KMYI

"Star 94.1" KMYI is a Hot Adult Contemporary station in San Diego, California.

The KMYI call letters date back to 2001 when they were known as "My 94.1" which also had a Hot AC format.

Y95s

KKYY "Y95" was an Adult Contemporary station in San Diego, California from 1988 to 1990. 94.9 FM is currently Modern Rock KBZT.


CJXY "Y95.3" was a Classic Rock station from Hamilton, Ontario. In 2001, they swapped frequencies with CING moving up to 107.9 FM as "Y108" licensed to Burlington, ON.

KOY "Y95" was a Top-40 station in Phoenix, Arizona. 95.5 FM is currently Rhythmic Oldies "Eva 95.5"


I don't know what station this "Y95" shirt is from. Leave a comment if you do.

UPDATE:  An anonymous poster in the comments below says the shirt is from KHYI Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas.  Thanks for the info!

The KGB Chicken

In 1974 a young Ted Giannoulas was hired by KGB-FM in San Diego to wear a chicken suit and give out Easter eggs at a local zoo. Over 35 years later, The Famous Chicken (aka The San Diego Chicken) is still entertaining crowds and is probably the best known and best loved mascot in sports history.

After the original gig at the zoo was up, Giannoulas offered to attend San Diego Padre games dressed in the chicken suit as an ambassador for the station. KGB agreed and for five years he dutifully attended ballgames along with various station events as The KGB Chicken.

A fallout between KGB and Giannoulas resulted in his firing and the station went to court to block him from working in a chicken costume. The California Supreme Court ruled in Giannoulas' favor and he was free to work as he pleased. In 1979, The San Diego Chicken was triumphantly hatched in front of 47,000 people at Jack Murphy Stadium complete with police escort.



The Famous Chicken has now made over 17,000 appearances and performed at over 8,500 sporting events (including more than 520 San Diego Padre games in a row.) I saw his antics myself at a Buffalo Bisons/Indianapolis Indians game a few years ago. Here he is questioning an umpire's vision.

KGB (K George Bowles--station manager of KGB-AM from 1928 to 1931) is a Classic Rock station licensed to San Diego, California. They've carried a Rock format since the early 1970s.

Around the time the KGB Chicken first started there was also a KGB-AM. A 1974 Broadcasting Yearbook lists their format as "Contemporary" although when they were known as "13K" they were Top-40. 1360 AM is currently "Xtra Sports" KLSD.

KKLQ

"Q106" KKLQ was a Top-40 station in San Diego, California from 1987 until 1998. 106.5 FM is currently the Spanish language station KLNV "La NueVa."

Check out this amazing video aircheck of JoJo Kincaid after a few bumps of trucker speed.

R.I.P. Air America

By now you've probably heard about the demise of the liberal talk network Air America which filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy last week. The network went on the air in 2004 but was beset by financial difficulties and an unstable talent lineup throughout its short history. At its peak, AA had over 100 affiliate stations that carried some or all of its programming but only about half of those remained by the end. I occasionally listened to Al Franken's show on 1360 WSAI from Cincinnati before he left AA to become a U.S. Senator in 2007. I remember thinking he was kinda boring and unfunny for a comedian.

San Diego, California's Air America affiliate was AM 1360 KLSD (K Liberal San Diego.) It is that city's oldest radio station dating back to 1922. They've had a variety of formats over the years including Top-40, AOR, News and Adult Standards. KLSD is currently a Fox Sports Radio affiliate known as "Xtra Sports 1360."

In 2006, a woman was allegedly fired from her job for displaying an Air America KLSD bumper sticker.

KSDS

88.3 KSDS is a commercial-free Jazz station from San Diego, California. They've been broadcasting from San Diego City College since 1951 and have carried a Jazz format since 1973.

Obligatory Michael Jackson Post

The King of Pop died yesterday. It's one of those major, unexpected deaths that you remember where you were when you found out. Like many people, I wasn't a huge Jackson fan but could appreciate his obviously immense talent even as he descended into freakish and possibly illegal behavior. Unfortunately, that talent seemed to fade about as fast as his skin color over the years. For the past day I've been hearing MJ songs played on the radio that I haven't heard in years ("State of Shock" anybody? I think I'm the only one who likes this song) and watching him do the still-amazing Moonwalk on YouTube. So sad.

I don't have any directly King of Pop-related radio stickers so these will have to do....

Sacramento, California's KPOP FM had a variety of formats over the years including Middle-of-the-Road, Soul, Modern Rock and Top-40. Not sure when this sticker is from but I have a feeling it's from their MOR days.

KPOP AM was an Adult Standards station from San Diego, California. AM 1360 now has a Sports Talk format with the awesome call letters KLSD.

Attack of the Killer B94s

WONB is a CHR station owned by Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio.

WBZZ - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This sticker is from when they were a CHR station before flipping to "K-Rock" and adding Howard Stern. They then switched briefly to Talk as WTZN "The Zone" before coming full circle as B94 again with WBZW as their calls.

KBZT - San Diego, California. This is from their short-lived "All 80s" format circa 2001.

CHBW is a Hot AC station licensed to Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.