One of the first vertical polarized antennas was installed there along with a transit radio service and multiplex subcarriers. 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. WYZZ was an experimental ground for several developments in the art of FM radio. Every Classical music performance from the New York border to Hazleton was generally broadcast by WYZZ. If the station did not broadcast the local classical organizations live, they recorded them and played them back at a future date. 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. WYZZ was the sixth FM station in the United States to broadcast in stereo. The other half of the day included specialty programming such as a Polka show, Irish music program, a big band show, among others. On Sundays, the station played standards about half the day. The station played Classical music Monday through Saturday 12 p.m. The station played standards from Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m.
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 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. By the 1960s, the station was known as "Whiz Radio" with the call letters WYZZ. The station began operation back in 1946.
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The station is owned by Cumulus Media, through licensee Radio License Holding CBC, LLC, and broadcasts an adult contemporary format. WMGS (92.9 FM, "Magic 93") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
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