Saturday, November 17, 2012

WJRR






"101one" WJRR is an Active Rock station licensed to Cocoa Beach, Florida. 

Friday, November 16, 2012

WNNX




"99X" WNNX was an Alternative station in Atlanta, Georgia from 1992 until 2008.  The WNNX call letters now live at 100.5 FM with a Rock format.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Actual Sticker Sighting - WBYR

I saw this sticker in a parking lot recently so I mailed a self-addressed stamped envelope to the station to get one for myself...it arrived today.

"98.9 The Bear" WBYR is a 50,000-watt Active Rock station in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  In 2008 their city of license changed from Van Wert, Ohio to Woodburn, Indiana. 



Here's a few minutes worth of someone's collection of WBYR promotional items. Enjoy...

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

WORT



89.9 FM WORT is a listener-sponsored, Pacifica Radio affilliated, community station from Madison, Wisconsin.  Music programming includes Classical, Folk, Rock, Jazz, Hip Hop and Blues.  The original group that put the station on the air in 1975 wanted the call letters WART but they were already taken by another station.  In the "artifacts and history" section of WORT's website are displays of many older bumper stickers, posters and t-shirts from their 37 year history.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

WLNG









WLNG is an Oldies station licensed to Sag Harbor, New York on the eastern part of (WLoNG Island.  They were one of the first stations in the country to mix current hits with Oldies (with lots of reverb and lots of jingles.)  WLNG also has "very very local news", weather and information and can be found at dozens and dozens of live remotes from local businesses and events. 



Monday, November 12, 2012

Radio Certitude


96.6 FM Radio Certitude began broadcasting a Religious format in Grenoble, France in 1983.  In 2007 they joined the Phare FM network of stations.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

WBNZ


WBNZ (W BeNZie County) was Hot Adult Contemporary station licensed to Frankfort, Michigan.  This sticker was received in 2001 when they were located at 99.3 FM.  WBNZ currently has a satellite-fed Soft Adult Contemporary format and broadcasts at 92.3 FM.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

KSUA




KSUA officially hit the airwaves in September, 1984 at 103.9 FM with an Album Oriented Rock format.  They were originally a commercial college station but financial troubles plagued KSUA and they went off the air in March, 1993.  They resumed broadcasting nine months later with new equipment and staff and were now a non-commercial outlet playing Alternative Rock.  Eventually, the University of Alaska station ended up at 91.5 FM and are now licensed to Fairbanks, AK.

KSUA also operates a closed-circuit television station that went on the air in 2003.

Friday, November 9, 2012

License Plate Stickers

KMJJ was an Adult Contemporary station licensed to North Las Vegas, Nevada from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s.  They were an early user of voicetracking, where DJs pre-record their on-air presentation which is then combined with music and commercials to resemble a live air shift.
1140 AM has seen many format and call letter changes in its 56 year history including Top-40 (KLUC) / Heavy Metal (KRSR) / "Casino Radio" (KXNO) / Sports and Talk (KSFN.)  They are currently KYDZ, a Radio Disney affiliate.
The blue and white style license plates were in use in Nevada from 1961 to 1985.

KRCC (K Radio Colorado College) carries NPR shows along with various music programming.  They are licensed to Colorado Springs, CO.
This sticker resembles Colorado's current license plates except that the mountains are now white and the numbering is green.

WKBW was a Top-40 station in Buffalo, New York from the late 1950s until the early 1980s.  1520 AM is currently WWKB and carries a Progressive Talk format. 
These plates were in use from 1973 to 1986.  New York's current license plate, in use since 2010, seems to be a nod to these gold and yellow classics.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

KFXJ

"104.5 The Fox" KFXJ is a 45,000-watt Classic Rock station in Wichita, Kansas and licensed to Augusta, KS.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

WWSU

Yesterday I had a chance to go back to the campus of Wright State University for the first time in 18 years.  My wife is a student at WSU and I went with her to take care of some legal business.  The lawyer's office just happened to be down the hall from WWSU, where I spent a fair amount of time playing obscure new wave and post-punk music for the handful of people who could pick up its 10-watt signal.

Wow!  Things seem to have changed for the better at "Dayton's Wright Choice."  Gone is the dingy, closet-sized studio which was replaced with large, bright rooms and lots of chrome and glass.  The only thing missing was the giant wall of vinyl records which was idiotically sold off in the early 1990s for a short-sighted station fundraiser.


106.9 WWSU is a block-formatted station featuring Rock, Hip-Hop, R&B, Sports, Alternative and various other programming.  They are licensed to Fairborn, Ohio.


The front and back of a WWSU t-shirt circa 1992.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

CKFM

"99.9 Virgin Radio" is a Contemporary Hit Radio station in Toronto, Ontario.  CKFM's Virgin branding began in 2008 after they switched from "Mix 99.9"

Monday, November 5, 2012

Radio Universal

A twenty-fifth anniversary sticker from Radio Universal which is based in Cusco, Peru.  They went on the air in 1983 at 1150 AM and now also broadcast on 103.3 FM as well as shortwave.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

2BAY

Bay FM 99.9 is a volunteer-run, community radio station from Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

WSRZ

WSRZ was an Oldies station licensed to Coral Cove, Florida.  In 2007, they dropped the music from the 1950s and early 1960s and became a Classic Hits station "107.9 WSRZ."

Friday, November 2, 2012

KVET-FM



98.1 KVET is a Country station in Austin, Texas.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

KVET-AM

1300 AM "The Zone" is a Sports station from Austin, Texas. 
The history of KVET dates to just after World War II when a group of men, including future Texas governor John Connally, pooled their resources to start a radio station in Austin.  They were all veterans so they chose the call letters KVET.  1300 began with a Full Service format before switching to Country in the late 1960s. 

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

KVEG


KVEG(as) is a Rhythmic Top-40 station licensed to Mesquite, Nevada near Las Vegas.  "Hot 97.5" signed on the air in March, 2001.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

KVDU

KVDU is an internet-only radio station broadcasting from the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.  Their website was down when I tried to listen but you can give it a shot here.