89.3 WGSU —
Geneseo’s Voice
of the Valley

Who We Are

First licensed in 1963 — making it the Greater Rochester region’s first FCC-authorized college radio station — WGSU serves the Genesee Valley, including the SUNY Geneseo campus and surrounding Livingston County communities, as a noncommercial educational station. WGSU broadcasts and streams, 24/7, a commercial-free, current-based alt-pop format.

WGSU also airs a variety of non-music programming, including news, public-affairs and sports shows, and is home to Geneseo Ice Knights hockey.

See more About WGSU, how to Contact WGSU and Meet the Staff.

Note: Cover photo, showing WGSU’s Wheatstone/Audioarts R-55e main-studio on-air console, by Rebecca Sisson ’20.

WGSU Unveils Genny Fest ’19 Lineup

Second annual music and food-truck festival, May 3, to feature new and returning music acts

The second annual Genny Fest Music Festival & Food-Truck Frenzy, 4–7 p.m. May 3, will feature music by Los Angeles-based alternative-pop band Madyx (led by singer/songwriter/guitarist Michelle Blanchard). Opening for Madyx will be SUNY Geneseo alumna Allison Leah (Allison Altschiller ’18) — making a return appearance to Genny Fest.

Madyx won a UMA Music award, in 2016, for “Best International Music Video” for the song “Some Kisses.” The band’s latest singles include “Girl Boy,” “Jupiter” and “Where The Wild Things Are.” Other Madyx songs aired by WGSU include “Bad Decisions,” “Only Human” and “I Melt With You” (a remake of a 1982 track by Modern English). Madyx has been described as a blend of Pink and Katy Perry.

New York City-based Allison Leah has been called a “rising star” and garnered other accolades since releasing her debut EP, “Fly Home,” in June. WGSU, in 2017, became the first U.S. radio station to air her music in regular rotation by featuring “A Love Song.” Some of her other songs include “Black and White,” “Colorado” and “Landslide” (a remake of a track originally recorded by Fleetwood Mac).

Genny Fest ’19 will also feature eight food trucks, stand-up comedy and other entertainment — all on SUNY Geneseo’s MacVittie College Union Plaza. Named for WGSU’s “controversial squirrel” mascot, Genny, the festival is free and open to the public. Genny Fest benefits Friends of WGSU (and future Genny Fest music festivals).

WGSU’s Top-Played Albums of 2018

1. Mainland – Villians [EP]
2. Marmozets – Knowing What You Know Now
3. Let’s Eat Grandma – I’m All Ears
4. The Decemberists – I’ll Be Your Girl
5. Wolf Alice – Visions Of A Life
6. Rubblebucket – Sun Machine
7. Superorganism – Superorganism
8. Dear Rouge – Phases
9. Frankie Cosmos – Vessel
10. Lord Huron – Vide Noir
11. Jenn Champion – Single Rider
12. Human Touch – Human Touch [EP]
13. courtship – Denial in Paradise
14. Pearl Charles – Sleepless Dreamer
15. Wye Oak – The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs
16. Various Artists – Made In Australia
17. Wild Moccasins – Look Together
18. The Ramona Flowers – Strangers
19. Rocket 3 – What’s The Frequency
20. Jackknife Stiletto – Chronicles of Jane: Vol. 1 [EP]

WGSU’s Top-Played Songs –
Summer 2018

1. Stick Figure – “World On Fire” (ft. Slightly Stoopid)
2. Courtney Barnett – “City Looks Pretty”
3. Elohim – “Half Love”
4. Jimmy Eat World – “Love Never”
5. The Movement – “Loud Enough”
6. Rocket 3 – “What If”
7. Skating Polly – “Queen For A Day” (ft. Exene Cervenka)
8. Mainland – “Stand By Me”
9. Now, Now – “SGL”
10. Johnny Marr – “Hi Hello”
11. Jack River – “So High”
12. The Faim – “Summer Is A Curse”
13. Petal – “Better Than You”
14. Ament – “The Noise, The Noise”
15. Wye Oak – “Instrument”
16. Dear Rouge – “Live Through The Night”
17. The Ophelias – “Night Signs”
18. Rubblebucket – “Fruity”
19. Matt and Kim – “Glad I Tried” (Isom Innis Remix)
20. Wild Moccasins – “Boyish Wave”

WGSU’s Top-Played Albums of 2017

1. Coucheron – High By The Riverside
2. Oh Wonder – Ultralife
3. The Griswolds – High Times For Low Lives
4. CLAVVS – World Underwater
5. The Preatures – Girlhood
6. Zola Jesus – Okovi
7. HAIM – Something To Tell You
8. Spoon – Hot Thoughts
9. Grouplove – Big Mess
10. RAC – Ego
11. San Fermin – Belong
12. Deerhoof – Mountain Moves
13. Marnie – Strange Words and Weird Wars
14. Phantogram – Three
15. The Mynabirds – Be Here Now [EP]
16. Cults – Offering
17. Rey Pila – Wall of Goth [EP]
18. Coast Modern – Coast Modern
19. SOJA – “Bad News” [Single]
20. Arcade Fire – Everything Now