KONP

1450 AM KONP (K Olympic National Park) is a News/Talk station licensed to Port Angeles, Washington.  They were a popular music station for decades--from their beginning as a Big Band station in 1945 up to the mid-1990s playing Top-40.  The 1000-watt station's first radio tower was a 180-foot Douglas fir tree.  KONP is one of more than two dozen stations in the Seattle Mariners radio network.

Bills vs Colts

Today we're heading 90 minutes west on I-70 to Indianapolis to watch the Buffalo Bills take on the Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium. We were at the stadium just three weeks ago to watch my son's marching band compete at the Grand National Championship.  Lucas Oil is only four years old and has a beautiful brick and limestone exterior along with a retractable roof and a gigantic moveable wall of windows. It's quite a stunning structure.  GO BILLS!!!

WIBC-AM was the flagship station of the Indianapolis Colts for many years.  The lead Colts station still remains on 1070 AM although they are now "The Fan" WFNI.  WIBC's News/Talk programming remains on WIBC-FM at 93.1 while WFNI is all Sports and affiliated with ESPN Radio.

"97 Rock" WGRF was the flagship station of the Buffalo Bills from 1999 to 2011.

UPDATE:
The Bills lose to the Colts 20-13 and slide to 4-7 on the year, virtually guaranteeing another losing season.

My Colts-loving wife was very happy.

A subtle reminder of what country the Bills suck in.

CKFU

"100.1 Moose FM" CKFU is a 50-watt, Low Power FM station from Fort St. John, British Columbia.  They went on the air in 2003 with a Hot AC/Classic Hits format and switched to Country in 2009.

2CCC

2CCC (2 Central Coast Community) is a volunteer-run, community radio station from Gosford, New South Wales, Australia.  Plans for putting a station on the air began in 1984 and their license was finally received in 1992.  2CCC is now branded as "96.3 Coast FM."

Power Turk FM

Power Turk FM is a Pop Music station from Istanbul, Turkey.  Power XL is their sister station and plays hits from the 1970s to 1990s.

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

KNRS

KNRS is a conservative-leaning Talk station licensed to Centerville, Utah near Salt Lake City.  They also broadcast on 570 AM.

WVTI

"Variety 107" WVTI was an Adult Contemporary station licensed to Melbourne, Florida in the mid-to-late 1980s.  107.1 FM is currently CHR WAOA.

WTKS

"Real Radio 104.1" WTKS is a Talk station during the week and plays Classic Rock on the weekends.  They are licensed to Cocoa Beach, Florida near Orlando.

WJRR

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

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.

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...

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.

WLNG

WLNG is an Oldies station licensed to Sag Harbor, New York on the eastern part of (W) LoNG 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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.