WMGL is a radio station that plays an urban adult contemporary

Urban Adult Contemporary

Urban adult contemporary is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have rap music on their playlists. The format was designed by Barry Mayo when he, Lee S. Simonson and Bill Pearson organized Broadcast...

 in the Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the...

 area. It is under ownership of Citadel Broadcasting

Citadel Broadcasting

Citadel Broadcasting Corporation was a Las Vegas, Nevada-based broadcast holding company. Citadel owned 243 radio stations across the United States and was the third-largest radio station owner in the country...

.

History

WMGL played smooth jazz

Smooth jazz

Smooth jazz is a genre of music that grew out of jazz fusion and is influenced by R&B, funk, rock, and pop music styles ....

 at one time. Before that it had an urban contemporary

Urban contemporary

Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...

 format with the call letters WLNB.

WMGL was at 101.7 FM until late in 2008, when WKZQ in Myrtle Beach

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Myrtle Beach is a coastal city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is situated on the center of a large and continuous stretch of beach known as the Grand Strand in northeastern South Carolina. It is considered to be a major tourist destination in the...

 (which was also at 101.7 FM), traded frequencies with WAVF

WAVF

WKZQ-FM is an Alternative rock radio station licensed to Forestbrook, South Carolina and serves the Grand Strand area. The NextMedia outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast at 96.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 8,500 watts...

 (which was at 96.1), WMGL was on 101.7 FM. WNKT

WNKT

WNKT is a Sports Talk radio station licensed to Eastover, South Carolina and serves the Columbia, South Carolina market. The Cumulus Media outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast at 107.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 40 kW...

, at 107.5 FM, had moved to Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...

 in 2007, allowing WMGL to move to 107.3.

Citadel Broadcasting sold 11 of its radio stations including WMGL to The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC

The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC

The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC is a privately owned trust company that temporarily owns 6 radio stations previously owned by Citadel Broadcasting...

 in 2007 upon its acquisition of ABC Radio due to ownership limits. However, after WNKT successfully moved out of the Charleston market, Citadel Broadcasting re-purchased WMGL.

Airstaff

• 5:00am-6:00am Reverend Ed McClain
• 6:00-10:00am The Tom Joyner Morning Show
• 10:00am-3:00pm Terry Base
• 3:00pm-7:00pm The Michael Basiden Show
• 7:00pm-12:00am Riecy G

External links

• Magic 107.3 official website