WGXC first went on the air Feb. 26, 2011. Today marks a decade of broadcasting 3,300 watts of community voices to the residents of the Upper Hudson Valley. To celebrate, WGXC is hosting an awards show from 7-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26. Current volunteer programmers voted, and below the top five vote-getters are listed in alphabetical order with the winners in bold. At 7 p.m. tonight, the winners will be announced live on 90.7-FM and wgxc.org during the two-hour awards ceremony.

THE NOMINEES
(Winners in bold.)

BEST LOCAL ALBUM FROM 2020
• Ross Goldstein, "Timoka"
• Jen Kutler, "Disembodied"
• The Magnetic Fields, "Quickies"
• Sky Furrows, "Sky Furrows"
• Amy Rigby and Wreckless Eric, "Vote the F--ker Out" single

BEST WGXC MORNING SHOW OR WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW
• "Drive Time" edition (Wednesday) of the "WGXC Afternoon Show"
• "Li Le, Li Tan" edition (Sunday) of the "WGXC Afternoon Show"
• Thursday edition of the "WGXC Afternoon Show"
• Tuesday edition of the "WGXC Afternoon Show"
• Wednesday edition of the "WGXC Morning Show"

BEST MUSIC PROGRAMMER
• Peter McPartland and Anya Kanevskaya, "Rock and Roll High School"
• Cheryl K. of "The Jazz Disturbance"
• Maria Manhattan, "The Hudson Café"
• Spike Priggen of "The Bedazzled Radio Hour"
• Alan Skerrett, "Crossroads in Rhythm"

FAVORITE SHOW/SEGMENT YOU NEVER WANT TO MISS
• "All Together Now!" Mon-Sat, 7 a.m., and Mon-Thu,, Sat., 6 p.m.
• "Clubhouse Radio" Fridays live at 6 p.m., and replayed 4 a.m. Saturdays, and 10 a.m. Sundays
• "Drive Time" edition of "WGXC Afternoon Show" Wednesdays, 4-6 p.m.
• "Donald Drumpf Theatre" does not air anymore
• "Li Le, Li Tan" edition (Sunday) of the "WGXC Afternoon Show" Sundays, 4-6 p.m.

WGXC PROGRAMMER YOU MOST WANT TO HANG OUT WITH
• Phil Grant, WGXC newscaster (tie)
• Cheryl K., "The Jazz Disturbance"
• Maria Manhattan, "The Hudson Café"
• The Magic Stranger, "The Magic Stranger Show"
• Alan Skerrett, "Crossroads in Rhythm"
• Neva Wartell, "Music for the Masses"

FAVORITE PAST SHOW OR PROGRAMMER ON WGXC
(Host is no longer on 90.7-FM)

• "The Bangla Show" from Hosneara Kader
• "Lunar Moss" from Lunar Moss
• "Monday Musical Matinee" from Lincoln Mayorga
• "The Schoemer Show" from Karen Schoemer
• "WGXC Afternoon Show" Thursday edition with Ellen Thurston

MOST UNPREDICTABLE HOST ON WGXC
• Vern Cross, "Drive Time" Wednesday edition of "WGXC Afternoon Show"
• Tom DePietro, Thursday edition of "WGXC Afternoon Show"
• CeCe Graham, Thursday edition of "WGXC Afternoon Show"
• Kamal Johnson, "Drive Time" Wednesday edition of "WGXC Afternoon Show"
• Dan Seward, "Battlefield Earth"

BEST WGXC INTERVIEWER
• Vern Cross, "Drive Time" Wednesday edition of "WGXC Afternoon Show"
• Tom DePietro, Thursday edition of "WGXC Afternoon Show"
• Jeff Economy, "Snackpoint Charlie"
• Cheryl K., "The Jazz Disturbance"
• Ed Mack, "Drive Time" Wednesday edition of "WGXC Afternoon Show"
• Tom Roe, "WGXC Morning Show"
• The Rev. Kim SIngletary, Tuesday edition of "WGXC Afternoon Show"

SECOND FAVORITE LOCAL RADIO STATION
• Radio Kingston
• Radio Woodstock
• WAMC
• WMHT
• WOOC

FAVORITE LOCAL DJ ON ANOTHER LOCAL RADIO STATION
• Peter Aaron, "Go Go Kitty" on Radio Kingston and simulcast on WGXC
• Ida Hakkila, "The Heavy Light Show" on Radio Kingston

LOCAL ORGANIZATION THAT DID THE MOST DURING THE PANDEMIC
• Catskill Mutual Aid
• Hudson Youth Department
• Liam Singer, for work with making masks in Catskill
• Sarah Van Buren, for email list
• WGXC

MOST CREATIVE SHOW ON WGXC
• "Battlefield Earth" from Dan Seward
• "Donald Drumpf Theatre" from Tom Roe
• "Rancho Thatchmo" from Thatcher Keats (tie)
• "There, There" from Alanna Medlock
• "Thingularity" from Catskill Makers Syndicate

BEST NEWS OR CULTURAL SHOW
• "All Together Now!" from multiple contributors
• "Clubhouse Radio" from Catskill teenagers
• "Drive Time" Wednesday edition of "WGXC Afternoon Show"
• "Donald Drumpf Theatre" from Tom Roe
• "Li Le, Li Tan" edition (Sunday) of the "WGXC Afternoon Show"

BEST MUSIC SHOW
• "Algorithm as Ritual" from Patrick Quinn
• "The Hudson Café" from Maria Manhattan
• "The Jazz Disturbance" from Cheryl K.
• "The Magic Stranger Show" from The Magic Stranger
• "Rock and Roll High School" from Peter McPartland and Anya Kanevskaya

MOST NOMINATIONS
• FIVE (tie) Vern Cross, Cheryl K
• FOUR (tie) Kamal Johnson, Ed Mack, Tom Roe
• THREE (tie) Azouke Legba, Maria Manhattan, Carline Murphy


Name the most remarkable on-air moment you heard on WGXC in 2020.

There were many different answers for this question, though, in a broad sense, “the coverage of local and national affairs and local COVID-19 coverage” was noted most often.

Some remembered specific radio moments such as: “A caller called the show to pass along a message over to a listener from a different location.”

And: “Loved every time a show was broadcast live from the street—especially outside the Rolling Grocer over the summer!”

Some folks fondly recalled the mistakes such as hearing “The Jazz Disturbance playing Albert Ayler while Christian radio was interfering with the airwaves/transmission with a sermon... excellent juxtaposition!”

And the election was mentioned frequently, such as: “The day after Election Day, when the votes were still being counted, and Tom Roe was super sleepy and very funny!”

Several programmers mentioned WGXC’s coverage of rallies and protests last summer such as, “The hate spewed during the Greenville BLM rally.”

And others remembered the town hall meetings we streamed, specifically the moment when former mayor Rick Rector called the current Hudson mayor stupid.

But the Winner, mentioned by programmers most often was the Drive Time Afternoon Show early on in the pandemic with a woman from Detroit that had contracted COVID.