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. References External links MGS Cumulus Media radio stations Radio stations established in 1946 1946 establishments in Pennsylvania