[3] It is the radio home for Rutgers University athletic events and Somerset Patriots Minor League Baseball games.
WCTC derives its call sign from the Chanticleer, a flamboyant fighting rooster from the medieval fable Reynard the Fox (Le Roman de Renart).
From the 1960s through the 1980s, it adopted a full service middle of the road (MOR) format featuring local news, talk, sports, and adult popular music.
[7] On February 28, 2011, WCTC changed the format back to talk, launching the local midday show "New Jersey TODAY" from one to three in the afternoon hosted by Bert Baron.
WCTC's former Talk format included "This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal", "Markley, Van Camp & Robbins," Guy Benson, and local host Tommy G. in afternoon drive time.