Friday, March 20, 2015

Boom FM

Boom FM is a network of Classic Hits stations in Quebec and Ontario.  They originally went on the air in 2003 with two outlets; CFEI 106.5 FM licensed to Saint-Hyacinthe, QC and CHRD105.3 FM in Drummondville, QC.  CFZZ 104.1 FM in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC and CFVM 99.9 FM licensed to Amqui, QC joined in 2005.  Boom FM later added English-language stations in Ontario including 97.3 FM CHBM in Toronto.

Thursday, March 19, 2015

WZZN

A deck of playing cards from WZZN "94.7 The Zone", a short-lived Active Rock station in Chicago, Illinois circa 2004.  94.7 FM is currently a Classic Hits outlet with the resurrected WLS-FM call letters which the frequency carried in the mid-to-late 1960s.

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Xtrema 92.1 FM

Xtrema 92.1 FM was a radio station in Cabimas, Venezuela. The website URL on the sticker is no longer valid and their Facebook page went dormant at the end of 2010 which leads me to believe they are no longer on the air.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Classic 21

Classic 21 is heard on eight frequencies throughout French-speaking central and southern Belgium.  Based in Mons and owned by RTBF--Belgian Radio and Television of the French Community--they play classic rock and pop music.  Can anyone identify the guitarist on the sticker or is it just a stock image?

Monday, March 16, 2015

WTLR

89.9 WTLR is a Religious station licensed to State College, Pennsylvania.  Way Truth Life Radio is simulcast on two other stations and a translator.  WTLR went on the air on January 1, 1978.

Sunday, March 15, 2015

WMRS



Adult Contemporary station 107.7 WMRS went on the air in Monticello, Indiana in March, 1989.

Saturday, March 14, 2015

WJOD


WJOD plays Country music in Dubuque, Iowa.

Friday, March 13, 2015

WGBH





89.7 FM WGBH (W Great Blue Hill--the station's transmitter site and highest point in the area) airs National Public Radio programming and Jazz music on weekends.  Classical music was dropped on the station after their acquisition of WCRB in 2009.  WGBH went on the air in Boston, Massachusetts in 1951.

Thursday, March 12, 2015

CJAT



Stickers and a magnet from CJAT, the main station in a network which was branded as KBS (Kootenay Broadcasting System) licensed to Trail, British Columbia.  CJAT is now known as "EZ Rock" and carries an Adult Contemporary format.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

WZNF

 "Z95.3" was a Classic Rock station in the Biloxi/Gulfport radio market from 2002 until 2014.

The station now carries a Top-40 format as "95.3 The Gorilla."  WZNF is licensed to Lumberton, Mississippi.

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

WEMU

89.1 FM WEMU broadcasts from (W) Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI.  They are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year having gone on the air at 88.1 FM in December, 1965.  WEMU airs a mix of NPR programming along with Jazz, Blues, Latin, Roots Music and EMU sports.

Monday, March 9, 2015

WAGE



Leesburg, Virginia's WAGE went on the air in 1958 at 1290 AM as a daytime only station offering a variety of music and news.  They later switched to 1200 AM and went all-news/talk.  A 2005 ownership change eventually resulted in firings and the gutting of almost all local news content.  The 1200 AM frequency turned to static and WAGE went off the air for good in 2009.

Sunday, March 8, 2015

KTCL




"Channel 93.3" is an Alternative Rock station in Denver, Colorado.  Some time around 2004, KTCL changed their city-of-license from Fort Collins, Colorado to Wheat Ridge, CO.

Saturday, March 7, 2015

KOPE

KOPE was a Talk station in Medford, Oregon through most of the 1990s.  103.5 FM is currently Classic Hits "Kool 103.5" KLDZ.

Friday, March 6, 2015

CQ-FM


CQ-FM was an "open narrowcasting service" in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia circa the late 1990s.  In an August, 2000 investigation ruling by the Australian Broadcasting Authority, CQ-FM was told to cease operations because they were providing, without a license, a commercial broadcasting service.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

KGBT


KGBT AM and FM are co-owned stations in McAllen, Texas.  1530 AM was one of the first Spanish stations in the United States and 98.5 FM carries a Regional Mexican format.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

KUYO

830 AM KUYO is a Religious station licensed to Evansville, Wyoming.  They went on the air in 1985 and broadcast during daytime hours only.

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

KAPU

104.7 KAPU is a LPFM station broadcasting Hawaiian Music.  They are the only station on the mainland that carries this format 24 hours a day.  KAPU is licensed to Watsonville, California.

Monday, March 2, 2015

Indiana Public Radio

Indiana Public Radio is a five station network covering 22 counties in eastern and central Indiana.

WBSW 90.9 FM - Marion, IN
WBSB 89.5 FM - Anderson, IN
WBSJ 91.7 FM - Portland, IN
WBSH 91.1 FM - Hagerstown, IN
WBST 92.1 FM - The flagship of the network emanates from (W) Ball STate University in Muncie, IN.  WBST began commercial broadcasting in 1951, although radio on campus actually began 28 years earlier when two students built a "radiophone" allowing students to hear transmissions from other cities.  A Ball State freshman named David Letterman began his broadcasting career at the station when he hosted a short-lived Rock show on what was otherwise an all-Classical outlet.

Sunday, March 1, 2015

WQOH

AM 1480 WQOH (W Queen Of Heaven) is a Religious station in Birmingham, Alabama.