Saturday, November 30, 2019

WGMD

92.7 FM WGMD is a News/Talk station licensed to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Friday, November 29, 2019

WBZY

WBZY "105.3 FM El Patron" was a Regional Mexican station licensed to Bowdon, Georgia near Atlanta. 


Thursday, November 28, 2019

KYAL

1600 AM KYAL played Country music in McKinney, Texas from 1965 until 1976.  The call letters did indeed stand for the southern expression "y'all".

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

KNOR


1400 AM KNOR went on the air in (K) NORman, Oklahoma in 1949.  A 1994 article from The Oklahoman newspaper says that KNOR's owner was willing to donate the station to the University of Oklahoma.  I can find no evidence that this ever happened.  This OUDAILY article from 1996 says that the station started a show called "The Fringe" playing Alternative Rock on Friday and Saturday nights.  While the show was run by OU students, they were not sponsored by the university.
1400 AM currently airs a Sports format with the call letters KREF.
Obviously, the bottom sticker is suffering from some bad ink issues.

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

KLTY



94.9 FM KLTY airs a Contemporary Christian format in Arlington/Dallas, Texas.  They were formerly located at 94.1 FM and licensed to Fort Worth, TX.


Covers of two KLTY Now! magazines from 2012 and 2013.

Monday, November 25, 2019

KREX

1100 AM KREX broadcast to Grand Junction, Colorado from 1956 until 1984.  The call letters referred to R.G. "Rex" Howell who had owned the station since 1926.

Sunday, November 24, 2019

KLEE / KOTM



1480 AM KLEE went on the air in 1954 in Ottumwa, Iowa.  They currently air an Oldies format and are also heard on translator K299BA at 107.7 FM.  Sister station "Tom FM 97.7" KOTM plays Top-40 music.

Saturday, November 23, 2019

KERI


1410 AM KERI is a Religious Teaching station in Bakersfield, California.  These two stickers date to when KERI was located at 1180 AM and licensed to both Wasco and Greenacres, California.

Friday, November 22, 2019

KAUM

KAUM was an Album Rock station in Houston, Texas for most of its history with those call letters.  The 96.5 FM frequency became KAUM in 1971 and by the end of the decade they had drifted towards becoming a Top-40 station.  In 1980 they changed calls to KSRR.

Thursday, November 21, 2019

KSSU


KSSU is a student-run, free form station broadcasting from California State University, Sacramento.  They operate legally but without an FCC license because they only broadcast with 3 watts of power.  They have been streaming online since 2005.

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

CFVR

"Mix 103.7" CFVR is a Hot Adult Contemporary station in Fort McMurray, Alberta.

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

K238AF

"Latino 95.5" K238AF is a Spanish CHR station licensed to Santa Rosa, California.  They relay the HD2 sub-channel signal of KSXY.

Prior to their current format they played Soft Oldies as "Vintage 95.5".

Monday, November 18, 2019

WAXQ





"Q104.3" WAXQ plays Classic Rock in New York, New York.  They've carried a Rock format since switching from Classical music in 1993.  Two slightly different WAXQ stickers can be seen here. And here.

Sunday, November 17, 2019

KADI




KADI was an Album Oriented Rock station in St. Louis, Missouri throughout the 1970s and much of the 1980s.  They were the main competitor to longtime Rock station KSHE.  KADI's call letters reflected the last name of William Cady, the owner at the time the station went on the air in 1959.

Saturday, November 16, 2019

WUMB



91.9 FM WUMB is owned by the (W) University of Massachusetts Boston and airs a mix of Folk, Americana, Roots and Blues music.  Weekend shows focus on Traditional Folk, Blues, Celtic and World music as well as syndicated programs.  WUMB broadcasts with only 160 watts and relies on a series of eight repeater stations to widen its broadcast area beyond just the city of Boston.  They went on the air in September 1982.

Friday, November 15, 2019

KUSW

Terrestrial, commercial Rock stations are a dime a dozen.  But a Rock station broadcasting on shortwave radio was something unique indeed.  From 1987 until 1990, Salt Lake City, Utah's "SuperPower" KUSW aired what would later be described as a rock-leaning Adult Album Alternative format to listeners around the world.  Besides music, KUSW also aired news and public affairs programming as well as worldwide weather conditions.  Advertisers were companies that had international presence such as Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Pizza Hut and Levis.  Sadly, KUSW was sold to the Trinity Broadcasting Network who switched to Religious programming.  To celebrate the change in ownership, TBN literally blew up the KUSW record library because, you know....devil music.

Thursday, November 14, 2019

SWR Südwestrundfunk






















SWR (Südwestrundfunk, "Southwest Broadcasting") is a public broadcasting company covering the southwest part of Germany.  It broadcasts on six radio channels as well as multiple television channels.  SWR was established in 1998 after the dissolution of predecessor organizations SDR and SWF.

SWR1 plays Pop/Rock from the 1960s through the 1980s as well as some current hits.  SWR1 operates two regional versions, one for Baden-Wurttemberg and the other for Rheinland-Pfalz.

SWR2 is Talk programming along with radio plays, spoken word features as well as Jazz and Classical music.

SWR3 plays Pop and Contemporary music targeting 14 to 39 year olds.

SWR4 plays German hits and oldies with the same two regional versions as SWR1 as well sub-local versions within each.

SWR Aktuell broadcasts News and current affairs programming.

DASDING is ad-free, youth-oriented radio hosted mostly by young people.