[citation needed] Strong left-wing sentiments, especially ads for the Washington Free Clinic, caused significant friction between the station's staff and the school's administration.
Timothy Healy, SJ, Georgetown's president, donated the 6,700-watt signal, broadcasting at 90.1 MHz, to the University of the District of Columbia in 1979 for the sum of one dollar.
In 1982, a new student staff founded a new college radio station, as WROX-AM, an album-oriented rock format broadcasting to individual campus buildings over carrier current at 690 AM.
Serving as counterprogramming to the dominant alternative format and giving voice to AOR and World Music, Sunday Night Wavelengths rapidly drew a loyal following, especially in Healy Basement and the dormitories where carrier current transmitters were still functioning.
[2] WGAY first signed on in February 2006, evolving from a Washington, DC "Part 15" (low-power) broadcast radio station, that was founded in 1991.
Hundreds of hours of WGTB were recorded by various listeners, of whom, several have allowed WGAY to borrow and digitally dub these tapes.