1980s - Early programming and "The Battle of the Radios" trend
The station began its regular operations on February 14, 1986, under the ownership of the CDC Radio Network, Inc., and broadcasting from the now-demolished Philippine Communications Center building in Pasig City, starting with a 10 on-air crew led by Bernie Buenaseda, known on-air as "Burning Bernie". It became a witness to history unfolding before the Filipinos as the station was also started 11 days before the late Corazon "Cory" Aquino became president and 7 months exactly before ABS-CBN was reopened. At that time, DWTM operated 21 hours a day, starting its broadcast day at 5 am until signing off the following morning at 2 am. Between 1988 and 1989, the station started broadcasting 24 hours a day, which turned out to be a huge success. "The Battle of the Radios" during that era, was supported by a wide variety of spoofs and gimmicks not to mention sidekicks, which made broadcasting ultra-creative as compared to that done with the digital technology of today.
2000s - ''Good Times'' and ''Boys Night Out'' popularity
Since its inception, the station started a trend on FM radio of making Fridays nostalgia days with the Friday Magic Madness program, that plays music from the 1980s hit music all day. On the other hand, weekend program Saturday Slam plays the 1990s music. Mo Twister, after four years in hiatus, returned to Magic 89.9, with Good Times With Mo. He returned again in February 2006 with Good Times With Mo, along with Mojo Jojo, then a late night show. In June 2006, it was transferred to the morning slot with a third co-host, Andi. She, however resigned in February 2007, and was replaced by Maui Taylor. Maui retired on May 30, 2007, so Andi9 returned in June 2007, only to leave again in November 2007. The third co-host was Noelle Bonus. On July 17, 2007, The Magic website was in operation once more to serve the net surfing Magic 89.9 listeners here and especially abroad. Recent additions to the Magic list of programs include the American Top 40 which is hosted by American Idol presenter and American radio and TV personalityRyan Seacrest, as well as BigFish Radio hosted by Johnboy Lee of BigFish Manila every Saturday nights which features exclusive programs by international club DJs such as Paul Van Dyk, David Guetta, Armin van Buuren and others.
2010s - The Magic's 30th Anniversary Celebration
In January 2014, Mo Twister returns on his morning show Good Times with his new co-host Sam Oh and Filipino-Canadian internet sensationMikey Bustos. Friday Madness and Saturday Slam introduced their new and improved playlist, Friday Madness includes the early 90s music, while Saturday Slam includes the early 2000s music. On May 31, 2014, the station brought back its Saturday night club/party timeslot with the debut of Saturday Night Takeover mixed by the country's popular club/EDM DJs such as Ace Ramos, Mars Miranda, Marc Marasigan, Deuce Manila, Katsy Lee, Travis Monsod, Ron Poe among others. After 27 years of Lovenotes absence on the station, the said show returned on November 6, 2015 and it is the same timeslot as the way it is. On December 26, 2015, Saturday Slam aired the last program date. This was because they had to make way for the adjustment due to the fact that it will revert the Saturday schedule to its original schedule from the station's first broadcast until the very early 2000s. The Sunday schedule was later merged with the regular Saturday schedule, which became Super Hit Weekend timeslot that plays the hits from 10 years before the current year up to the present. On February 28, 2016, The Magic celebrated its 30th anniversary into the airwaves, and a lot of major changes in the programming happened. The station brought back its usual Sunday night slow jam program Sunday Slowdown, after a decade of being replaced by another re-titled program Slow Flow, and later, Nothing Noisy. On the other hand, the station begins to change the timeframe of Friday Madness from the 1980s to its two decades as the current timeframe for the program. In November the same year, the station held its 30th anniversary concert featuring OPM icons Ely Buendia and Rico Blanco at Eastwood City. In July 2017, Delamar Arias from Monster RX 93.1 joined the station, Andi Manzano also returned and co-host the weekly family-oriented program The Mother Show along with Rikiflo. As of 2018, Andrew Santiago is the current station manager.
