WGWE
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| City | Little Valley, New York |
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| Broadcast area | Western Twin Tiers |
| Branding | Classic Hits 105.9 WGWE |
| Slogan | "The Greatest Hits of All Time" |
| Frequency | 105.9 MHz |
| First air date | February 1, 2010 |
| Format | Full service/Classic Hits |
| ERP | 7,000 watts |
| HAAT | 191 meters |
| Class | B1 |
| Facility ID | 166028 |
| Callsign meaning | "Gwe" translates to "What's up?" in the Seneca language |
| Affiliations |
NBC News Radio United Stations Radio Networks Native Voice 1 |
| Owner |
Seneca Nation of Indians (Seneca Broadcasting LLC) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | WGWEFM.com |
WGWE is an FM radio station licensed to Little Valley, New York. The station, with a tower atop Fourth Street in the village of Little Valley, broadcasts a loosely defined classic hits format on 105.9 MHz and operates under the ownership of the Seneca Nation of Indians.
The Seneca nation had been attempting to enter the radio business for several years prior to WGWE's founding. In the immediate years before acquiring the station, it was applying for noncommercial licenses to operate out of its capital of Irving; mutual exclusivity conflicts with out-of-town religious broadcasters prevented these proposals from reaching the air.
The Seneca nation purchased WGWE's construction permit from Randy Michaels in early 2009 and signed on February 1, 2010. Originally a locally originated automated station for its first several months, the station began broadcasting what is now Cumulus Media Networks' Classic Hits Radio satellite format in late June 2010 in all shifts except weekday mornings and noon; the station disaffiliated from Classic Hits Radio in 2016. Mike "Smitty" Smith, former disc jockey at WPIG and later the Mayor of Salamanca, was the station's first manager, hosting the morning drive time show and noon call-in request hours from studios inside the former Uni-Mart in Salamanca; Smith retired from radio in June 2016. Additional local hosts were added several months later.
Casey Hill and Jesse Garon, both of whom had previously worked with Smitty at WPIG, also held shifts at WGWE for several years before leaving Western New York. (Hill still occasionally appears in guest gigs.) Former KFXM disc jockey "Double-D" Danny Dare also worked at the station for short stints in fall 2014 and in 2015.
As of November 2016, the on-air lineup includes morning host Chris Russell (formerly of WQRS and WMXO), midday host Cindy Scott (also a WMXO alumnus, and previously of WPIG under another alias), afternoon drive host Brett Maybee, and evening/fill-in host Miss B. The syndicated Undercurrents airs in late evenings. Various syndicated programs from M. G. Kelly, Gary Bryan, Dick Bartley and Scott Shannon air weekends.
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