WGCS

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WGCS

City of license	Goshen, Indiana
Broadcast area	Goshen, Indiana
Branding	91.1 The Globe
Slogan	Your Public Radio Music Station
Frequency	91.1 mHz
First air date	1958
Format	AAA & Americana
ERP	6,000 watts
Class	A
Callsign meaning	Goshen College Station
Owner	Goshen College Broadcasting Corporation
Website	Globe Radio

WGCS, branded as 91.1 The Globe is a college radio station based in Goshen, Indiana.

It is affiliated with Goshen College. WGCS first began broadcasting a classical music format in October of 1958 with limited hours of operation. Over time programming was added that included Spanish language programming (1980) and contemporary folk, bluegrass and Americana. In 2003 WGCS began broadcasting 24 hours a day.

On June 20, 2004, under the management of Jason Samuel, WGCS adopted the moniker "The Globe" and switched to its current format of Americana, Triple A and World Beat music. Since 2003, the station added broadcasts of Goshen College soccer, basketball, softball and baseball. In the late summer of 2005 Penn High School (Mishawaka, Indiana) football was added to the broadcast schedule.

WGCS reports its playlists to the Americana Music Association weekly album chart which is available online and in the industry publication, Radio & Records.