KDAY

KDAY is a Mainstream Urban station in Los Angeles, California. This sticker is circa 2005 when they were exclusively Hip-Hop but they've since added R&B to their Rap format and are now known as "93.5 The Beat FM." KDAY is licensed to Redondo Beach, California.

KDAY FM is a resurrection of the original KDAY AM, which was a Hip-Hop/Dance/Pop/R&B station in the 1970s and 80s. "15-80 K-DAY" was sold in 1991 and is currently KBLA, a Spanish Religious station. KDAY AM was licensed to Santa Monica, California.

WINC

WINC is a Hot Adult Contemprorary station licensed to WINChester, Virginia. Their signal reaches parts of West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington DC and, of course, northern Virginia. The 92.5 frequency began as WRFL (W Richard F Lewis--the station founder) in 1941. The WINC call letters have been in use since 1981.

KTAM

KTAM is a Regional Mexican station licensed to Bryan, Texas. The call letters refer to Texas A&M University but I can't seem to find a past relationship between that school and the station.

CKIK

CKIK is a Contemporary Hit Music station licensed to Red Deer, Alberta. "Kraze 101.3 FM" began broadcasting just 13 days ago.

WEER

According to a September 1981 article in the Free-Lance Star from Fredericksburg, Virginia, WEER was a "cross-sectional music station that predominantly featured progressive rock but ranged from blues, jazz and bluegrass to big band music." Sounds interesting....and like something you'd almost never hear from a commercial radio station today. WEER was licensed to Warrenton, VA.

WODL

106.9 FM WODL was an Oldies station in Birmingham, Alabama from 1992 until 2001. In the 1970s and early 80s 106.9 FM was a dominant Top 40 outlet known as "Kicks 106" WKXX. The frequency is now home to a Classic Hits station, "106.9 The Eagle" WBPT. WODL was licensed to Homewood, AL.

In 2001 WODL moved to 97.3 FM and continued with the Oldies format which lasted until 2004.

Sunday Sticker - KFAX

KFAX (K Fast Accurate EXclusive--from a previous News format. The first all-news radio station in the country, in fact) is a Christian Talk station from San Francisco, California. Another KFAX sticker can be seen here.

National SCRABBLE® Championship

It's Day 1 of the 2009 National SCRABBLE Championship which is taking place right here in Dayton, Ohio. Last year it was held in Orlando, Florida. Dayton is certainly no Orlando. Sorry about this week's entertainment options SCRABBLE players! Downtown is crawling with quirky people bordering on madness mensa-level geniuses carrying their own SCRABBLE boards and timers. They've memorized "vowel dump" words, OO-words and every Q word without a U after. My friend Robb from North Carolina is a competitive player and is staying at my place this week. Good luck to ya buddy!

Here are a couple of stickers whose call letters and frequency resemble SCRABBLE tiles.


KPSU (K Portland State University) is a student-run, Freeform station from Portland, Oregon. All music and other programming heard on the station is chosen by the DJs. They've been on the air at 1450 AM and campus-wide at 98.1 FM since 1994.

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.

WNKU

WNKU (W Northern Kentucky University) is an Adult Album Alternative in the Cincinnati, Ohio/northern Kentucky area. National Public Radio provides news as well as the World Cafe and Fresh Air programs. WNKU is licensed to Highland Heights, KY.

WUHU

WUHU is a Hot Adult Contemporary station from Bowling Green, Kentucky. When they switched calls from WBLG to WUHU in 2001, they stunted by playing three songs for an entire weekend that prominently featured "woo hoo" in them. They were "Walk of Life" by Dire Straits, "Song 2" by Blur and "Woo Hoo" by the Rock-A-Teens. WUHU is licensed to Smiths Grove, KY.

KZXY

KZXY is a Hot Adult Contemporary station licensed to Apple Valley, California.

KARZ

KARZ was an (Adult Contemporary? Hot AC? I'm not exactly sure...) station licensed to Burney, California. The sticker is from around 1990. It's now a Rock station "106X" KRRX.

KEXS AM & FM

 

KEXS AM & FM are Religious Teaching stations in Kansas City, Missouri. They switched from Southern Gospel to Catholic programming in 2004 after being bought by the Catholic Radio Network. KEXS AM is licensed to Excelsior Springs, Missouri and the FM to Ravenwood, M.

WWKB

Taking a trip to Indiana for a Buffalo Bisons baseball game tonight. They're playing the Indianapolis Indians at Victory Field. The Bisons are the AAA affiliate of the New York Mets and the Indians are the Pittsburgh Pirates AAA farm club. We plan on duckpin bowling before the game which I've never done before. Also want to hit Luna Music and buy a few obsolete aluminum discs. Should be a fun day if it doesn't rain.

GO BISONS!!

WWKB was a Sports Talk station in Buffalo, New York around 1996. They now carry a Liberal Talk format. WWKB was formerly WKBW which began broadcasting in 1926.

UPDATE:
Bisons won over the Indians 6-3. Woo hoo!!

Gateway Arch Opens

The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri opened on this day back in 1967. The concrete and steel structure was designed twenty years earlier by two Finnish-Americans, one of whom died before he could see it completed. The Arch is both 630 feet tall and 630 feet feet wide at its base, which makes it the tallest monument in the United States. The core is hollow, allowing visitors to ride a tram to an observation deck where you can see 30 miles on a clear day.
In 1994 I saw the Arch in person albeit from the highway. I was on my way to KPNT's second-ever daylong PointFest where the only bands I remember seeing were Material Issue and the Violent Femmes. I think Lisa Loeb sang her one hit as well but it's all a blur at this point.

KDHX (K Double HeliX Corporation, the name of the non-profit owner) is a listener-supported community station licensed to St. Louis, MO.

Here's an older, Archless sticker. I just now noticed that the 1 in their frequency forms the back of the K in their call letters.

KVOK

KVOK is a Country music station licensed to Kodiak, Alaska. They've been broadcasting from Kodiak Island since 1974.

EDIT: KVOK went off the air in 2019 after losing their transmitter site which was leased by the United States Coast Guard.

Ratcatcher's Day / WRAT

In the Brothers Grimm tale "The Children of Hameln," the residents of that German city had a rat problem. A pied piper appeared claiming he could rid the town of their infestation for which the townspeople promised to pay him. The piper played his instrument and lured the rats to the Weser River where they all drowned. When he went to get paid the residents refused and the piper went away but would soon get his revenge. The pied piper returned while the townspeople were at church and began playing his pipe which attracted most of the children of the town. He and his hypnotic music lured them to a cave where they were never seen again. Depending on which version of the tale you read, the ratcatching events took place either on June 26th or July 22nd. It's doubtful that most modern day pest control professionals actually celebrate Ratcatcher's Day.

95.9 FM WRAT is a Rock station licensed to Point Pleasant, New Jersey.

WMBS

WMBS (W Martha Buhl Snyder, named after the original owner's daughter) is an Adult Standards station licensed to Uniontown, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh. They've been owned by the same family since they went on the air in 1937.

Buzz Aldrin Has Lost His Mind

Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin is a West Point graduate, accomplished fighter pilot, Doctor of Science in Astronautics, lunar module pilot of the Apollo 11 spacecraft and the second person to walk on the moon. Oh, and he's also a rapper. Celebrate the 40th anniversary of man touching down on the lunar surface by trying to watch Buzz busting rhymes in this cringeworthy video.




KXLK went on the air in 1985 with an Adult Contemporary format. In the mid-90s they flipped to Smooth Jazz as "105.3 The Oasis " KWSJ. Next came a Country format, Y105" KWCY. Finally in 2002 they changed calls to KFBZ and played all 80s music and later evolved to a Hot Adult Contemporary format. "105.3 The Buzz" is licensed to Haysville, Kansas a suburb of Wichita.