At 4 p.m. on Feb. 26, WGXC will announce the 2021 WGXC Programmer Awards live on the radio at 90.7-FM. This year both WGXC volunteer programmers and WGXC Sustaining Supporters voted on their favorite WGXC programs, hosts, and other categories. Here are the nominees, the top five vote getters in each category, listed alphabetically. The show will be hosted by Neva Wartell, Maria Manhattan, Justin Maiman, Dan Seward, and Tom Roe.

WINNERS IN BOLD

FAVORITE LOCAL RADIO SHOW
• "Bound By Books" hosted by Georgia Jassy, Jada Pernetti, Fatheah Jannat, Mashuda Sultana, and Emilia Ortiz (ages 8-20), and Emily Chameides from the Hudson Area Library.
• "Crawl Out From the Fallout" hosted by Andy French.
• "The Hudson Cafe" hosted by Maria Manhattan.
• "The Jazz Disturbance" hosted by Cheryl K.
• "WGXC Afternoon Show" Drive-Time edition hosted by Vern Cross, Kamal Johnson, Ed Mack, Jayden Cross, Indya Cross.

MOST CREATIVE WGXC SHOW 2021
• "Battlefield Earth" hosted by Dan Seward.
• "Clubhouse Radio" hosted by members of the Catskill Clubhouse.
• "Dim the Lights With Jenny and Amanda" hosted by Amanda Lees and Jenny Ghetti.
• "Mirage Station/Your Heart Touches My String" hosted by Mayuko Fujino.
• "WGXC Afternoon Show" Drive-Time edition hosted by Vern Cross, Kamal Johnson, Ed Mack, Jayden Cross, Indya Cross.

BEST WGXC ON-AIR MOMENT 2021
WGXC hosts returning to the studio. wins.

WGXC PROGRAMMER THAT YOU MOST WANT TO HANG OUT WITH
• Selha (CeCe) Graham, "WGXC Afternoon Show" Thursdays with Tom DePietro.
• Amanda Lees, "Love Motel" with Anya Kanevskaya, and "Dim the Lights With Jenny and Amanda" with Jenny Ghetti.
• Maria Manhattan, "The Hudson Cafe."
• Justin Maiman, "Ginger Radio Hour."
• Neva Wartell, "Music for the Masses."

MOST UNPREDICTABLE WGXC HOST
• Selha (CeCe) Graham, "WGXC Afternoon Show" Thursdays with Tom DePietro.
• Ed Mack, "WGXC Afternoon Show" Drive-Time edition with Vern Cross, Kamal Johnson, Jayden Cross, Indya Cross.
• DJ Paddy Boom, "Vinyl Freedom" 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month from noon to 2 p.m.
• Dan Seward, "Battlefield Earth" Tuesdays 10 p.m. to midnight.
• Sam Sebren, "Everything Is Real Radio Hour" Second Sundays of the month, from 6 to 8 p.m.

FORMER WGXC HOST YOU MISS THE MOST
• Effie Asili, "In The Cut"
• Lincoln Mayorga, "Monday Musical Matinee"
• Lunar Moss, "Lunar Moss"
• Karen Schoemer, "The Schoemer Show"
• Ellen Thurston, "WGXC Afternoon Show" Thursdays with Tom DePietro.

BEST WGXC RADIO VOICE THAT IS NOT PHILIP GRANT
• Cheryl K., "The Jazz Disturbance," Sundays 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and "Situation Fluxus" Thursdays at 10 a.m.
• Anya Kanevskaya, "Rock and Roll High School" with Peter McPartland, and "Love Motel" with Amanda Lees.
• Amanda Lees, "Dim the Lights with Jenny and Amanda," and "Love Motel with Anya Kanevskaya.
• Jahnessa Hope Mackey, "Slap of Reality" Sundays 9-11 a.m.
• Maria Manhattan, "The Hudson Cafe"

WGXC SHOW YOU'D MOST LIKE TO BE A GUEST ON
• "Dim the Lights With Jenny and Amanda" hosted by Amanda Lees and Jenny Ghetti.
• "Ginger Radio Hour," hosted by Justin Maiman.
• "The Hudson Cafe" hosted by Maria Manhattan.
• "Mostly Singles," hosted by Michael Wilde.
• "WGXC Afternoon Show" Thursdays with Selha (CeCe) Graham and Tom DePietro.

BEST 2021 ALBUM FROM LOCAL ARTISTS
• Ross Goldstein, "Chutes and Ladders"
• Rodney Alan Greenblat, "2 Just B"
• Jaded Azurites, "Fourthwrite"
• Joe McPhee, "Route 84 Quarantine Blues"
• Rambutan, "Parallel System"

WGXC HOST WHO DID THE MOST TO HELP LOCAL COMMUNITY
• Vern Cross, "WGXC Afternoon Show" Drive-Time edition with Ed Mack, Kamal Johnson, Jayden Cross, Indya Cross.
• Tom DePietro, "WGXC Afternoon Show" Thursdays with Selha (CeCe) Graham.
• Kamal Johnson, "WGXC Afternoon Show" Drive-Time edition with Vern Cross, Ed Mack, Jayden Cross, Indya Cross.
• Tom Roe, "Turn On The News," Thursdays 3 p.m.
• The Rev. Kim L. Singletary, "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" Sundays 8-9 a.m.

PERSON OR ORGANIZATION THAT DID THE MOST FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY IN 2021
• Catskill and Hudson Free Fridges
• Tiffany Garriga
• Hudson Catskill Housing Coalition
• Fred Longberg-Holm
• Little Free Libraries and Susan Simon

MOST WEBSITE PAGE VIEWS 2021
1) "Hudson Valley Word of Mouth," Interviews with folks around the Hudson Valley hosted by Julia Joern.
2) "All Things Cage: Conversations about John Cage" hosted by Laura Kuhn.
3) "Your Voice Touches My String," Music performed solo with one string instrument and/or voice hosted by Mayuko Fujino.
4) "Overlooked," Overlooked and under-heard jazz, improvisational, and other fringe music hosted by Rob Saffer.
5) "Vinyl Freedom," Digging in the Crates hosted by DJ Paddy Boom.

MOST WEBSITE PAGE VIEWS AUDIO FILES 2021
1) Ricardo Iamuuri Robinson: BLACKBODY, WHITE NOISE
2) "Poet Ray'd Yo" Charles Bernstein episode hosted by Christopher Funkhouser.
3) "Office Hours" 2019 project with Food New York.
4) "Hudson Valley Word of Mouth" Kostas Anagnopoulos of Pidgin segment. Interviewed by Julia Joern.
5) Catskill activist Scott Myers discusses the latest news about the Greene County Jail in 2019. Interviewed by Tom Roe.

SPECIAL WGXC VOLUNTEER PROGRAMMER INITIATIVE AWARD
Mayuko Fujino from "Mirage Station" and Nick D'Amore from "Radiant Point" and Jeff Economy from "Snackpoint Charlie" for starting a new music sharing system among programmers.