A daily look into one of the world's largest collections of radio station bumper stickers and memorabilia.
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
WWNR
AM 620 WWNR is a News/Talk/Sports station licensed to Beckley, West Virginia. They signed on the air on August 9, 1946. The NR in the call letters stands for Nick Rahall, a local businessman and father of the station owners at the time.
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
WQZK
A 1991 decal from "Q94" WQZK in Keyser, West Virginia. That year's Broadcasting Yearbook lists them as having had an AOR format. They flipped from Classic Rock to Top-40 in 2007 and are currently branded as "94.1 QZK"
Monday, June 28, 2021
WNAA
90.1 FM WNAA is a 10,000-watt station broadcasting from North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, North Carolina. They went on the air officially in 1979 as an outgrowth of the school's first station WANT-AM which was built by students in 1966. WNAA airs a mix of Gospel, Jazz, Rap, R&B, Blues and Reggae.
Sunday, June 27, 2021
Saturday, June 26, 2021
WHVN
Religious station AM 1240 WHVN was on the air in Charlotte, North Carolina from 1971 until 2020. The 1,000-watt station was then sold and returned with an Adult Standards format.
Friday, June 25, 2021
Thursday, June 24, 2021
WCBC
107.1 FM WCBC (W Cumberland Broadcasting Corporation) is a Classic Hits station licensed to Keyser, West Virginia.
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
KRJT
A random (1990) Broadcasting Yearbook lists 1410 AM KRJT as having a Country format. The Wikipedia page for the current station at that frequency says the call letters existed there from 1988 to 2000. KRJT was licensed to Bowie, Texas.
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
KGSR / Austin City Limits Radio
Austin, Texas' 107.1 FM frequency was home to KGSR from 1989 until 2009, many of those years as an Adult Album Alternative station. The KGSR call letters then moved to 93.3 FM where they are currently known as "Lucy 93.3" with a Hot AC format.
Monday, June 21, 2021
Sunday, June 20, 2021
CFOU
89.1 FM CFOU broadcasts from the Trois-Rivières campus of the University of Quebec. The French-language station went on the air in September 1997.
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Friday, June 18, 2021
WPKL
WPKL "Pickle 99.3" plays Classic Hits in Uniontown, Pennsylvania south of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is the headquarters of the H.J. Heinz Company. Is that why WPKL is known as "The Pickle"?
Thursday, June 17, 2021
WMAQ
670 AM WMAQ was on the air in Chicago, Illinois from 1922 until 2000. The top two stickers probably date to when they had a Country format which started getting phased out by the mid-1980s. WMAQ was the flagship station of the Chicago White Sox throughout the 1970s and 80s. In 2000 they flipped to a full-time Sports station as WSCR "670 The Score."
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
WHNC
890 WHNC began broadcasting on June 6, 1945 in (W) Hendersonville, North Carolina. They are currently off the air because of some FCC rules violations regarding their public inspection file and problems with their Emergency Alert System.
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Monday, June 14, 2021
WAOY
91.7 FM WAOY is a Religious station in Gulfport, Mississippi. They are one of more than 180 stations in the American Family Radio network.
Sunday, June 13, 2021
KTLW
920 AM KTLW was on the air in Houston, Texas from 1948 until 1980, the last two decades as a Top-40 station.
Saturday, June 12, 2021
Friday, June 11, 2021
Thursday, June 10, 2021
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
CKNU? CHXX?
"Rock 100.9" was licensed to Donnacona, Quebec near Quebec City. It's unclear whether they had the call letters CKNU or CHXX when this sticker was printed. Leave a comment if you know.
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
K277BL
"Power 103.3" was a CHR station in Corpus Christi, Texas. K277BL is a translator for 107.7 KOUL and currently carries a Tejano format.
Monday, June 7, 2021
WYPR
88.1 FM WYPR (We're Your Public Radio) is the main National Public Radio affiliate in Baltimore, Maryland.
Sunday, June 6, 2021
Saturday, June 5, 2021
WOGT
The WOGT call letters first appeared in the early 1990s with Oldies station "GT 108." In 2005 they flipped to Country as "107.9 The Duke" and five years later switched to Classic Hits as "Big FM." They flipped back to Country again in December 2020. WOGT is licensed to East Ridge, Tennessee near Chattanooga.
Friday, June 4, 2021
Thursday, June 3, 2021
WGNC / WOHS
1450 AM WGNC airs a mix of Talk and Sports while sister station 730 AM WOHS plays Oldies and Beach Music. They are licensed to Gastonia and Shelby, North Carolina.
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
KSES
1420 AM KSES went on the air in April 1983 with an Adult Contemporary format. They were licensed to Yucca Valley, California which no longer has a station at that frequency. Anybody know what happened to KSES?
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