pennsylvania branding magic 93 slogan today s hits and yesterday s favorites frequency 92.9 mhz first air date 1946 format adult contemporary language s english erp 5 300 watts haat 422 meters class b facility id 70880 transmitter coordinates 41 10 56 n 75 52 22 w 41.18222 n 75.87278 w 41.18222 ; 75.87278 nad27 former callsigns wyzz owner cumulus media radio license holding cbc llc sister stations warm am wbhd wbht wbsx wsjr website magic93fm.com wmgs 92.9 fm magic 93 is a commercial fm radio station licensed to serve wilkes barre pennsylvania . the station is owned by cumulus media through licensee radio license holding cbc llc and broadcasts an adult contemporary format . its broadcast tower is located near mountain top at 41 10 56.0 n 75 52 21.0 w 41.182222 n 75.872500 w 41.182222 ; 75.872500 . 1 history edit the station began operation back in 1946 . by the 1960s the station was known as whiz radio with the call letters wyzz . the station had a broad based adult standards format playing music from the 1930s 1940s early 1950s along with non rock and limited amounts of soft rock hits from the late 1950s 1960s and 1970s . core artists included frank sinatra bing crosby neil diamond peggy lee nat king cole ray charles harry james ella fitzgerald barbra streisand softer elvis presley tony bennett tommy dorsey lettermen doris day carpenters jack jones kay starr frankie laine and many more . the station played standards 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. the station played classical music monday through saturday 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. to midnight . on sundays the station played standards about half the day . the other half of the day included specialty programming such as a polka show irish music program a big band show among others . wyzz was the sixth fm station in the united states to broadcast in stereo . during the 1960s it was also one of the first stations to broadcast live stereo remotes the wyoming valley oratorio society and the northeast pa . philharmonic . if the station did not broadcast the local classical organizations live they recorded them and played them back at a future date . every classical music performance from the new york border to hazleton was generally broadcast by wyzz . wyzz was an experimental ground for several developments in the art of fm radio . when originally established in 1946 as wizz it was put on the air with the assistance of major edwin armstrong and it was part of his fm network . one of the first vertical polarized antennas was installed there along with a transit radio service and multiplex subcarriers . in later years the stations experimented with dolby noise reduction and quad broadcasting . it was one of the very few radio stations in the country to use no audio processing during the periods of classical programming rather have competent board operators ride gain . in 1972 during hurricane agnes wyzz was the only wilkes barre area radio station to remain on the air and deliver vital information to the public for several weeks due to its having its own generators and microwave stl and both studio and transmitter located high out of the flood area . the station was owned by dick evans sr. 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 off the air for the last time at 11 59 p.m. on march 12 1985 . wmgs magic 93 signed on the next morning on march 12 at 6 a.m. with an adult contemporary soft rock format . core artists included billy joel beatles wham james taylor phil collins stevie wonder madonna kenny loggins elton john supremes and many more . the station played the best mix of the 1960s 1970s 1980s and a decent amount of current product . in the 1990s artists like hootie & the blowfish janet jackson seal mariah carey celine dion sheryl crow and others were added . the station stayed the course as a mainstream adult contemporary station rather than evolve to hot ac like some stations did . the station remained successful . in 1997 wmgs along with warm was sold to citadel broadcasting . the format continued to not change substantially though the station plays mostly music from 1980 to today at this time . a small amount of music from the late 1960s and 1970s is mixed in . citadel merged with cumulus media on september 16 2011 . 2 references edit fm query results for wgms . fcc.gov . federal communications commission . retrieved 2016 09 24 . cumulus now owns citadel broadcasting . atlanta business journal . september 16 2011 . retrieved september 16 2011 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wmgs radio locator information on wmgs query nielsen audio s fm station database for wmgs v t e radio stations in the scranton wilkes barre market by am frequency 590 630 730 750 800 910 980 1240 1280 1300 1340 1400 1440 1460 1490 1550 1590 1640 by fm frequency 88.1 88.3 88.5 88.9 89.9 90.3 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.9 93.5 93.7 94.3 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.5 97.1 97.9 98.5 99.5 100.1 100.3 100.5 101.3 102.3 102.7 103.1 104.3 104.5 104.9 105.7 105.9 106.1 106.9 107.3 107.7 107.9 noaa weather radio frequency 162.550 by callsign w205ag w235aa w262ai w282bk w291ap warm wazl wbax wbht wbhd wbsx wbwx wbzu wcdl wcig wcin wclh wejl wejl fm wezx wpzx wfte wfuz wggy wgmf wick wilk wilk fm witk wkrf wkrz wkzn wlka wmgs wmqx wpel wpel fm wpnx700 wpsn wqor wrgn wrkc wsbg wsjr wtrw wusr wvia fm wvmw fm wwrr wxl43 wyck wzzh wzmf pennsylvania radio markets allentown bethlehem altoona bradford coudersport chambersburg waynesboro erie harrisburg lebanon carlisle lancaster montrose new castle philadelphia pittsburgh reading sayre towanda mansfield wellsboro wilkes barre scranton williamsport york other pennsylvania radio regions bedford indiana johnstown lewistown 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