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Coordinates: 41°10′56.3″N 75°52′20.7″W / 41.182306°N 75.872417°W / 41.182306; -75.872417 (WMGS)
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WMGS
FCC
Facility ID70880
ClassB
ERP5,300 watts
HAAT422 meters (1,385 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°10′56.3″N 75°52′20.7″W / 41.182306°N 75.872417°W / 41.182306; -75.872417 (WMGS)
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Websitewww.magic93fm.com

WMGS (92.9

adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music
for part of November and December. The studios and offices are on Baltimore Drive in Wilkes-Barre.

WMGS is a

Class B station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 5,400 watts.[2] The transmitter tower is atop Penobscot Knob near Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, at (41°10′56.0″N 75°52′21.0″W / 41.182222°N 75.872500°W / 41.182222; -75.872500).[3]

History

WYZZ

The station

Northeast Pennsylvania.[4] (WKRZ, then WBRE-FM, got its start in 1947 and WGGY, then WGBI-FM, in 1948.) The original call sign
on 92.9 was WIZZ, but those call letters switched to WYZZ a short time later. It was owned by Dick Evans, Sr., with the license held by the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Pittston Broadcasting Company. The studios were at 225 South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre.

By the 1960s, the station was known as "Whiz Radio". It had a broad based

Jack Jones, Kay Starr and Frankie Laine
. The station aired this format from Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m., 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., and from midnight to 6 a.m. It switched to
Big Band
show.

WYZZ was the sixth FM station in the United States to broadcast in

quadraphonic stereo
broadcasting. During its classical programming, it turned off all processing, instead using competent board operators to ride gain.

In 1972, during Hurricane Agnes, WYZZ was the only Northeast Pennsylvania radio station to remain on the air and deliver vital information to the public, thanks to having its own generators and microwave STL, with both its studio and transmitter located high out of the flood area.

WMGS

The station was sold to

Susquehanna Broadcasting the spring of 1985. The sale only included the transmitter and license. The building, music library, and licensing rights to the "Whiz Radio" unit were retained by Dick Evans Sr. The station went silent
at 11:59 p.m. on March 12, 1985, as the ownership changed.

WMGS Magic 93 debuted the next morning on March 12 at 6 a.m. It began playing

Hootie & The Blowfish, Janet Jackson, Lionel Richie, Celine Dion and Sheryl Crow
were added. The station targeted adult women, especially at work.

In 1997, WMGS, and sister station WARM 590 AM were sold to Citadel Broadcasting. Magic 93's AC format continued, though the station updated its playlist to titles from 1980 to the current day, with an occasional 1970s hit. Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WMGS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WMGS
  3. ^ "FM Query Results for WGMS". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  4. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 265. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  5. ^ "Cumulus now owns Citadel Broadcasting". Atlanta Business Journal. September 16, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.

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