Category: Press

Jazz90.1 WGMC-FM was recognized by The New York State Broadcasters Association with two “Serving New York” awards – one for our work with GRASP (Greece Residents Assisting Stray Pets) promoting the need to find homeless animals new forever homes, as well as The Greece Central School School District and our annual School Supply Drive –…

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(w/o) Jazz90.1 is pleased to announce the largest donation of equipment in our 50-year history. The station was gifted a new broadcast transmitter by Greece Community Broadcasting Inc. earlier this year. The new transmitter – which replaced the failing transmitter purchased in 2004 – was installed and went on the air in May, thanks to…

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On February 13, Jazz90.1 was recognized by The Monroe County Legislature and President Yversha Roman, receiving a proclamation commemorating the station’s 50th anniversary. Station Manager Rob Linton and Operations Assistant Derrick Lucas were on hand to accept the honor.   “Jazz90.1 is grateful for this recognition from The County Legislature. The station has been an integral part of…

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(w/o) On September 19, Jazz90.1 and Station Manager Rob Linton were presented with a “Serving New York” award from The New York State Broadcasters Association at their annual awards ceremony. This award recognized the station’s annual Holiday Food Drive in partnership with The Summit Federal Credit Union, as well as our Back To School Supply…

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(Westside News – June 2023) Jazz90.1 in Greece has been bringing local jazz to the Rochester area for 50 years. In the early 70s the Greece Central School District decided to establish an FM radio station with the purpose of providing services to the community. On November 1, 1973, 90.1 WGMC was on the air…

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by: Dan Gross GREECE, N.Y. (WROC) — Jazz90.1 WGMC-FM calls itself “Rochester’s jazz station” for good reason. With nearly 50 years of airtime in Rochester through the Greece Central School District, along with a huge group of volunteers manning shows throughout the day, it’s one of the few full-time jazz stations left in the country.…

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Jazz90.1 WGMC-FM has again been named Station of the Year by JazzWeek. The award was given during the annual industry summit in San Jose, California on Thursday, and was accepted by Station Manager Rob Linton. Jazz90.1 – along with five other jazz radio stations in the United States who play 40 or more hours per…

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By Amanda Dedie adedie@messengerpostmedia.com Jazz music – it has an “old” connotation, you have to admit. Even Rob Linton, station manager of Jazz 90.1 in Greece, agrees. So how has he not only kept radio alive for the past 13 years – in the age of smartphones, music streaming and getting what you want when…

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Democrat and Chronicle – March 5, 2012 – There was no telling how large the following for WGMC 90.1 FM would become when it started as a 10-watt school radio station in 1973. There’s also no telling what the future holds for WGMC. It’s that dynamic that makes pledge drives at one of America’s few remaining…

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Jessica Spies – Staff Writer – Greece Post Greece, N.Y. – The small radio station WGMC-FM has found supporters in its hometown, Greece. And in Athens, Greece. While that station – now Jazz 90.1 – only reaches about 50 miles from it headquarters, Greece Olympia High School, 1139 Maiden Lane, it can be heard all…

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After 50 years, Jack Mindy retires from the talking side July 1, 2009 – Meaghan M. McDermott • Staff writer •  Democrat & Chronicle – After a five-decade career, radio man Jack Mindy is hanging up his headphones. Mindy, 66, has spent the past eight years manning the mike at Greece’s Jazz 90.1, also known…

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In December 2017, Jazz90.1 Station Manager Rob Linton and Miss America Organization contestant Diana Marie Russo concluded the Rochester’s Gift of Music Project, with the donation of over 20 new and gently used radios to St. John’s Home. The project – started by Russo aimed to provide radios and musical enjoyment to those suffering from…

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Volunteers of a certain age make all the difference in the world at Jazz 90.1 By John Addyman It’s the last little slice of real radio that’s left.” Rob Linton is the station manager of WGMC-FM, Jazz 90.1 in Greece. When he made that statement, he gestured around the room to two of his radio…

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Alysa Stryker, Staff Writer – Greece, New York – November 24, 2010 – It’s no secret that independent radio stations around the country are fighting for their lives, fending off the push for syndicated programming and a continuous stream of top 40 hits. With time, stations have lost originality, created a culture of less personal connection with…

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Greece still home to one of fewer than 10 such stations nationwide Alan Morrell – Staff Writer Derrick Lucas got into jazz at a young age. He was just 4 years old when he asked his parents for his first record – Spectrum, by jazz drummer Billy Cobham. Cobham’s sound, he said, changed his young…

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