WCGC
| City | Belmont, North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Charlotte |
| Slogan | Heaven Radio |
| Frequency | 1270 kHz |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Power | 10,000 Watts day 500 Watts night |
| Class | B |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°15′05″N 81°03′26″W / 35.25139°N 81.05722°W |
| Owner | WHVN Inc. |
| Sister stations | WHVN, WAVO, WTIX, WOLS |
WCGC (1270 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Belmont, North Carolina, USA, it serves the Charlotte/Gastonia area. The station is currently owned by WHVN Inc. The station is simulcast onto WHVN at 1240 AM.
WCGC was started by Mr. Robert Richard Hilker. The 5000 watt radio station was put on the air with a transmitter he built from a Heathkit model. He started and applied to the FCC for licensing of the radio station. Mr Hilker owned WCGC and with that built Suburban Radio Group which owned and operated 11 AM and FM radio stations and also put on two television stations; WJZY in Charlotte and another in Morehead City. At the time of Mr. Hilker's death the radio station was still using the transmitter he built as a backup for the now computerized WCGC. Born in Winston-Salem, he served in the U.S. Navy and established Cablevision Companies in Gaston County and the Lake Norman area as well at Charlotte television station WJZY-TV. He was past Chairman of the National Association of Broadcasters Radio Board, served on the boards of numerous national broadcasting associations and civic organizations and was inducted into the N.C. Broadcasters Hall of Fame
Ebb Gantt, who played football for Belmont High School and Belmont Abbey College, later became the radio voice for both teams (the high school later consolidated with Cramerton High to form South Point High School, whose games Gantt and WCGC carried) as well as Davidson College, during his years as a WCGC sportscaster, beginning in the late 1950s. Gantt became the station's general manager and retired in 1980.
Screenwriter and filmmaker Richard O'Sullivan worked as an on-air personality at WCGC in the late eighties.
Jack LaFaivre, who went on to jobs at WXII and WSJS in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, worked at WCGC after graduating from Belmont Abbey.
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