A daily look into one of the world's largest collections of radio station bumper stickers and memorabilia.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
WMPS
Prior to this they were a Top-40 station whose alumni included Rick Dees. Dees pioneered the radio morning show with its mix of music, news, talk and comedy with his "Cast of Idiots." In 1976, his awful song "Disco Duck" hit #1 and sold more than six million copies although he wasn't allowed to play it on his own show due to a "conflict of interest." Dees soon bailed to crosstown rival WHBQ before hitting the road to Los Angeles and a 22 year run at KIIS-FM.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Radio Sticker of the Day Mailbag - CKAC
730 AM CKAC became the first French-language radio station in the world when it went on the air in 1922. Since 2007 they had been a Sports station but switched to a Traffic Information format known as "Radio Circulation" in September, 2011.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Radio Sticker of the Day Mailbag - KWLE
My favorite of the bunch is from AM 1340 KWLE. "The Whale" is an Adult Contemporary station licensed to Anacortes, Washington.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
WMPI
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
WHJT
"Star 93.5" WHJT is a Contemporary Christian station licensed to Clinton, Mississippi. They are owned and operated by Mississippi College.
Monday, December 26, 2011
WECI
WECI is a 400-watt, student and community-run station from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana.
Wash off that Clear Channel smell with this handy bar of WECI soap.
Vintage radio sticker alert at 1:28 of this video.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Merry Christmas!!
From 1984, one of my favorite new-waveish Christmas tunes.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
WFMU
A couple more stickers from the longest-running Freeform station in the United States. 91.1 WFMU is licensed to East Orange, New Jersey. Their WMFU repeater station at 90.1 FM is licensed to Mount Hope, New York.
A sheet of temporary tattoos that were purchased from Crapola Central, where you can buy a variety of logoed station stuff including stickers, shirts, magnets and even loaded dice.
WFMU's always-interesting blog can be found here.
Friday, December 23, 2011
WBNC
Thursday, December 22, 2011
KSTP-FM
"KS95" KSTP is a Hot Adult Contemporary station licensed to St. Paul, Minnesota.
This bumper sticker is circa 1991.
1992
1994
A Moon & Stacy mood magnet.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Radio Sticker of the Day Mailbag
I could find no information about Radio Internacional other than that it is/was from Venezuela. Maybe the person who sent it could offer some background about this station?
Monday, December 19, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Moose FMs
There are currently 18 "Moose FM" branded stations located mostly in Ontario, Canada and owned by Vista Radio. They air an Adult Contemporary format.
Friday, December 16, 2011
102.5 Hit Channel
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
KXZI
Scott Johnston's front porch is the broadcast studio of Low Power FM station KXZI in Kalispell, Montana. The 21,000 song playlist of the "Montana Radio Cafe" is made up of a variety of genres including Jazz, Folk, Blues and Bluegrass.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Indiana Day
On this date in 1816 statehood was granted to Indiana by Congress and they became the 19th US state. Indiana Day will be celebrated by public schoolchildren (presumably tomorrow since it's Sunday) and the general Hoosier population on the occasion of the state's 195th birthday.
An Indiana-shaped sticker from WFBQ in Indianapolis. "Q95" has been a Rock station since 1974, first with the automated "TM Stereo Rock" format, then using live and local jocks starting in 1978. The most powerful FM signal in the state is the flagship station of The Bob & Tom Show which is syndicated to about 150 stations nationwide.