station added a program dedicated to the genre on early Sunday mornings. The station also airs urban and crossover pop music throwbacks on Sunday evenings. While based in Washington, WPGC-FM also competes against Baltimore stations WERQ, an Urban One-owned urban contemporary station and WZFT, an iHeartMedia-owned Top 40/CHR station. It is the only Audacy rhythmic/urban in the Eastern United States to use its call letters as a branding on-air (the other two, KSFM in Sacramento and KLUC-FM in Las Vegas, are both in the Western United States). Notable on-air personalities Joe Clair – former morning drive host from 2015 to 2021 Donnie Simpson - former morning drive show host from 1993 to 2010 Big Tigger - former personality that hosted the afternoon drive, nights, and morning drive shows various times throughout the 1990s, 2000s through 2011 Free (rapper) - former morning drive co-host Lil' Mo - former afternoon drive host Christina Kelley - former midday show host throughout most of the 1990s HD Programming HD2: In March 2006, WPGC launched a HD2 subchannel, which featured a format geared to local Hip-Hop and R&B artists under the billing "Crank." However, by September 2011, the format was replaced with a Dance Top 40 format, billed as "Area 955." In 2021, the format would be replaced with a simulcast of sister station WJFK-FM. HD3 had been a simulcast of WJFK (1580 AM). That service was later discontinued. See also WIHT WKYS KMEL WVEE WZMX References External links Urban contemporary radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1958 PGC-FM 1958 establishments in Maryland Audacy, Inc. radio stations