for the syrian university see wadi international university . wgsu city geneseo new york broadcast area geneseo new york genesee valley slogan geneseo s voice of the valley frequency 89.3 mhz first air date feb. 18 1963 format alternative music erp 1 800 watts haat 3 meters class a callsign meaning w geneseo state university website wgsu.geneseo.edu wgsu is an fm college radio station located at 89.3 mhz and broadcasting from geneseo new york usa . the station is located on the campus of the state university of new york at geneseo . it is managed by the college s department of communication and staffed primarily by students . in the early 1970s wgsu was one of the most progressive radio stations in the country . the radio format brilliantly developed and executed by john davlin was known as a continuum . alumni of this era went on to be music and program directors of commercial stations a tv news anchorman and a manager of a college radio station . after davlin s departure in 1976 wgsu continued to operate with a dedicated staff of student managers and programmers providing the western new york region with an eclectic mix of rock jazz blues world music referred to at the time as ethnic and a smattering of classical music . a typical program during that period could include such diverse artists as pat metheny bruce cockburn karla bonoff clifton chenier thelonious monk gentle giant patti smith . and captain beefheart . wgsu rode the first rumblings of the new wave in the mid 1970s featuring musicians like talking heads elvis costello . and devo before they gained nationwide attention . despite having an antenna measured at only three meters 9.84 feet above surrounding terrain wgsu s signal occasionally reached as far as toronto according to listeners letters . citation needed wgsu is the home of geneseo ice knights hockey broadcasting all of their home and away games . references edit external links edit query the fcc s fm station database for wgsu radio locator information on wgsu query nielsen audio s fm station database for wgsu coordinates 42 47 53 n 77 49 12 w 42.798 n 77.820 w 42.798 ; 77.820 this article about a radio station in new york is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wgsu & oldid 716763382 categories state university of new york radio stationsradio stations in rochester new yorknew york radio station stubshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2008coordinates on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 april 2016 at 18 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view