WGCD
WGCD (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Gospel format. The station is licensed for Chester, South Carolina, United States.[1] The station is owened by Wisdom, LLC.[2]
| City | Chester, South Carolina |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1490 kHz |
| Slogan | Rejoice Network |
| Programming | |
| Format | Gospel |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Wisdom, LLC |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 10761 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°41′54″N 81°12′6″W |
| Translator(s) | W283CY (104.5 MHz, Chester) |
WGCD was the first radio station licensed to broadcast in Chester County, SC. The station was established in the 1940s 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.
The callsign stands for "Wonderful Guernsey Center of Dixie."[3] Chester was well supplied with this variety of dairy cow and Morgan Craig's father, Alec Bell Craig, had guernseys on their family farm (called "Craigbow") outside of Chester.
WGCD was a family business and included locally generated programming. Shortly after World War II, Morgan's sister, Mary Craig, wrote a cooking/homemaking show called "Miss B".
Because the Craigs were staunch Presbyterians, the 11:15 am Sunday morning worship was broadcast free of charge directly over the radio from Purity Presbyterian Church every week for 40 years, until the 1980s.
References
- "WGCD Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- "WGCD". FCCInfo. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- Zelezny, John D. (2010). Communications Law (6 ed.). Cengage Learning. p. 393. ISBN 9781111786380.
External links
- WGCD in the FCC's AM station database
- WGCD on Radio-Locator
- WGCD in Nielsen Audio's AM station database