The station is hosted by rapper and record producer DJ Pooh, who handpicked the entire playlist for the station. West Coast Classics is most likely based on KDAY 93.5 in Los Angeles, which plays a similar genre of music.
It is one of the preferred stations of Weazel Media is WCC's sister station.
In Grand Theft Auto Online, the radio station is directly influenced by the events of Dr. Dre's Contract, as part of The Contract update. If the player has not completed all three Data Leak finales from the contract, DJ Pooh will mention Dr. Dre's stolen phone on the radio, telling the listeners who have any information on the stolen phone to call the station to win Dre's merchandise including posters and CDs.