KKFG is a Classic Hits station licensed to Bloomfield, New Mexico. The above sticker from 2006 is from when KKFG was a more traditional Oldies station. Looking at their current website it appears they kept ye olde sunglasses logo.
Prior to spinning Oldies KKFG was a Country station known as "K-FROG." At least I'm guessing it was Country since the toad is sporting a cowboy hat and every "Frog" station I know of carries that format.
KKEZ is a Hot AC station from Fort Dodge, Iowa. They began with a Beautiful Music format but have been some form of Adult Contemporary or Top-40 since 1979. This sticker is from 1991 and depicts Fort Dodge's skyline including the distinctive clock tower of the Webster County Courthouse.
K285BG is one of six local translators for 107.1 KKEQ, a Contemporary Christian station licensed to Fosston, Minnesota. 104.9 FM is licensed to Grand Forks, North Dakota.
"92.1 The Keg" was a Rock station licensed to Fayetteville, Arkansas. 92.1 is currently KQSM, a Country station known as "Sam 98." In 2009 The Keg went on a pub crawl up the dial to 98.3 FM and is now licensed to Bentonville, AR.
KKDV is an Adult Contemporary station licensed to Walnut Creek, California. This is an earlier sticker with a different slogan and slightly different logo. Their current sticker can be seen here.
"Kiss 107 FM" KKDM is a CHR station licensed to Des Moines, Iowa. They are one of dozens of Clear Channel-owned "Kiss FM" stations across the country. KKDM carried a Modern Rock format circa the mid-to-late 1990s
KKDA is a heritage Urban station from Dallas, Texas. They began as a Disco station in 1976 before shifting to a mainstream Urban Contemporary format after disco died a glorious death. KKDA is one of the last independently owned, major market FM stations in existence.
It's tough to see the white-on-clear details of this sticker. Click it to enlarge.
KKCS was a Country music station in Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1978 until 2005. After a brief fling as a Regional Mexican format, 101.9 FM is currently KKHI ("K-High") a Smooth Jazz outlet.
For reasons too complicated to bore you with, I temporarily no longer have easy access to my sticker collection. Knowing this, I grabbed a random handful of stickers (alphabetized by call letter, naturally) which will make up the content of this blog for the next few weeks. We'll begin with Hawaii's KKCR.
KKCR (Kauaʻi Community Radio) broadcasts a variety of block programming including Hawaiian, Blues, Jazz, Reggae and Classical. The idea for KKCR began after a hurricane slammed into the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi in 1992. A group of islanders decided to start a radio station for local residents that could withstand severe weather conditions and provide emergency information. KKCR is licensed to Hanalei, Hawaii.
Heavy Metal Parking Lot is a brief time-capsule of mid-1980s wasted youth. The made-for-public-access-TV documentary captures various heshers tailgating before a Judas Priest concert at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. It's a simple concept but hugely entertaining to watch. Tons of Chevy Camaros, shirtless dudes and drunken rambling. Ah...it was a better, simpler time. Check out this clip of a DC/101 fan doing his best Rob Halford impression featuring hair that was long out of fashion even in 1986.
WWDC "DC101" is an Active Rock station from Washington D.C. These stickers have their current logo which they've been using since at least 2004. They were a straight-ahead Album Rock station when Heavy Metal Parking Lot came out in 1986.
103.7 FM WCIR is a CHR station licensed to Beckley, West Virginia. Until 1976 they were a Contemporary Christian station whose call letters stood for Christianity In Radio.
1410 AM KQV (King of the Quaker Valley) has been a News station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for almost 35 years. Their history dates back to 8ZAE, an amateur station which signed on in 1919. KQV became officially licensed three years later. The AM 1410 signal was a hugely successful Top 40 station from the late 1950s, through the entire 1960s and lasting until 1975 when they switched to News. One of KQV's DJs in the 1970s was "Jeff Christie," better known today as Rush Limbaugh.
KVMX was an Eighties station from Portland, Oregon. "Mix 107.5" was licensed to Banks, OR. The frequency is currently home to Rhythmic Top-40 KXJM "Wild 107.5"