WMGF is the callsign of Magic 107.7, a Soft AC FM radio station serving the Orlando, Florida, market. Licensed to Mount Dora, it is owned by Clear Channel Communications, and operates out of Clear Channel's Orlando offices in Maitland. It is broadcast at the FM frequency of 107.7 MHz, with a power of 96 kW from a transmitter in Orange City, Florida. As of June 2007, WMGF is broadcasting in HD Radio.
On January 25, 2008, it was announced that WMGF-FM is one of several Clear Channel radio stations to be sold, in order to remain under the ownership caps following the sale of Clear Channel to private investors. Until it is sold, WMGF-FM and other stations to be sold will be placed into the Aloha Stations Trust. ([1], [2])
Magic 107.7 is an affiliate of the Delilah After Dark and John Tesh programs. The station is best known for playing Christmas holiday music from Thanksgiving Day through Christmas Day.
[edit] History
The frequency used to be occupied in Orlando from 1967 to 1981 by WORJ (an album rock station known in the late 1970s as "Zeta 7") and then from 1981 to 1990 by WJYO-FM "Joy 108", which was also a Soft AC station. WMGF was established in 1990. WJYO is now operated as a Christian rock station in Fort Myers, Florida at the 91.5 FM frequency.
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