The Rochester Area Community Foundation has presented a $3,000 grant to WGMC, Jazz 90.1, to support jazz music radio in Rochester. WGMC-FM is one of only half-a-dozen full time jazz stations left in the United States. The money specifically supports jazz heritage programming which will include a special Ella Fitzgerald Centennial special. WGMC is a […]
Longtime Rochester talk radio host Bob Smith has died at the age of 64. For 25 years, Smith hosted the “1370 Connection” program on WXXI-AM 1370, a weekday two-hour program discussing anything and everything from community to world issues. The program’s descendant, “Connections” is now hosted by Evan Dawson. Smith also helped launch “SoundBytes,” now […]
Greece Olympia High School was briefly evacuated this morning after an unknown smell was detected near the school auditorium. Students and staff were sent out of the building just in case while firefighters looked for the problem. The staff of WGMC radio, located in the opposite end of the school, was also affected. District security […]