Crosstown competitor WHBM (now WZDA licensed to Beavercreek) was the first Xenia FM station being founded one year earlier.

Several format changes took place on the station during the 1970s, most noted as contemporary hit-formatted "G-15" using an automation package called "Stereo Rock" produced by Dallas-based TM Productions being used successfully on FM stations at the time (notably the former WPTH-FM in Ft Wayne, WFBQ-FM in Indianapolis and WCIT in Lima).

As a result, WGIC swapped contemporary hits for southern gospel competing with crosstown rival WELX (now WGNZ).

The former WGIC and its news department played a huge role in relaying information and desperately needed help between the listening public and the local residents in the aftermath of an F5 tornado which ravaged the city of Xenia and the neighboring communities of Beavercreek and Wilberforce on April 3, 1974.

In addition to managing the station, Joe is also the current afternoon personality with two programs, Hymns from the Hills and The Banjo Show.