WMKG (FM)

WMKG (FM) (104.3 FM) is a commercial radio station owned by Audacy, Inc. It is licensed to Charlotte, North Carolina, with its studios being located at One Julian Price Place on West Morehead Street, just west of Uptown Charlotte, and its transmitters are located at Crowders Mountain, 25 miles away from Downtown Charlotte.

As WCR-FM
On February 16, 1949, WCR would launch an FM simulcast known as WCR-FM. Owned by The Charlotte Observer, both stations carried the ABC Radio Network and have a full-service format. In 1955, The Charlotte Observer would be acquired by Knight Newspapers, putting the stations under the company's Knight Radio subsidiary. Although plans to launch a sister TV station by the name of WCR-TV on channel 18 were considered, these plans fell through. In 1968, WCR-AM and WCR-FM would both carry Top 40 formats but this didn't last long.

Due to FCC rules at the time which didn't allow newspapers to own broadcast outlets, Knight Newspapers would sell WCR-AM-FM to SJR Communications in 1971. Following the sale, WCR-FM would flip to an album-oriented rock format branded "WCR FM 104". By 1976, the format had changed to be a mainstream rock format.

The Start of Magic 104.3
On October 5, 1981, WCR-FM would change its call-letters to "WMKG", initially the call letters were gonna be "WMGK", however a station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania already had those call-letters. The station would also switch to an adult contemporary format, and introduced its current branding "Magic 104.3". The first song to play on "Magic 104.3" was "Here I Am" by Air Supply.

In 1982, SJR Communications would sell its Charlotte radio stations to Bahakel Communications (the owners of WCCB-TV; which ironically took the channel 18 spot away from WCR). Bahakel Communications would then sell WCR and WMKG (which was formerly known as WCR-FM) to Sinclair Broadcasting Group in 1988 in order to focus more on their core television assets.

Adult Top 40
On February 28, 1996, following heavy competition with new adult contemporary station WLYT, WMKG would switch to a new format dubbed "Adult contemporary hit radio" later known as Adult Top 40. It was essentially like the regular Top 40 format but adjusted to fit with AC standards, other than that, the station was essentially the same. The last song to play on the station's adult contemporary format was "Let’s Make a Night to Remember" by Bryan Adams, while the first song to play on the Adult Top 40 format was "Change the World" by Eric Clapton.

In 1999, Sinclair Broadcasting would sell its radio assets to Entercom Communications. On June 14, 2007, WMKG-FM would start simulcasting WCR on its HD2 subchannel. In 2022, WMKG and Boston sister station WMJX would change their logos to match with each other.