Friday, June 30, 2023

WMCM

A 1992 decal from 103.3 WMCM (W Mid Coast Maine) a Country station licensed to Rockland, Maine.  They are currently part of a trimulcast along with 97.1 FM WBFB and 99.1 FM WBFE branded as "97.1 The Bear"
 

Thursday, June 29, 2023

WHYL



960 AM WHYL (W Harrisburg York Lancaster) was a Country station licensed to Carlisle, Pennsylvania.  For a time they simulcast on 102.3 FM.  WHYL is currently an Oldies station along with translator W275CJ at 102.9 FM.
 

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

WDSD


WDSD has been a Country station in Dover, Delaware since the 1970s.  They originally broadcast at 94.7 FM but moved to 92.9 FM in the late 1990s.  They went back to their original frequency (with has a much bigger signal) around 2007.
 

Sunday, June 25, 2023

WATS / WAVR

960 AM WATS and 102.1 FM WAVR simulcast an Adult Contemporary format in the Elmira/Corning area of New York.  Both stations are now branded as "Choice 102"
 

KTOP

KTOP is a Country station licensed to St. Marys, Kansas near Topeka.  This mid-2000s sticker is from when they were known as "US103".  They are currently branded as "102.9 Cat Country"
 

Friday, June 23, 2023

KPJM


99.7 FM KPJM is a non-profit, low-power station licensed to Payson, Arizona.  Their stated mission is "to provide anti-addiction and anti-abuse education to help keep our community's children from entering into destructive behaviors."  Listening live while making this post I heard a Classic Hits/Classic Rock format including songs from Loverboy, Abba, Heart, The Amboy Dukes and Five Man Electrical Band.
 

Thursday, June 22, 2023

KLND

89.5 FM KLND is a community radio station for the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Nations.  The 100,000-watt station went on the air in 1997 and are licensed to Little Eagle, South Dakota.
 

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

KDSH

KDSH was a low-power Religious station licensed to the panhandle town of Borger, Texas.  It's unclear when exactly they began broadcasting but in 2017 they moved from 105.1 FM to 107.3 FM.  In 2021 KDSH's license was canceled after failing to file an application for license renewal.
 

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

CKPM

98.7 FM CKPM was an Adult Album Alternative station in Port Moody, British Columbia.  They launched at the end of 2012 but were off the air by the spring of 2018 (or the summer of 2019 depending on who you believe.)  Non-compliance with CRTC regulations and stories about unpaid staff and other monetary problems spelled doom for CKPM and their license was not renewed in 2020.
 

Monday, June 19, 2023

KMNS / KSEZ

A dual sticker from 620 AM KMNS and 97.9 KSEZ in Sioux City, Iowa.  KMNS has been broadcasting since 1949 and was a Country station when this sticker was printed.  They are currently a Sports station affiliated with Fox Sports Radio while "Rock 98" KSEZ is now "Z-98" airing an Active Rock format.
 

W227DC

Nashville's "Classic Hits 93.3" W227DC is a translator station for 830 AM WQZQ licensed to nearby Goodlettsville, Tennessee. 
 

Sunday, June 18, 2023

Bright FM

Independent Local Radio station Bright FM began broadcasting in the early 2000s from West Sussex in southern England.  They rebranded to More Radio around 2008.

Saturday, June 17, 2023

Virgin Radio 105.8

London, England's Virgin Radio broadcast at 105.8 FM from 1995 until 2008 when they rebranded as Absolute Radio.  Virgin had been on the air in the UK since 1993 but at 1215 on the AM dial.  Since then they have expanded Virgin-branded radio stations around Europe, the Middle East and Canada--there are around 30 as of this posting.

Thursday, June 15, 2023

CJKR


97.5 CJKR has carried some sort of Rock format in Winnipeg, Manitoba since the late 1980s.  The 310,000-watt (!!) station currently airs an Active Rock format branded as "Power 97"

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

KJCE

KJCE is a News/Talk station licensed to Rollingwood, Texas near Austin.  They were branded as "1370 K-Juice" beginning in 1992 broadcasting R&B Oldies and later switching to Urban Adult Contemporary.  In 2002 they flipped to their current Talk format.
 

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

WGEM

1440 AM WGEM began broadcasting in Quincy, Illinois on New Year's Day 1948.  Formats over time included Middle-of-the-Road, Adult Contemporary, News/Talk and Sports.  After losing both its main and backup transmitters, the 5,000-watt station went off the air permanently in 2022.  WGEM was an ESPN Radio affiliate and had carried Chicago Cubs baseball games since 1985.  Their call letters referred to Quincy being known as the "Gem City"

Monday, June 12, 2023

Stars

WEZN - Bridgeport, Connecticut

K246CI - Cheyenne, Wyoming

WGES - Oswego, New York

WRTS - Erie, Pennsylvania
 

Sunday, June 11, 2023

WEZF

92.9 FM in Burlington, Vermont became WEZF in 1974 to reflect their Easy Listening format.  They have since transitioned into a Soft Adult Contemporary outlet and currently a Hot AC station branded as "Star 92.9"
 

Saturday, June 10, 2023

WEWM

"Relaxing 94.1 FM" WEWM was an Adult Contemporary/Smooth Jazz station in Pentwater, Michigan circa the late 1990s.
 

Friday, June 9, 2023

WETS

89.5 FM WETS is owned and operated by (W) East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN.  The non-commercial, public station and NPR affiliate went on the air in February 1974.

Thursday, June 8, 2023

KOYN

93.9 FM KOYN is a Country station in Paris, Texas.  This late 1990s sticker is from when they were branded as "93.9 The Boss"
 

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

KWDM

88.7 FM KWDM is run by the students of Valley High School in (K) West Des Moines, Iowa.  They went on the air in 1976 with a 10-watt signal one notch up the dial at 88.9 FM.  They increased their power to 100 watts and moved to their current frequency in 1994.  Student staff are given the option to switch formats at the beginning of every school year.  Over the years that has included Free Form, Classic Rock and CHR/Top-40.  As of this posting KWDM is an Alternative/Modern Rock station branded as "88.7 The Point"

KJMO

100.1 FM KJMO was on the air in (K) Jefferson City, MissOuri from 1974 to 2003.  They were originally an Easy Listening station before flipping to Top-40 in 1978.  They were an Oldies station for most of the 1990s but flipped to Adult Contemporary as "Kiss FM" in 1998.  Lastly they went Modern Rock in 2003 and switched call letters to KBBM.  As of this posting the KJMO call letters are still in Jefferson City at 97.5 FM as a Classic Hits station.

Monday, June 5, 2023

5TCB


Based in Bordertown, Australia, 5TCB is a community radio station heard on four frequencies in the southeast corner of the state of South Australia.  This article says they went dark in 2009 after 25 years of broadcasting but they are still listed in the Australian Communications and Media Authority list of FM stations and their Facebook page appears to be recently active.
 

Sunday, June 4, 2023

WIRK



107.9 FM WIRK was a Country station in West Palm Beach, Florida.  The call letters have been in the market since 1971 but are now located at 103.1 FM, still with a Country format and now licensed to Indiantown, FL.

Saturday, June 3, 2023

WYTL

490 AM WYTL was a Country station in Oshkosh, Wisconsin from 1975 to 1984.
 

Friday, June 2, 2023

WRTA

Altoona, Pennsylvania's 1240 AM WRTA went on the air in June 1947.  They were originally owned by Roy Thompson, the RT in the station's call letters.  WRTA currently carries a News/Talk/Sports format.
 

Thursday, June 1, 2023

WZJZ

104.3 FM WZJZ was a Smooth Jazz station in Columbus, Ohio during the second half of the 1990s.