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In the second hour of the broadcast, host Tom Roe will get a COVID-19 update from Jack Mabb, Columbia County's Director of Public Health. Mabb is expected to talk about the local impact of the Delta variant, ongoing preparations for the new school year, booster shots, and more. In the first hour, Prof. Bob Howarth of Cornell, a member of NYS Climate Action Council, has co-authored a study with Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson on the climate impact of "blue hydrogen" which utilizes carbon capture technology to reduce emissions. Yet due to the potent impact of methane and natural gas, the negative climate footprint is quite high. He talks ith Mark Dunlea from WOOC. Also, the Green New Deal Network organized rallies across NY and nationally on August 19 at Congressional offices in support of SealTheDeal, including at Rep. Antonio Delgado's office in Kingston. The groups support the passage of the $3.5 trillion social and climate justice stimulus recently approved by the US Senate. Mark Dunlea talks with Xaver Kandler of NY Renews.

The WGXC Morning Show is a radio magazine show featuring local news, interviews with community leaders and personalities, reports on cultural issues, a rundown of public meetings and local and regional events, with weather updates, and more about and for the community, made mostly through volunteers in the community through WGXC. The Catskill Makers Syndicate produce the "Better Weather" for the show. Rob Gelles produces the Columbia County history segment "Rob Around The County" and "This Month in History" for the show. Julia Joern produced the "Hudson Valley Word of Mouth" interview segment each week. The "WGXC Congressional Report" also airs here. Some reports come from our partner station, WOOC-LP in Troy, out of The Sanctuary for Independent Media. Tom Roe also cuts up local and national news with songs and sounds for the show. At 9 a.m. "The WGXC Daily," with local headlines, weather, and previews of community events, airs. At 10 a.m., national headlines from Public News Service are on WGXC. Sometimes national, state, or local press conferences, meetings, or events are broadcast live here.