WBCX
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| City of license | Gainesville, Georgia |
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| Broadcast area | Atlanta metropolitan area |
| Branding | Eclectic 89.1 |
| Frequency | 89.1 MHz |
| Format | Variety |
| ERP | 840 watts |
| Class | A |
| Callsign meaning | Brenau College EXperiment |
| Owner | Brenau University |
| Website | WBCX at Brenau |
WBCX FM Eclectic 89.1 is the radio station of Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia. It has an effective radiated power of 840 watts and a height above average terrain of 166 meters or 545 feet, and covers Gainesville, northeastern metro Atlanta, as well as North Georgia. Its call sign originally stood for Brenau College Experiment.
Until the current station manager took over four years ago, local programming was minimal, featuring no more than a few hours per week originating with students or with other local sources. The station broadcast a completely automated easy listening format.
WBCX changed its name in 2004 to Eclectic 89.1 to reflect a new focus on diversity and variety. Today WBCX provides a student- and community-oriented alternative to commercial radio, supplying listeners with the widest mix of music and diverse programming in the greater North Georgia area. Currently reaching the potential of over a million listeners from downtown Atlanta into areas of North and South Carolina.
[edit] Station DJs and format
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The Eclectic 89.1 volunteer DJs pride themselves in the fact that they cannot be tied down to any of the demographics that commercial radio seeks to capture. This station likewise does not seek to cater only to youth or alternative college culture, but rather they seek to provide quality radio to people of all ages, tastes, races and cultures simultaneously.
Eclectic 89.1 has ten different formats -- each day has a different format with a different focus. The formats are not based on musical genres (such as rock, jazz or soul), but moods, education, and a sense of quality music that is directly linked to its origins in the jazz continuum of the 20th century, and the Classical continuum of the past six centuries.
The station seeks to build a sense of community through their passion for quality music. The DJs are all volunteers who pick the music they play based on knowledge and passion rather than that which has been selected by corporations, focus groups, charts or trends.
[edit] External links
- WBCX at Brenau
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WBCX
- Radio Locator information on WBCX
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