107.9 KWVE is a Christian talk and music station licensed to San Clemente, California.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
OMG
Friday, March 11, 2011
Johnny Appleseed Day
Today is Johnny Appleseed Day which celebrates the legendary nurseryman who walked around barefoot spreading apple seeds wherever he went. In 46 years John Chapman planted enough trees to cover over 100,000 square miles. His mission was to plant orchards so that pioneers would have something to sustain them as they moved west.
"Apple 96 FM" KKPL was a CHR station licensed to Opportunity, Washington circa 1986. 96.1 FM is currently Country "Kix 96" KIXZ.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Mystery Sticker #18 SOLVED!
It's a mystery what station this sticker is from. I found three stations that are currently or formerly known as "Oldies 96.5" -- WOXL-Biltmore Forest, North Carolina ; WAZZ-Laurinburg, North Carolina and KJBL-Julesburg, Colorado. Any ideas?UPDATE: It is, in fact, from WAZZ - Laurinburg, NC. Thanks Dan (and Phil)!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Radio L'Hospitalet
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat is a city near Barcelona in the Catalonian region of Spain. Beyond that, I know nothing about this station except that there appears to be current Radio L'Hospitalet at 96.3 FM.Monday, March 7, 2011
Lakeland Radio
Lakeland Radio is a Hot Adult Contemporary/Adult Hits station broadcasting from Kendal in the North West region of England.Sunday, March 6, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Market #1s - San Francisco - KCBS
KCBS (K Columbia Broadcasting System) is a News station licensed to San Francisco, California. KCBS first went on the air in 1921 but their history as an experimental radio station goes all the way back to 1909. They are the eighth oldest fully licensed station in the United States and the oldest in the Bay Area. In 1968 KCBS became one of the first all-news stations in the country. "All News 740" was the number one rated station in San Francisco in the latest radio ratings.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
WKQX
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Nebraska Public Radio
Today is Nebraska Admission Day. They became the 37th U.S. state on this date in 1867.
Nebraska Educational Telecommunications is a network of public radio and television stations based in Lincoln. Nebraska Public Radio consists of 9 stations and 5 repeaters throughout the state. They carry National Public Radio programming along with News and Classical music.
Monday, February 28, 2011
National Tooth Fairy Day
Every February 28th is supposedly National Tooth Fairy Day.
The Secret Adventures of the Tooth Fairy was a two-minute comedic radio serial created by Dick Orkin in the early 1970s. 325 episodes were produced and eventually ran on over 2,500 radio stations worldwide.
This set of Tooth Fairy stickers was put out by 890 AM WLS (World's Largest Store-from when the station was owned by Sears) in Chicago, Illinois. Unfortunately, half of the stickers are missing but you can see the complete sheet here.
The Secret Adventures of the Tooth Fairy was a two-minute comedic radio serial created by Dick Orkin in the early 1970s. 325 episodes were produced and eventually ran on over 2,500 radio stations worldwide.
This set of Tooth Fairy stickers was put out by 890 AM WLS (World's Largest Store-from when the station was owned by Sears) in Chicago, Illinois. Unfortunately, half of the stickers are missing but you can see the complete sheet here.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Places I've Lived #6 - Dayton, Ohio
The final stop in the semi-regular Places I've Lived series finds me living in Dayton, Ohio. I moved here from Celina to attend Wright State University as a Geography major. After a couple of years figuring out that learning remote sensing and spatial analysis were going to be beyond my mental capabilities, I switched majors to Communications and started volunteering at the campus radio station. In 1993 my girlfriend at the time saw an ad in the paper looking for air talent at a new local radio station. I mailed in an audition tape, got an interview and somehow managed to land the night jock position at Dayton's first Alternative station "94-5 X-Rock" WZJX.
What had I gotten myself into?! I had no business working with actual radio professionals when my entire résumé consisted of doing a 3 hour weekly show on a 10-watt college station for a couple years. Oh well, too late to turn back now. I successfully faked my way through the nightly 7 pm-1 am time slot and did some minor production and promotions work all while going to school full time. Being the mid- 90s, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots were on heavy rotation as well as a little Aerosmith and Queen at the start to lure in listeners from the more mainstream WTUE.
After awhile word got out that the station was being sold. Already?! We had only been on the air a few months and barely had our first ratings book come out (which we did quite well in if I remember correctly.) They flipped to Oldies and predictably fired the staff. I spent one of my last shifts spinning about 40 different versions of "Louie Louie" which was their idea of a clever stunt to introduce "Dayton's Oldies" WDOL (W-Dull?)
What had I gotten myself into?! I had no business working with actual radio professionals when my entire résumé consisted of doing a 3 hour weekly show on a 10-watt college station for a couple years. Oh well, too late to turn back now. I successfully faked my way through the nightly 7 pm-1 am time slot and did some minor production and promotions work all while going to school full time. Being the mid- 90s, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots were on heavy rotation as well as a little Aerosmith and Queen at the start to lure in listeners from the more mainstream WTUE.After awhile word got out that the station was being sold. Already?! We had only been on the air a few months and barely had our first ratings book come out (which we did quite well in if I remember correctly.) They flipped to Oldies and predictably fired the staff. I spent one of my last shifts spinning about 40 different versions of "Louie Louie" which was their idea of a clever stunt to introduce "Dayton's Oldies" WDOL (W-Dull?)
A never game-used jersey for the X-rock Away Team. I was told 76 was an odd choice--high numbers are apparently uncommon in baseball/softball. I chose it in honor of this completely unrelated to anything guy.
My old business card. I took my middle name and added an S because my actual last name doesn't sound too good when said out loud. In fact it's often mistaken for someone coughing.
94.5 has since been gobbled up by Clear Channel Communications and later became CHR "Channel 94-5" WDKF. WZJX was licensed to Englewood, Ohio.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
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