looking for donations of here soon.
What will WGXC sound like?
That question will largely be answered by the community, and who applies to host programs, and what those programs are like. We want the station to reflect the community, and be focused on covering local issues of all types. Initially, we have a few parameters of what might be on the air:
MORNING SHOW: 6-9 a.m.? A team of reporters and hosts air local news, music, a community calendar, and reports on subjects such as agriculture, education, politics, seniors, the arts, weather, and other important issues every week day. 6-7 a.m. hour likely will be agricultural/farming/animal/gardening-oriented.
MORNINGS AND AFTERNOONS: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.? A variety of shows focusing on issues such as agriculture, education, politics, seniors, the arts, local history, hunting, previews of local events, town news, and other important issues every week day. Some programs may feature DJs playing music, locally-produced and otherwise.
EDUCATION SHOW: 3-4 p.m. As students are getting out of school and parents are in cars picking up their kids, this show will focus on their issues with reporting from local high school students, perhaps live from local schools.
AFTERNOON SHOW: 4-7 p.m.? A team of reporters and hosts air local news, music, a community calendar, and reports on subjects such as agriculture, education, politics, seniors issues, the arts, weather, previews of events that evening, and other important issues every week day.
THE CREATIVE COMMONS: 7 p.m.-midnight? Various DJs will play music from across many genres, and mix in live feeds from events happening right then in the community every week night. We are currently reaching out to local venues that hold performances, workshops, lectures, and other events, about providing them with an online radio stream for their events that is occassionally picked up and aired on the FM station. We will also go live to local town hall meetings and votes, and high school sports championships, recitals, and other important community events.
LATE NIGHTS: midnight-6 a.m. Here we will air the radio art that free103point9 is internationally known for, including radio plays, experimental sounds, and reports from the worlds of short wave, and other frequencies.
SATURDAYS: free103point9 will also curate this day every week, with radio art, live performances, guest DJs, and more. The week before every election this day will be turned over to local politicians to make their cases, and we will go live and try and air local festivals and other events as often as possible.
SUNDAYS: A variety of programs will originate from studios at the Catskill Community Center and in Hudson. Sunday mornings may have a children's program.
Propose a show
To apply for a program or regular on-air appearance,
download this document, fill it out, and send it to info @ wgxc.org by May 1, 2010.
Download Program Application by clicking here.
Local Partners
Youth Workshops
WGXC will feature student reports from local schools, news reporting about education from adults, and live reports and coverage of school events. If you are a young person who
wants to attend workshops and make a radio show, please contact info @ wgxc.org. This summer we will have youth workshops and a live radio show at the Catskill Community Center.
Where will I be able to hear the station?
Our signal is 3,300 watts, and will originate from an already existing tower in Greene County. The listening range is from Windham to the Taconic Parkway, and from southern Albany County to Saugerties and Germantown. And everyone around the world with a computer will be able to hear the station via an internet radio stream. Click here to download a pdf of a map of the radio station's listening area.
Above, WGXC New Year's Masquerade Ball 2009/2010 at Basilica Industria in Hudson raised over $5,000 to bring community radio to Greene and Columbia counties. Photo by Lea Sophie.
WGXC Town Recordings
Click below on any mp3 file to play or download. Mp3 recordings will not play in Internet Explorer. You need Quicktime Player Pro to download.- Town of Cairo, NY Planning Board meeting, Wed. Aug. 5, 2009. (click under "audio" link)
- Town of Cairo, NY Town Board meeting, Wed. July 15, 2009. (click under "audio" link)
- Town of Cairo, NY public hearing about sidewalk snow removal law Wed. July 15, 2009. (click under "audio" link)
- Town of Cairo, NY Planning Board meeting, pts. 1-3, Wed. May 20, 2009. (click under "audio" link)
- Interview with Greene County Legislator William Lawrence (R-Cairo) at Catskill Community Center, May 9, 2009. First WGXC Online Radio broadcast with host M.A. Tarpinian.
- Town of Cairo, NY Planning Board meeting, April 1, 2009, pt1.
- Town of Cairo, NY Planning Board meeting, April 1, 2009, pt2.
- Town of Cairo, NY board meeting, March 18, 2009.
- WGXC public meeting March 7, 2009 at Cairo Town Hall/Library.
- WGXC public meeting Feb. 26, 2009 at Cairo Town Hall/Library.
- Town of Cairo, NY board meeting, Feb. 18, 2009.
- Catskill Community Orchestra from Union Mills, May 16, 2009.
- Interview with Greene County Legislator William Lawrence (R-Cairo) at Catskill Community Center, May 9, 2009. First WGXC Online Radio broadcast with host M.A. Tarpinian.
- Interview with KIDD, Kenny the Body, of Catskill, May 9, 2009. During first WGXC Online Radio broadcast, with host M.A. Tarpinian at Catskill Community Center.
- "River of Dreams" title song, with Hudson Talbott introduction and performance by Frank Cuthbert at Union Mills, Catskill May 9, 2009, part of first WGXC Online Radio broadcast.
- "River of Dreams" youth performers (click link for all names) from Greene County schools interviewed on WGXC by M.A. Tarpinian, May 9, 2009 at Catskill Community Center.
- Students from Greene County schools (click on link for names) perform "Inspiration" song from "River of Dreams" musical May 9, 2009 at Union Mills in Catskill.
- Catskill Village President Vincent Seeley interview on first WGXC Online Radio broadcast by M.A. Tarpinian May 9, 2009 at Catskill Community Center.
- Catskill Community Orchestra performance Oct. 11, 2008 at First Reformed Church in Catskill,.
- Durham Town Meeting, Dec. 1, 2009.
- Bob Freeman lecture on Open Government and FOIL at Cairo-Durham High School, Nov. 19, 2009.
HUDSON
- WGXC recording of the Recording from 5th Annual Hudson Valley Literary Festival, May 23, 2009. Recording by Allyson Strafella.
- WGXC news report of protests in Hudson over vote to move Dept. of Social Services out of Hudson March 18, 2009.
- Hudson Talbott and his "River of Dreams" book March 8, 2009 at Hudson Opera House.
- Samara Lubelski and Helen Rush, and Latitude/Longitude July 26, 2008 at Hudson Waterfront Park.
- Panel on the Future of Arts in the Hudson Valley Sept. 14, 2008 at Van Brunt Gallery in Beacon.
- Spanish translation of FCC Public Hearing Nov. 21, 2007 at Wallace Center in the FDR Center in Hyde Park.
TUNE IN LIVE CANDIDATE FORUMS
(WGXC co-sponsored candidate forums with the League of Women Voters in Columbia and
Greene counties just before local 2009 elections. WGXC Online Radio aired the forums
live, and also offered the following recordings.)
ATHENS Thu. Oct. 22, 7-9 p.m.
_at Athens Community Center, 2 First Street, Athens.
Click here to listen or download the recording of the Athens candidate forum. Town council candidates Phyllisann Dinkelacker and Paul Hasbrouck, town supervisor candidate LeeAllen Palmateer, and county legislator candidate Christian Pfister attended the forum.
CLAVERACK Thu. Oct. 22, 7-9 p.m.
_at A.B. Shaw firehouse on Route 9H in Claverack.
Click here to listen or download the recording of the Claverack candidate forum.
Town Supervisor candidate Robin Andrews, town board candidates Morgen Bowers and Matthew Bowe, and assessor candidate Ian Nitschke attended.
CATSKILL Sat. Oct. 24, 10 a.m.-noon
_at the Catskill Community Center, 344 Main Street, Catskil.
Click here to listen or download the recording of the Catskill candidate forum.
Forest Cotten, Robin DePuy, Joseph Izzo, and Keith Valentine (Greene County Legislature); and Robert Antonelli, Joseph Leggio, and Kevin Lennon (town council) attended.
GREENE COUNTY LEGISLATURE Sun. Oct. 25, 4-6 p.m.
_at Union Mills Lofts, 361 Main Street, Catskill.
Click here to listen or download the recording of the Catskill candidate forum.
William Lawrence (Cairo), Sean Fry (Durham), Kevin Lewis (Greenville), Jim Mulligan (Greenville), Chris Phfister (Athens), Robin DuPuy (Catskill), Joseph Izzo (Catskill), and Forest Cotten (Catskill) attended.
CHATHAM Mon. Oct. 26, 7-9 p.m.
_at Chatham Town Hall.
Click here to listen or download the recording of the Chatham candidate forum.
Click here to listen or download the recording of the Chatham candidate forum.
Candidates for town board (Donald W. Hegeman, Maria C. Lull, Henry Swartz Jr., and Bob Balcom); assessor (Daniel Horst and James F. Forster); and town clerk (Landra B. Haber and Beth Anne Rippel) attended.
KINDERHOOK Tue. Oct. 27, 7-9 p.m.
_at Ichabod Crane Middle School.
Click here to hear The Town of Kinderhook candidate forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters 7-9 p.m. Tue. Oct. 27 at Ichabod Crane Middle School.
with Town supervisor candidates Douglas K. McGivney and Patrick M. Grathan; town board candidates Patrice A. Leader, Helen G. Schneider, and Todd D. Grigoli; and justice candidate Lisa M. Mills attended.
OTHER TOWN RECORDINGS
CAIROCATSKILL
DURHAM
NEARBY
Search WGXC Newsroom blog by town
Click on links for stories, audio reports, recordings, and more, about every town in the area.Media reports about WGXC
Building community one watt at a time
Story about May 10, 2008 at the Catskill Community Center by Dharma Dailey
Quicktime movie of first radio station
workshop
May 10, 2008 at the Catskill Community Center, shot and edited by Dharma Dailey
Press release announcing
new FM radio station (pdf)
free103point9, Oct. 31, 2008
Making
Waves
Seeing Greene blog, Oct. 31, 2008
FCC
grants license to Acra radio station
The Daily Mail, Nov. 1, 2008
New
Yorkers to get a jolt of experimental music and more
Scanning the Dial blog, Nov. 3, 2008
Radio
network expands reach
Albany Times-Union, Nov. 4, 2008
Catskill
radio
The Daily Mail, Nov. 6, 2008 (scroll down)
Occasionally there is justice:
free103point9 receives an FM license
Mediageek blog, Nov. 8, 2008
free103point9 to return to the airwaves, pt. 1
Mediageek interview with Tom Roe, Nov. 20, 2008
free103point9 to return to the airwaves, pt. 2
Mediageek interview with Tom Roe, Nov. 20, 2008
Podcast interview with Tom
Roe of free103point9
Future of Music Coalition blog, Jan. 12, 2009
Greene County community radio planning for launch
Chris Churchill in Albany Times-Union, Feb. 9, 2009
Radio station representatives seek ways to serve community
Susan Campriello in Daily Mail, Feb. 20, 2009
Into the ether: Radio resurgence is making noise
Paul Smart in Woodstock Times, March 12, 2009
Arts group ready to hit the air waves
Danielle Furfaro in Albany Times-Union, April 26, 2009
New radio group hopes you'll listen to this
Parry Teasdale in The Columbia Paper, May 8, 2009
Homegrown Radio: An all-local station prepares to hit the airwaves in Columbia and Greene counties
Greg Ryan in Hudson Valley Magazine, June, 2009
WGXC - hands-on radio (scroll to pg. 5)
Ann Bartgis in Hudson Valley Business Journal, Nov. 23, 2009
WGXC: Change in the Air
Peter Aaron in Chronogram magazine, December, 2009
People to Watch
Shannon Gallagher in Hudson Valley Magazine, December, 2009
Catskill radio station raising funds to match grant
Ariel Zangla in The Daily Freeman, Dec. 2, 2009
Typestyling by Kathleen Packard / KathodeRay
Icon by Antony Katz / Sorted
WGXC: Hands-On Radio for Greene and Columbia
WGXC 90.7-FM coming this summer/fall
- WGXC Newsroom
- Facebook group
- myspace page
- info @ wgxc.org
- Current mailing address: 5662 Rt. 23, Acra, NY 12405
- 518-622-2598 or 518-947-4806
- WGXC Twitter feed
- WGXC Twitter video recordings
- WGXC Program Application
Download PDF to apply to host a show on WGXC.
UPCOMING WGXC BENEFIT EVENTS
Catskill Community Center 344 Main Street, 7 p.m. $10 individual, $15 couple, $20 family
Co-benefit for WGXC and Catskill Community Center with caller, musicians, and youth bands.
March 13: EAT + DRINK
Bell’s Cafe 387 Main Street, Catskill, 4 - 7 p.m.
March 13: MUSIC SHOWCASE
Savoia 214 Warren Street, Hudson, 9 p.m.
Slink Moss curates a night of music at Savoia.
March 20: SPRING SOLSTICE
Spotty Dog Books & Ale 440 Warren Street, Hudson 1 - 11 p.m.
All-day festival of authors, children’s entertainment, music, and more.
March 26: TALENT SHOW
Cairo Elementary School 424 Main Street, Cairo, 6:30 p.m.
Come and join the fun, get on stage with your poetry, music, dance, etc.
Who is organizing the radio station?
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FOUNDING MEMBERS
WGXC is actively looking for new founding members to get the community radio station on the air. Founding membership in WGXC extends through the 2010 calendar year. It will provide the critical sustaining support needed to make WGXC a success. Membership starts at $25, or an equivalent contribution of materials or labor. E-mail info@wgxc.org for more information or to become a member. Or sign up through Paypal below.
The list of Founding Members of WGXC who brought the station to life with their donations before WGXC got on the air.
ELECTRODES
1 watt $25-$49 & major volunteer/equipment donationsCAPACITORS
2-4 watt $50-$124CIRCUITS
5-9 watts $125-$249TRANSISTORS
10-20 watts $250-$524TOWERS
21-40 watts $525-$1,024ANTENNAE
41-100 watts $1,025-$2,524TRANSMISSIONS
101-200 watts $2,525-$5000
RADIO COUNCIL
WGXC's Radio Council is the board making major decisions about community radio policy.
The WGXC Council, (front row): Debra Kamecke, Kathleen Packard, Tom Roe, Hosneara Kader, Kaya Weidman, Max Goldfarb;(back row) Andrew Turner, Paul Smart, Hudson Talbott, Alan Skerett, Dharma Dailey. Missing: Christina Malisoff. Photo by Galen Joseph-Hunter from Chronogram magazine.
WORK TEAM
START-UP TEAM
Working Teams
Working Teams are each assigned specific duties, which are listed in italics below. To inquire about joining a work team or teams, e-mail info @ wgxc.org.
VOICE TALENT
Truesdell and Morrison are recording professional station identification tags, and others may sometimes host live remote broadcasts, and/or record promotional recordings for future WGXC events. E-mail Tom Roe at tom @ wgxc.org.
DESIGN TEAM
Working on web site design, logo design, branding, and promotional design. E-mail Galen Joseph-Hunter at galen @ wgxc.org.
FACILITIES
Construction, scouting locations, design, and RF engineering. E-mail Kaya Weidman at kaya @ wgxc.org.
YOUTH MEDIA WORKSHOPS
Training youth about all facets of media: radio, blogging, audio editing, photography, journalism, web design, social media, and other related topics. Team members will help coordinate appearances from experts on these subjects from Greene and Columbia Counties. Team members will teach youth to prepare for live braodcasts, and help facilitate youth broadcasts at events throughout the community. E-mail Tom Roe at tom @ wgxc.org.
FUNDRAISING EVENTS
Organizing, and staffing benefit events to get WGXC on the air. Anyone who can sit at a table, do some recording, organize events, or help clean up afterwards, e-mail Tom Roe at tom @ wgxc.org.
WGXC News Team
Members are charged with creating a news policy for the station, and making audio and video recordings and preparing blog entries for launch in May, 2009. E-mail Tom Roe at tom @ wgxc.org.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Members are charged with creating a photo policy for the station's web site, news coverage, and promotional materials, and documenting WGXC events. E-mail Dharma Dailey at dharma @ wgxc.org.
INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES
Creating a useful web site for a community radio station, with citizen-participation. E-mail Galen Joseph-Hunter at galen @ wgxc.org.
SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT
Updating social network pages, and attracting more members. E-mail Tom Roe at tom @ wgxc.org.
CAIRO TOWN RECORDERS
Recording interviews, events, performances, and other sounds in and around Cairo. E-mail Tom Roe at tom @ wgxc.org.
CATSKILL TOWN RECORDERS
Recording interviews, events, performances, and other sounds in and around Catskill. E-mail Tom Roe at tom @ wgxc.org.
DURHAM TOWN RECORDERS
Recording interviews, events, performances, and other sounds in and around Durham. E-mail Tom Roe at tom @ wgxc.org.
FREEHOLD TOWN RECORDERS
Recording interviews, events, performances, and other sounds in and around Freehold. E-mail Tom Roe at tom @ wgxc.org.
HUDSON TOWN RECORDERS
Recording interviews, events, performances, and other sounds in and around Hudson. E-mail Tom Roe at tom @ wgxc.org.
PERFORMANCES DONATED
E-mail WGXC to declare support at info @ wgxc.org.
SUPPORTERS
E-mail WGXC to declare support at info @ wgxc.org.
PROGRAM APPLICATION RECEIVED
The following people have submitted program applications.
WGXC Program Application due May 1, 2010
Download PDF in link above to apply to host a show on WGXC.
LETTERS OF SUPPORT
For PTFP grant, Dec. 2008.
EARLY DONATIONS
Folks who have donated equipment, services, prizes, gifts for auction or raffle, or other help. E-mail info at WGXC.org to donate something to WGXC.

(Image by Antony Katz.)
Buy WGXC t-shirts

Buy WGXC t-shirts and help bring community radio to Greene and Columbia counties! WGXC stands for Greene x Columbia, and getting the station on the air will bring community access to the airwaves in this area. Help support community radio with a new t-shirt, with the WGXC logo in silver/grey/white on a black t-shirt. Sizes: adult male L, M, S; adult female L, M, S; child L, M, S. T-shirts $15 in Greene or Columbia counties; $20 outside those counties. Click below to purchase with credit card via Paypal:

Win a guitar
Win a Les Paul Gibson guitar and help bring community radio to Greene and Columbia counties!
Stop by Musica (17 N. 4th St. in Hudson, NY) to see the guitar on display and buy raffle tickets.
Raffle tickets for the cherry sunburst guitar are $5 at Musica, and selected WGXC events, or $20 for five tickets.
The drawing will be held on March 17, 2010. Buy raffle tickets online here, and online sales end March 16, 2010.
Tickets available for online purchase with credit card at:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/95070


BUY WGXC COFFEE
Strongtree Organic Coffee Roasters in Hudson is selling WGXC coffee. Proceeds from every sale benefit your new community radio station. Stop by Strongtree, across from the Hudson Amtrack train station, and buy some beans to help WGXC get on the air. 1 lb bag of special WGXC blend coffee $11.
Get involved!
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SEND RECORDINGS FOR AIRPLAY
- Wave Farm
5662 Route 23
Acra, NY 12405 - E-mail Tom Roe at tom at wgxc.org
- E-mail Tom Roe at tom at wgxc.org
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Local Links
- The 12534
- Activist Resource
- The Albany Project
- Capitol Confidential
- Catskills Craigslist
- Catskill Freecycle
- ccSCOOP
- Chronogram Magazine
- CoCotodo
- Columbia County Common Sense
- The Columbia Paper
- The Daily Mail
- The Daily Freeman
- GayHudson
- Greene County Yahoo forum
- Greene Dining
- hudson-chatham wine blog
- Hudson Valley Magazine
- Hudson Valley radio
- Inside Out Hudson Valley
- Las Noticias
- Mid-Hudson News Network
- The Mountain Eagle
- Nippertown!
- Sam Pratt
- The Register Star
- Roll Magazine
- Rural Intelligence
- Seeing Greene
- Tivoli Type
- unmuffled
- Welcome to Catskill
- WRIP

