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{{Short description|Mainstream urban radio station in Morningside, Maryland, serving Washington, DC}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox radio station | logo = WPGC-FM logo.png | logo_size = 150px | name = WPGC-FM | city = [[Morningside, Maryland]] | country = US | area = [[Washington metropolitan area]] | branding = WPGC 95.5 | frequency = {{frequency|95.5|[[MHz]]}} {{HD Radio}} | airdate = {{start date and age|1948|1|18|p=fy}} | language = [[American English|English]] | format = [[Urban contemporary]] | subchannels = HD2: [[WJFK-FM]] simulcast | erp = {{val|50000|u=[[watt]]s|fmt=commas}} | haat = {{convert|148|m|ft|sp=us}} | class = B | licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] | facility_id = 26832 | callsign_meaning = [[Prince George's County]] | former_callsigns = {{ubl|WBUZ (1948β1956)|WRNC (1956β1958)|WPGC-FM (1958β1985)|WCLY (1985β1987)<ref name="HC">{{cite web|title=FCC History Card for WPGC-FM|url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=82534}}</ref>}} | former_frequencies = 96.7 MHz (1948β1954)<ref name="HC" /> | owner = [[Audacy, Inc.]] | licensee = Audacy License, LLC | sister_stations = {{hlist|[[WDCH-FM]]|[[WIAD]]|[[WJFK (AM)|WJFK]]|[[WJFK-FM]]|[[WLZL]]|[[WTEM]]}} | webcast = {{Audacy.com|wpgc}} | website = {{URL|https://www.audacy.com/wpgc}} | coordinates = {{coord|38.864|N|76.911|W|type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC}} }} '''WPGC-FM''' (95.5 [[MHz]]) is a [[commercial broadcasting|commercial]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Morningside, Maryland]], and serving the [[Washington metropolitan area]]. It is owned by [[Audacy, Inc.]], and airs an [[urban contemporary]] format. WPGC-FM has [[radio studio|studio]]s in the [[Navy Yard (Washington, D.C.)|Navy Yard neighborhood]] of [[Southeast D.C.]], with its [[transmitter]] located off Walker Mill Road at Tanow Place in [[Capitol Heights, Maryland]].<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=WpgC&nav=home Radio-Locator.com/WPGC-FM]</ref> In 2005, WPGC began broadcasting in [[IBOC]] [[digital radio]], using the [[HD Radio]] system from [[iBiquity]]. The HD-2 [[digital subchannel]] carries a simulcast of [[WJFK-FM]].
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