Wednesday, February 28, 2018

KXUS



"US97" KXUS has been a Rock station in Springfield, Missouri since 1989.

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Tricolors

Radio Tricolor is a station branding owned by Entravision Communications, one of the largest Spanish-language media companies in the United States.  They describe Radio Tricolor as "a personality-driven, Mexican country-style format."


KPVW - Aspen, Colorado

KLOK AM - San Jose, California.  They were definitely a Spanish language station from around 1988 until 2009 but I'm not 100% sure they were ever branded as "Tricolor".  Anybody know?

KLOK FM - Greenfield/Santa Cruz, California


KRNV - Reno, Nevada
KRCX - Marysville/Sacramento, California

Monday, February 26, 2018

KLBT

88.1 FM KLBT is a Contemporary Christian station in Beaumont, Texas.  They went on the air in August, 2006.

Sunday, February 25, 2018

KEMC


91.7 KEMC is the flagship station of Yellowstone Public Radio with studios located at Montana State University-Billings.  YPR programming is heard on 11 stations and 24 translators throughout Montana and northern Wyoming.

Saturday, February 24, 2018

KATA




AM 1340 KATA is a Sports station licensed to (K) ArcaTA, California.

Friday, February 23, 2018

Spirit FM


"Spirit FM" is a network of Contemporary Christian stations in Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina.

WOKG - Galax, Virginia

WOKD - Danville, Virginia

Spirit FM's station list doesn't include anything at 102.1 FM.  Anybody know what the call letters and city-of-license were for this station?


Prior to being known as "Spirit FM", the network was known as "PAR FM" which stood for Positive Alternative Radio.  The above sticker is from translator station W273AA in Blacksburg, Virginia while the keychain is from 88.1 FM WPAR licensed to Hickory, North Carolina.

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Mix 105.1s


KUDD - Salt Lake City/American Fork, Utah

WOMX - Orlando, Florida



WMHX - Waunakee/Madison, Wisconsin

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

WRNR

740 AM WRNR is a News/Talk/Sports station in Martinsburg, West Virginia.  They went on the air in 1976 and are now also heard on 106.5 FM via translator W293AM.

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

KURL

KURL 93.3 FM is a Religious station in Billings, Montana.

I can only assume that KURL AM was a co-owned station when this 1994 sticker came out.  AM 730 is currently a News/Talk outlet with call letters KYYA.

Monday, February 19, 2018

WDIZ



100.3 WDIZ was a heritage Rock station in Orlando, Florida going back to the 1970s.

Sunday, February 18, 2018

CKKW

CKKW in Kitchener, Ontario went on the air at 1320 AM in 1959 before moving down the dial to 1090 in 1975.  The "Oldies 1090" branding began around 1993 and lasted until 2009 (with a brief detour as a Sports station in the early 2000s.)  In 2009, they converted to the FM band and began broadcasting at 99.5 with the AM signal going dark.

Saturday, February 17, 2018

KGRA

"Nova 104" KGRA was an Album Rock station in Lake Charles, Louisiana from 1976 to 1981.  Alongside mainstream Rock & Roll, the 100,000-watt station also played Progressive Rock, Folk and Alternative Country music.  This sticker dates to around the time when Delbert McClinton scored his biggest hit, "Giving It Up for Your Love", which reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.  The video below is choppy but I'm posting it because I still can't believe McClinton appeared on the super cheesy Solid Gold television show back in 1981.

Friday, February 16, 2018

WRBS



95.1 WRBS (W Reynolds Broadcasting Service--the original owners) has been a Religious/Contemporary Christian station in Baltimore, Maryland since 1964.

Thursday, February 15, 2018

More Z93s

KZOZ is a Classic Rock station in San Luis Obispo, California.  They were Top-40 when this 80s-era sticker was current.

 WCIZ plays Classic Hits in Watertown, New York


Amarillo Texas' KQIZ is currently a Rhythmic Top-40 known as "The Beat".  They were a mainstream CHR outlet when this sticker and t-shirt could be seen in Bomb City.

WJZQ is a 100,000-watt Top-40 station licensed to Cadillac, Michigan.  The JZ in the call letters is from a previous Jazz format.  They've been a CHR station since 2009.

Other "Z93"-branded station stickers can be seen hereHereHere.  And here.

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

KOHM


89.1 FM in Lubbock, Texas first went on the air as KLSD and was operated by the (K) Lubbock Independent School District.  It was soon decided that having LSD in your school-affiliated station was a bad idea so they switched call letters to KOHM about a year later.  The new calls were a nod to the school's electronics program (an ohm is a unit of electrical resistance).  In the late 1980s, KOHM was purchased by Texas Tech University who boosted their transmitter power and brought the now 70,000-watt station into the National Public Radio fold.  In 2012 they switched call letters to KTTZ while continuing to air Classical music and NPR programming.

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

WWCK

Flint, Michigan's WWCK went on the air as a daytime Top-40/nighttime Rock station in 1971.  The call letters were chosen to take advantage of (and/or a tribute to) Windsor, Ontario's legendary CKLW.  By the mid-1970s they had gone full-time AOR and by the early 80s became the highest rated Rock station in the country and won a Billboard award for "Best Local Programming-All Markets".  Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore once had a Sunday morning talk show on WWCK called Radio Free Flint.  As of this writing, WWCK carries a CHR format as "CK105.5".

Check out this excellent documentary about the history of "Flint's Best Rock".

Monday, February 12, 2018

WLJC

The first Christian radio station on FM in the state of Kentucky, WLJC (Wonderful Lord Jesus Christ) went on the air in 1965.  Licensed to Beattyville, WLJC now broadcasts at 102.1 FM as part of the Air1 Radio network.

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Way-FM Network

The Way-FM Network is a set of Contemporary Christian stations heard in about a dozen states.  They began in 1987 with a single FM station, 88.7 WAYJ in Fort Myers, Florida.  They are currently based in Colorado Springs, Colorado with programming originating from Franklin, Tennessee.


KXWA - Loveland, Colorado

KYWA - Wichita, Kansas

WAYJ/W263BI - Naples/Fort Myers, Florida

Not really sure which Way-FM station this is from.  Could be WAYM in Spring Hill, Tennessee or WAYJ Fort Myers which was originally located at 88.7 FM (currently at 89.5 FM).

WAYF - West Palm Beach, Florida

K283BL - Portland, Oregon

 
K239AA - A disused translator station from Fayetteville, Tennessee circa the late 1990s.
 
Another defunct translator W217AN in Prospect, Tennessee.