dottie west

Flip through this list to remember the late Troy Gentry, John Denver, Patsy Cline and more icons who lost their lives in crashes.

May they rest in peace ...

Can you believe they're not in yet?!

Yes, it's cool to be brand new and everything, but it's even MORE cool to be one of the few stations in the US to go almost half a century without changing formats.Who can say THAT?   WGNA went on the air on December 5th, 1973 and still going strong. Now THAT's something to sing about!

As WGNA prepares to celebrate our 40th anniversary, we'd like to share a fun fact about the very first country song ever played on WGNA.

Every Sunday Morning, 6-9am, I host WGNA's Classic Country Hall of Fame Show. As I look through the records and compact discs I use every week, I'm reminded of how many of these great artists are no longer living. With this in mind, I decided to honor 10 singers that left us way too young, and in my opinion, still had some songs to sing!

On December 5, 1973 WGNA played it's very first country song, a tune called "Country Sunshine" from Dottie West.   Since then, we have never stopped playing your favorite Country hits!