KLBJ

KLBJ 590 AM is a News/Talk station in Austin, Texas.  It was once owned by the family of President Lyndon Baines Johnson who used his initials for the call letters.

Sister station KLBJ FM carries a Rock format.

The front and back of KLBJ FM t-shirt.

WABB

WABB (W Alabama's Best Broadcasters) is a heritage Contemporary Hit Music station licensed to Mobile, Alabama. They went on the air in 1973 and originally simulcast with their sister station WABB 1480 AM. WABB FM was an Album Orinted Rock station for awhile before switching to CHR in 1984.

Gene Simmons Turns 60

I was looking at a list of famous people who share my birthday today:

Monty Hall
Sean Connery
Regis Philbin
Rollie Fingers
Rob Halford
Geoff Downes
Elvis Costello
Tim Burton
Billy Ray Cyrus
Claudia Schiffer
and
Gene Simmons from KISS who turns 60. Gene really, really, really, likes money. Did you know that he trademarked the moneybag logo with the dollar sign on it? I thought that image had been used for years and was in the public domain. Apparently he used to turn the S of his last name into a dollar sign when signing autographs. A lawyer said he should copyright the two slashes going through the S which he did. He then got a copyright for the moneybag too.

WRIF is a heritage Rock station in Detroit, Michigan. Previous WRIF stickers can be found here.

KPRS

KPRS (K People's Radio Station) is an Urban Contemporary station licensed to Kansas City, Missouri. They began broadcasting in 1950 which makes "Hot 103 Jamz" the oldest continuously African American-owned radio station in the United States.

Sunday Sticker - KFLR

KFLR is a Contemporary Christian station licensed to Phoenix, Arizona. It is one of 18 stations and translators in the Family Life Radio Network based in Tucson, Arizona.

KHYI

KHYI is not a typical Country music station and might best be described by their Yahoo! Groups Fan Site:

KHYI 95.3 (www.khyi.com) is the biggest and best Americana station in the world (or at least, Dallas), and it's all about the music. Call it "insurgent country", "No Depression" music, alt.country, or whatever you like... what it ain't is Garth, Shania, Billy Ray, or any of the rest of that NashVegas crap!

This sticker came out around 2002 and they've since changed their branding to "95.3 FM The Range" but they still carry an "Alternative/Outlaw/Classic Country" format with an emphasis on local Texas artists. KHYI is licensed to Howe, Texas and is a rimshot into the Dallas/Ft. Worth market.

WSPD

Former plumber and current colossal blowhard Joe Wurzelbacher might soon have a regular gig at News/Talker WSPD in Toledo, Ohio. Wurzelbacher made his radio debut last Tuesday night on the “Eye On Toledo” program. “There’s a possibility radio and WSPD could be part of his future,” said program director and stunt hiring enthusiast Brian Wilson. “Joe the Plumber” became a household name when he talked on-camera with then-candidate Obama about his small business tax plan during last year’s presidential campaign.

Radio K 107.5

Google didn't offer any information about Radio K but I do know that it's from Vicenza, Italy. The US flag and probable "American Music" format might have something to do with the fact that the United States Army's Camp Ederle is based in Vicenza.

CMJ New Music

I subscribe to a few music magazines--Rolling Stone, Paste, Spin and, until they went belly-up, Blender. I also get CMJ New Music Monthly which I honestly thought had ceased to exist as I hadn't gotten an issue for months. I didn't think anything of it because their timeliness has been spotty for years. When a "new" issue did arrive it was frequently outdated. The latest one which I received in the mail yesterday is dated June 20th and their charts are from the first week of July. It's probably a good idea that they dropped the "Monthly" from their title and just go by "CMJ New Music" now. I always liked CMJ (which stands for College Music Journal and covers indie/"alternative" music) because it came with a sampler CD and has turned me on to countless bands since I started subscribing in 1994. Now the physical disc is gone too and only available as a download. Too bad they didn't offer subscribers a choice between CD and download like Paste did recently. For some reason I still want the compact disc.

96 FM WCMJ has nothing to do with the College Music Journal and wouldn't be caught dead playing Art Brut, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Animal Collective or any other beloved CMJ band. They're a Contemporary Hit Music station licensed to Cambridge, Ohio.

WHLI

WHLI (We're Hempstead Long Island) is an Adult Standards station licensed to Hempstead, New York. They were a Top-40 station for much of the 1970s but switched to Standards in 1979. This probably attracted some of the station's original listeners from when they went on the air in 1947.

Dart on Map - WQTE

Occasionally I like to throw a virtual dart at a map and find the closest radio sticker that I have to where it landed. The dart this time ended up next to the Lenawee County Airport in Adrian, Michigan.
"Q95" WQTE is a Country station licensed to Adrian, MI.

Sunday Sticker - KFIA

KFIA is a Religious Teaching station in Sacramento, California and licensed to Carmichael, CA.

Radio Obsessive Profile #3

I was recently interviewed via email by Jennifer Waits from the blog Radio Survivor. Besides writing for RS, Jennifer is the founder and editor of Spinning Indie, a fantastic blog focusing on college radio. She's also a DJ at KFJC in the beautiful San Francisco Bay area. For those curious to know how this whole radio sticker collecting nonsense got started, click here. KFJC is the campus station at Foothill College located in Los Altos Hills, California. They will celebrate their 50th anniversary in October of this year.

The cover of a KFJC program guide.

Cheap Sunglasses

Just as every station known as "Kicks" is required by law to be a Country station, every "Cool" or "Kool" seems to carry an Oldies format. All three of these stations have different owners and are in no way related but somehow ended up with virtually identical logos. I have 59 stickers from "Cool"/"Kool" stations...I would guess about a third of them are sporting these same Wayfarers.

WQQL - Springfield, Illinois

KAMS - Mammoth Spring, Arkansas. Now a Country station "K-Kountry 95."

WQLD - Luverne, Alabama. Now a Gospel station "Hallelujah 104.3" WHLW.

Banana 101.5 WWBN

WWBN is an Active Rock station in Flint, Michigan that has been using the elongated fruit branding since 1994. "Banana 101.5" is licensed to Tuscola, MI.
Bite me.

KASH

KASH 1600 AM was a 1970s-era Top-40 station in Eugene, Oregon.

WTHU

WTHU went on the air in Thurmont, Maryland on June 12, 1967. An old Broadcasting Yearbook from the 1970s said their format was "Mod Country" while other sites listed them as Adult Standards or Middle-of-the-Road. WTHU is now a Religious station after being sold to the Christian Radio Coalition in 2008.

WCDW

"Cool 106.7" WCDW is a Classic Hits station licensed to Port Dickinson, New York near Binghamton.  The bottom sticker dates to when they broadcast at 100.5 FM licensed to Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.

Sunday Sticker - KFBN

KFBN is a Religious Teaching/Gospel station in Fargo, North Dakota don'tcha know...

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.