99.5 MAGIC

99.5 MAGIC arrives as typical American commercial radio - engineered for maximum demographic reach and minimum listener friction. The call sign "MAGIC" signals intention immediately: make everything work effortlessly for the broadest possible audience. Music rotates between safe pop, contemporary rock that charted without controversy, R&B that crossed into mainstream acceptance, maybe country during morning drive. At 80kbps the stream compresses aggressively - vocals stay clear, rhythm instruments survive, but nuance disappears. The format accepts this constraint and programs accordingly, avoi…