A 1985 decal from 1400 AM WROZ in Evansville, Indiana. They were a Top-40 station in the 1960s but had flipped to Country by the time this sticker was printed.
A daily look into one of the world's largest collections of radio station bumper stickers and memorabilia.
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
My FMs
My Broadcasting Corporation currently owns fifteen "My FM" stations across southern Ontario.
A temporary tattoo from CHCD in Simcoe, ON.
A magnet from CIYN in Kincardine, ON.
A sticker from CKMO in Orangeville, ON.
A temporary tattoo from CHCD in Simcoe, ON.
A magnet from CIYN in Kincardine, ON.
A sticker from CKMO in Orangeville, ON.
Monday, April 27, 2020
Radio Martesana
Radio Martesana 95.1 FM broadcast from 1977 until 1995 in Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy. They aired "music, culture and sport aimed at diverse audiences regardless of age."
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Saturday, April 25, 2020
WYNF
94.9 FM WYNF was a Rock station in Tampa, Florida from 1980 until 1993. The WYNF call letters resurfaced soon after at 107.9 FM licensed to Coral Cove and lasted through the end of the decade.
Friday, April 24, 2020
WQUD
"Quad 104" WQUD was an Adult Contemporary station in Memphis, Tennessee from 1975 until 1981. A 1980 article in Billboard magazine listed the station's top artists as Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond and the Doobie Brothers along with a "notable amount" of Country music including Kenny Rogers and Crystal Gayle.
Thursday, April 23, 2020
WMYF
A 1990 sticker from AM 1540 WMYF in Exeter, New Hampshire. Both the 1989 and 1990 Broadcasting Yearbooks list them as having had an Adult Contemporary format. That info seems to be inaccurate as Tommy Dorsey was most popular in the 1930s and 40s and their call letters stood for (W) Music of Your LiFe, a syndicated Adult Standards network.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Monday, April 20, 2020
Sunday, April 19, 2020
KIXs
"Kix 102.5" KIXQ - Joplin, Missouri
"Kix 96" KIXZ - Opportunity/Spokane, Washington
"94 Kix" KKXK - Montrose, Colorado
"106 Kix" KQKX - Norfolk, Nebraska
"Kix 96" KIXZ - Opportunity/Spokane, Washington
"94 Kix" KKXK - Montrose, Colorado
"106 Kix" KQKX - Norfolk, Nebraska
Saturday, April 18, 2020
CINQ
102.3 FM CINQ is a multilingual, community radio station in Montreal, Quebec. "Cinq" is French for "five" which was the number of languages originally heard on the air. They now broadcast in eight languages: French, English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese and Creole. "Radio Centre-ville" went on the air in January 1975.
Friday, April 17, 2020
CFSL
A sticker and QSL card from Country station CFSL (Canada's Famous Soo Line) licensed to Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
The Soo Line is a railroad operating mostly in Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota and is now a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
WXDX
A keychain and temporary tattoo from Alternative Rock WXDX "105.9 The X" in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Monday, April 13, 2020
KWMU
90.7 FM KWMU went on the air in St. Louis, Missouri in 1972. The 100,000-watt public radio station is owned by the University of Missouri-St. Louis and is the main National Public Radio affiliate in the area.
Sunday, April 12, 2020
KDTR
KDTR "Trail 103.3" is an Adult Album Alternative station in Missoula, Montana.
The sticker's trapezoidal shape, colors and script are based on signs used by the Department of Agriculture to indicate entrances at US National Forests.
Saturday, April 11, 2020
Radio Fiesole 100
Radio Fiesole 100 began broadcasting from Florence, Italy in 1976. For a time, starting in the early 1990s, they only played music from Italian artists.
Friday, April 10, 2020
4CRB
4CRB 89.3 FM is a non-profit, community station airing an Easy Listening format. They are based in Burleigh Heads, Queensland, Australia and went on the air in 1984.
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
WPGU
WPGU began in 1957 as a carrier current station heard on 640 AM. They "broadcast" to the dorms at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. FM transmissions began in 1967 while the carrier AM signal became WDBS. The WPGU call letters stand for (W) Parade Ground Units which was a 21-building complex built after WWII to house students and families. The 3000-watt station carries an Alternative/Indie Rock format. The 1990 commercial below indicates that they were a mainstream Rock station at the time.
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