WGSU-FM (89.3)
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 ’19.
WGSU’s Top-Played Albums of 2022
- Hatchie – Giving The World Away
- Beach House – Once Twice Melody
- The War on Drugs – I Don’t Live Here Anymore
- The Birthday Massacre – Fascination
- Test Subjects – Study
- Let’s Eat Grandma – Two Ribbons
- Dear Rouge – Spirit
- Alice Glass – PREY//IV
- Allison Leah – the weight of my heart [EP]
- Guerilla Toss – Famously Alive
- Charlotte Sands – Love And Other Lies [EP]
- Flock of Dimes – “Pure Love” [Single]
- MNDR – Hell To Be You Baby
- Mallrat – Butterfly Blue
- Julien Baker – Little Oblivions (Remixes) [EP]
- Francis of Delirium – The Funhouse [EP]
- Nisa – Time To Plant Tears
- The Man Who – Uncaged [EP]
- Foals – Life Is Yours
- Röyksopp – Profound Mysteries
WGSU’s Top-Played Songs –
Summer 2022
- Beach House – “Runaway”
- Flock of Dimes – “Pure Love”
- Francis of Delirium – “The Funhouse”
- Joy Downer – “Chain Reaction” (ft. Beck)
- Uffie – “a month of mondays” (ft. NNADMÏ)
- Röyksopp – “Breathe” (ft. Astrid S)
- Mallrat – “Your Love”
- Eliza & The Delusionals – “Save Me”
- Lizzy McAlpine – “All My Ghosts”
- Florence + The Machine – “My Love”
- The Man Who – “Money”
- Bob Moses – “Love Brand New”
- Milky Chance – “Synchronize”
- Charlotte Sands – “Keep Me Up All Night”
- Allison Leah – “Sorry For Myself”
- Pussy Riot – “Punish”
- Mitski – “The Only Heartbreaker”
- Joywave – “Cyn City 2000”
- Avril Lavigne – “Love It When You Hate Me” (ft. Blackbear)
- Twin River – “Over And Over”
WGSU’s Top-Played Albums of 2021
- Pale Waves – Who Am I?
- Chvrches – Screen Violence
- Teenage Wrist – Earth Is A Black Hole
- Good Boy Daisy – “Never Learn” (ft. The Wrecks) [Single]
- Tiarra Girls – “Can’t Stop The World” [Single]
- Sports – Get A Good Look Pt. 1
- Babe Club – Remember This Feeling [EP]
- Multimagic – Manic Daze
- Gwyn Love – At First Blush
- Alaska Reid – Big Bunny [EP]
- Slow Magic – It’s the End of the World, But It’s OK
- SUPER-Hi + Neeka – “Following The Sun” [Single]
- Mise En Scene – Winnipeg, California
- 408 + The Things We Were – Watch It Burn (Live and Learn)
- Tia Gostelow – Chrysalis
- Ghoul Talk – Magician [EP]
- Union of Knives – Endless from the Start
- Sylvan Esso – Free Love
- Chuck Is A Band – Tender Kid [EP]
- FXRRVST – Dear Friend; Pt. 1 & 2
WGSU’s Top-Played Songs –
Summer 2021
- Manchester Orchestra – “Annie”
- SUPER-Hi + Neeka – “Following The Sun”
- Babe Club – “Together”
- Good Boy Daisy – “Never Learn” (ft. The Wrecks)
- Tiarra Girls – “Can’t Stop The World”
- Alaska Reid – “Big Bunny”
- Sports – “The Look”
- 408 + The Things We Were – “Watch It Burn (Live and Learn)”
- Slow Magic – “Carry On” (ft. Paperwhite)
- Half Waif – “Swimmer”
- Paragon Cause – “Think I'm Going Crazy Over You (Jupiter Mix)”
- The Haunt – “Love You Better”
- Glades – “Enemy”
- Dreamers – “Palm Reader” (ft. Big Boi x UPSAHL)
- Japanese Breakfast – “Be Sweet”
- Warren Dunes – “Fishbowl”
- AKA AKA – “No Place To Cry”
- Mise En Scene – “Angel”
- Chvrches – “He Said She Said”
- Dreamers Delight – “The Journey” (ft. Maylyn)
WGSU’s Top-Played Albums of 2020
- Overcoats – The Fight
- Grimes – Miss Anthropocene
- Various Artists – The Turning Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Purity Ring – Womb
- flor – ley lines
- Wilsen – Ruiner
- TOPS – I Feel Alive
- Soccer Mommy – Color Theory
- San Cisco – Between You and Me
- Jack River – Stranger Heart [EP]
- Annie Hamilton – Annie Hamilton [EP]
- The Aces – Under My Influence
- Eliza & The Delusionals – A State of Living In An Objective Reality
- Empress Of – I’m Your Empress Of
- Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
- Caribou – Suddenly
- Austra – HiRUDiN
- Paragon Cause – What We Started
- Mirabelle – Late Bloomer
- Elohim – The Group Therapy Tour
WGSU’s Top-Played Songs –
Summer 2020
- Mollono.Bass – “No Silence” (ft. Kuoko)
- Eliza & The Delusionals – “Swimming Pool”
- Annie Hamilton – “Panic”
- St. South – “Growing Up”
- TOPS – “Colder & Closer”
- COIN – “Into My Arms”
- Vanessa Carlton – “Salesman”
- Soccer Mommy – “Circle The Drain”
- Elizabeth Fader – “Encore”
- Paragon Cause – “Lost Cause”
- San Cisco – “Reasons”
- Austra – “How Did You Know?”
- Phoebe Bridgers – “Kyoto”
- Elohim – “Group Therapy”
- The Aces – “Daydream”
- Love Fame Tragedy – “Multiply” (ft. Jack River)
- Empress Of – “Love Is A Drug”
- Caribou – “Never Come Back”
- Neon Trees – “New Best Friend”
- Winnetka Bowling League – “CVS”
WGSU’s Top-Played Albums of 2019
- Grimes – Miss Anthropocene [Advance Tracks]
- Mallrat – In the Sky [EP]
- Maggie Rogers – Heard It In A Past Life
- Ladytron – Ladytron
- pronoun – I’ll Show You Stronger
- Liam Gallagher – Why Me? Why Not
- Middle Kids – New Songs For Old Problems [EP]
- Metric – Art Of Doubt
- Moving Panoramas – In Two
- Sacred Paws – Run Around The Sun
- Catfish and The Bottlemen – The Balance
- Boy & Bear – Suck On Light
- Big Gigantic – “You're The One” (ft. Nevve) [Single]
- Pale Waves – My Mind Makes Noises
- Lily & Madeleine – Canterbury Girls
- Judah & The Lion – Pep Talks
- Bleached – Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough?
- Ex Hex – It’s Real
- Miss June – Bad Luck Party
- Transviolet – Valley [EP]
WGSU’s Top-Played Songs –
Summer 2019
- pronoun – “The Pieces Of You”
- Lorelei Marcell – “Losing Myself”
- MEMBA – “Walls Down” (ft. Evan Giia)
- The Beaches – “Desdemona”
- Unlike Pluto – “Riptide”
- Middle Kids – “Real Thing”
- Alex Lahey – “Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself”
- Liam Gallagher – “Shockwave”
- Madeon – “All My Friends”
- Geowulf – “I See Red”
- Courtney Barnett – “Everybody Here Hates You”
- Miss June – “Best Girl”
- Rose of the West – “Roads”
- Metric – “Risk” (Big Data Remix)
- Bear Hands – “Back Seat Driver (Spirit Guide)”
- Boy & Bear – “Hold Your Nerve”
- The Lumineers – “Gloria”
- Big Gigantic – “You’re The One” (ft. Nevve)
- Delerium – “Silence” (ft. Sarah McLachlan)
- Diane Coffee – “Like A Child Does”
WGSU’s Top-Played Albums of 2018
- Mainland – Villians [EP]
- Marmozets – Knowing What You Know Now
- Let’s Eat Grandma – I’m All Ears
- The Decemberists – I’ll Be Your Girl
- Wolf Alice – Visions Of A Life
- Rubblebucket – Sun Machine
- Superorganism – Superorganism
- Dear Rouge – Phases
- Frankie Cosmos – Vessel
- Lord Huron – Vide Noir
- Jenn Champion – Single Rider
- Human Touch – Human Touch [EP]
- courtship – Denial in Paradise
- Pearl Charles – Sleepless Dreamer
- Wye Oak – The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs
- Various Artists – Made In Australia
- Wild Moccasins – Look Together
- The Ramona Flowers – Strangers
- Rocket 3 – What’s The Frequency
- Jackknife Stiletto – Chronicles of Jane: Vol. 1 [EP]
WGSU’s Top-Played Songs –
Summer 2018
- Stick Figure – “World On Fire” (ft. Slightly Stoopid)
- Courtney Barnett – “City Looks Pretty”
- Elohim – “Half Love”
- Jimmy Eat World – “Love Never”
- The Movement – “Loud Enough”
- Rocket 3 – “What If”
- Skating Polly – “Queen For A Day” (ft. Exene Cervenka)
- Mainland – “Stand By Me”
- Now, Now – “SGL”
- Johnny Marr – “Hi Hello”
- Jack River – “So High”
- The Faim – “Summer Is A Curse”
- Petal – “Better Than You”
- Ament – “The Noise, The Noise”
- Wye Oak – “Instrument”
- Dear Rouge – “Live Through The Night”
- The Ophelias – “Night Signs”
- Rubblebucket – “Fruity”
- Matt and Kim – “Glad I Tried” (Isom Innis Remix)
- Wild Moccasins – “Boyish Wave”
WGSU’s Top-Played Albums of 2017
- Coucheron – High By The Riverside
- Oh Wonder – Ultralife
- The Griswolds – High Times For Low Lives
- CLAVVS – World Underwater
- The Preatures – Girlhood
- Zola Jesus – Okovi
- HAIM – Something To Tell You
- Spoon – Hot Thoughts
- Grouplove – Big Mess
- RAC – Ego
- San Fermin – Belong
- Deerhoof – Mountain Moves
- Marnie – Strange Words and Weird Wars
- Phantogram – Three
- The Mynabirds – Be Here Now [EP]
- Cults – Offering
- Rey Pila – Wall of Goth [EP]
- Coast Modern – Coast Modern
- SOJA – “Bad News” [Single]
- Arcade Fire – Everything Now