Saturday, August 20, 2016

NRG Radio

I found this decal in an envelope with other stickers from Italy but can't be sure it's actually from there. 
Somebody wrote this on the back but I can't make it out clearly.  Anybody know what country this decal is from?

UPDATE:  An anonymous commenter suggested that it might say "Calabria" and he/she is right!  I found this jingle which has the same station logo.  Apparently NRG broadcast Dance music from Reggio Calabria in southern Italy.

Thursday, August 18, 2016

Radio J

Radio J has broadcast to the Jewish community of Paris since 1981.  They are one of four Jewish stations sharing the 94.8 FM frequency in France's capital, along with Radio Shalom, Judaic FM and RCJ.

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

WWCM

WWCM AM & FM simulcast a Country music format circa 1977.  Both stations were licensed to Brazil, Indiana.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

WPOW

WPOW went on the air in New York City in the late 1950s, sharing the 1330 AM frequency with WEVD.  They ceased broadcasting in 1984.  This sticker dates to when they carried a Religious format.

Monday, August 15, 2016

WNUR



89.3 FM WNUR is the student radio station of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.  They've been on the air over 66 years and broadcast a variety of music genres including Freeform Rock, World Music, Jazz, Blues, Hip-Hop as well as News and Sports programming.  The 7,200-watt station can be heard throughout Chicago and its northern suburbs.

Sunday, August 14, 2016

WKTF

The coupon on the back of this decal dates it to 1994 when that year's (and 1995's) Broadcasting Yearbook says they carried a CHR format.  In fact, "Katfish 95" carried a Country format for at least part, if not all, of their existence.  WKTF was licensed to Jackson, Mississippi. 

Saturday, August 13, 2016

WGDN


103.1 FM WGDN plays Country music in (W) GlaDwiN, Michigan.

Friday, August 12, 2016

WBTX

1470 AM WBTX is a Southern Gospel and Religious Teaching station licensed to Broadway-Timberville, Virginia.  They are also heard on translator W271CC at 102.1 FM.

Thursday, August 11, 2016

KUOP


KUOP is a 7,000-watt public radio station licensed to Stockton, California.  The call letters stand for (K) University Of the Pacific which owned the station until 2007 when they were bought by Capital Public Radio.  CPR had been managing the station since 2000 after the UoP discontinued its radio broadcasting degree program.  KUOP was founded in 1947 as KCVN and is the oldest licensed non-commercial station in California.

KRAW

"Krawfish 107.5" was a Country station licensed to Lake Arthur, Louisiana from 1997 until 2000.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

KIOX

A coupon on the back of this AM 1270 KIOX bumper sticker dates it to 1993.  The Broadcasting Yearbook from that year lists their format as "Contemporary Hit Country" and licensed to Bay City, Texas.
Bobby Jones was a local polka musician and radio personality (on 1390 AM KULP, at the time) who disappeared in 2007 and was never heard from again.  The license plate from his car was found near the Colorado River but nothing I could find online indicates that he (or his car) was ever found.

"X97" KIOX played Country music and was licensed to El Campo, Texas.  I'm too lazy to research if they were co-owned or just used the same call letters as the station at 1270 AM.  The KIOX call letters still exist in the Bay City area at 96.1 FM licensed to Edna, TX.

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

KCCF

KCCF was a Christian music station licensed to Ferndale, Washington from 1998 until 2002.  They currently carry a Multicultural/South Asian format primarily for residents of metro Vancouver, British Columbia as "Sher-E-Punjab Radio" KRPI.

Monday, August 8, 2016

CFGE


CFGE "93.7 Rythme FM" is an Adult Contemporary station licensed to Sherbrooke, Quebec.

Sunday, August 7, 2016

KBMV

107.1 FM KBMV airs Contemporary Christian music as part of the K-LOVE Radio Network.  They are licensed to Birch Tree, Missouri.

Saturday, August 6, 2016

KAVX

 91.9 KAVX is a Religious station licensed to Lufkin, Texas.

A KAVX magnet with sister station 90.9 KSWP.

Friday, August 5, 2016

Radio Alben

Radio Alben broadcast from Serina in northern Italy as early as 1985 and as late as 1992.  Other than that, very little information can be found about this defunct station.

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Autoroute Info Radio

FM 107.7 appears to be a traffic information station for travelers on Autoroute A40 in east/central France.

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

WTOQ

1590 AM WTOQ began broadcasting in Platteville, Wisconsin in 1983.  The frequency is currently home to Sports oulet and ESPN Radio affiliate WPVL.

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

WECK


1230 AM WECK is an Adult Standards station licensed to the Buffalo, New York suburb of Cheektowaga.  These stickers date to around 1980 when they carried a very short-lived AC/Oldies hybrid format (along with a fantastic "The Roll That Rocks" slogan given the meaning of their call letters).



The WECK call letters are named after a kümmelweck roll which is a crusty bun topped with kosher salt and caraway seeds.  Kümmelweck is an essential part of a staple of Buffalo cuisine, the Beef on Weck sandwich.  Thinly sliced, rare roast beef piled on a salty bun dipped in au jus and maybe a little horseradish.  Mmmmmmmmm....brings back good memories of living in western New York as a kid. 

Some useless trivia:  The national restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings was originally named Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck aka BW3.

Monday, August 1, 2016

WMTU


91.9 FM WMTU is the student-run radio station of (W) Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI.  They began over-the-air transmissions in 1994 but radio broadcasting on campus goes back to 1956 with carrier current station WVRW.