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WGXC "Beakuency" host Mayuko Fujino interview Bill Cook, Claverack-native, Professor Emeritus of ornithology, and curator of the Columbia-Greene Community College Natural History Museum. Cook is not only an expert birder himself but also a huge supporter of the local birder community. He has helped others to become better birders and find careers in the environmental field for nearly 50 years. He shares stories of his birding trips, his work as an ornithologist, and his encounter with “The Feather Thief” as a teacher. On Feb 10, the public is invited to the Museum’s open house. This rare opportunity to view its ornithological collection is organized by the Alan Devoe Bird Club in Columbia County. Chris Franks, the coordinator from the club, joins the conversation to discuss details of the event, the scientific value of the collection and some oddities in the exhibits.

The "WGXC Morning Show" features local news, interviews with community leaders and personalities, a rundown of local and regional events, weather updates, and more about and for the community. The show is a place for a community conversation about issues, with music, and more. Saturday the emphasis is more on radio art, and art on the radio. Unlike shows by individual programmers on the station, the "WGXC Morning Show" is considered partially station-run. Tune in for 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. Gloria and Arielle host the "Las Brujas Bilingues" segment every Monday morning. Philip Grant and Toom Roe bring you the weekly WGXC Congressional Report, with reports about the representatives and candidates of New York's 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st Congressional Districts on Mondays. Interview segments from Justin Maiman from his "Ginger Radio Hour" are often heard on this show, as are movie updates from Jenny Ghetti and Amanda Lees and their "Dim The Lights" program. Tune in for the "Food Segment" from Tepper B.T. on the second Tuesday of the month. "Nature Calls: Conversations from the Hudson Valley" is hosted by Jean Thomas and Tim Kennelty, and produced by the Master Gardeners of the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Greene and Columbia counties with science-based information about gardening and all things nature in New York's Hudson Valley. It airs weekly on Tuesdays here. The Ag Report is produced by Brendan Donegan and airs on the Third Tuesday of the month here. The Month Ahead at Cornell Cooperative Extension with Deven Connolly" previews agriculture-related events there on the fourth Tuesday of the month. There is also The Month Ahead with Chosen Family Zine" from Mike Amari; an event organizer for Opus 40, Basilica, and others; and Liam Singer; the owner of The Avalon Lounge in Catskill, NY and a member of Wave Farm's Board of Directors. Interviews by hosts of the "WGXC Afternoon Show" also get played back here occasionally. 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. The show begins each day with local headlines, weather, and previews of community events. Also tune in for national headlines from the Public News Service on WGXC. Sometimes national, state, or local press conferences, meetings, or events are also broadcast live here. Saturdays the show features weekly episodes of the "I Have Seen Niagara" serial. WGXC is always looking for contributors who have an interesting idea for a recurring segment on either the "WGXC Morning Show" or the "WGXC Afternoon Show." Email your idea to info@wgxc.org.