Thursday, April 2, 2015

KSHE




































KSHE went on the air in St. Louis, Missouri in 1961 with a Classical format aimed at female listeners--hence the K-SHE call letters and "The Lady of FM" branding. By the late 1960s the format had gradually started changing to rock and roll, eventually becoming a full-blown Progressive/Album Oriented Rock station.
KSHE's longtime mascot is a pig named "Sweetmeat" which first appeared on the cover of Blodwyn Pig's album 'Ahead Rings Out'.  The pig originally appeared with a joint in its mouth but later versions of a more cartoonish "Sweetmeat" were smoke-free.  Recent KSHE bumper stickers have brought back the original, vintage mascot.
KSHE is now owned by Emmis Communications, whose website says that the station's November, 1967 birth makes it the longest running rock station in the world.

A personalized KSHE postage stamp.



Wednesday, April 1, 2015

KUNA

KUNA was a Spanish music station licensed to Indio, California.  1400 AM is currently KESQ and carries a Spanish Religious format.

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

KQXI

1550 AM KQXI was a Denver station licensed to Arvada, Colorado.  Revolving formats included Top-40, Country Gospel and MOR.  1550's last gasp was as a Radio Disney affiliate but the station went dark and turned in its license to the FCC in 2003.

Monday, March 30, 2015

KFKF



94.1 KFKF has been a Country music station in Kansas City, Missouri since 1982. 

Sunday, March 29, 2015

KJUG



KJUG is a Country station licensed to Tulare, California.  106.7 FM went on the air in 1965 with the call letters KDFR.  According to this large FCC document, KDFR's license was revoked for unspecified reasons in 1968.  At some point the call letters became KWSM and switched to KJUG around 1977.

A 30th anniversary gold foil sticker.

Saturday, March 28, 2015

WJMK



A magnet, chip clip and t-shirt from WJMK in Chicago, Illinois.  The former WJEZ flipped from Country to Oldies in 1984 and became "Magic 104".  Changes in station branding to "Oldies 104.3" and "104.3 Jack FM" followed, along with a transition to Adult Hits.  WJMK is now known as "K-Hits 104.3"

Friday, March 27, 2015

KFOR



1240 AM KFOR has been broadcasting in Lincoln, Nebraska since March, 1924.  In 2005 they stopped playing music and switched from full-service Adult Contemporary to their current News/Talk format.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

WZTA


WZTA "94.9 Zeta" was a Rock station in Miami, Florida for almost two decades.  The former Top-40 outlet known as "I-95" WINZ flipped to Classic Rock in the late 1980s and also carried Alternative and Active Rock formats in its time as WZTA.  94.9 FM flipped to Hispanic Urban (now Spanish Contemporary) "Mega 94.9" in 2005.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

WLS










WLS 890 AM was originally owned by Sears, Roebuck and Company hence the call letter meaning of World's Largest Store.  They are one of the original 50,000-watt clear channel stations and went on the air in April, 1924.  WLS's standard bearing Top-40 era began in 1960 and lasted well into the mid-1980s when a transition to Adult Contemporary and Oldies began.  Talk shows then started appearing alongside music programming and by August, 1989 WLS dropped music altogether to go 24/7 Talk.
Some great WLS tribute and history sites can be found online.  Another semi-complete set of WLS stickers can be seen here.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

WNEB





Stickers and a magnet from Religious station WNEB (W New England Broadcasting) in Worcester, Massachusetts. 

Monday, March 23, 2015

WBOW

WBOW (W Banks Of the Wabash) began broadcasting at 640 AM in Terre Haute, Indiana in the late 1980s.  After the owner was convicted on 12 felony charges, WBOW's license was pulled and the station went silent in 2001. 

Sunday, March 22, 2015

KINY

800 AM KINY began broadcasting in Juneau, Alaska on May 31, 1935.

Saturday, March 21, 2015

KCAR

"Cool 104.3" was an Oldies station licensed to Galena, Kansas.  The frequency is currently "Star 104.3" and carries a Hot AC format.  Sometime around 2007 KCAR switched their city-of-license from Galena to Baxter Springs, KS