Friday, April 20, 2018

Cat Countrys

 WJAN/WJEN - Sunderland/Rutland, Vermont

 KAKT - Phoenix/Medford, Oregon

 WHFB - Benton Harbor, Michigan


KATC - Colorado Springs, Colorado

Thursday, April 19, 2018

WRNS

95.1 WRNS is a 100,000-watt Country station in Kinston, North Carolina.  They'll celebrate their 50th birthday in October of this year.

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

KURM

AM 790 KURM airs a News/Talk/Farm format in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  They went on the air in 1979 and are now also heard at 100.3 FM.  The AM half is licensed to Rogers, AR and the FM to Gravette, AR.

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

KIX 106s


 CKKX - Peace River, Alberta


WKKX -Granite City, Illinois/St. Louis, Missouri (1994-2000)



 WGKX - Memphis, Tennessee

Monday, April 16, 2018

R.I.P. Art Bell - KNYE

Longtime radio host Art Bell passed away last Friday (the 13th!) at age 72.  His overnight "Coast to Coast AM" show, at the peak of its popularity, was syndicated to more than 500 radio stations and had 10 million listeners--good for third place behind Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Laura Schlessinger.  The show existed from 1988 until 2010 during which he "retired" at least four times before handing the show off to current host George Noory.  He was also briefly heard on SiriusXM satellite radio.  Bell pioneered "paranormal talk radio" and covered a huge variety of topics including government coverups, strange weather, demon possession, nanotechnology, time travel, UFOs, conspiracy theories and all things supernatural.  He also personally fielded unscreened phone calls on five lines during his late-night show.

Bell broadcast from 95.1 FM KNYE in remote, Pahrump, Nevada, a station that he himself founded.  The call letters refer to Nye County where Pahrump is located--hence his familiar catchphrase "from the Kingdom of Nye."

Sunday, April 15, 2018

KLSY



92.5 KLSY was an Adult Contemporary/Adult Top-40 station in Seattle, Washington from 1983 until 2006.  The last few years of their existence they were known as "Mix 92.5" and then they flipped to CHR "Movin' 92.5" KQMV.  KLSY was licensed to Bellevue, WA.

Saturday, April 14, 2018

Radio Kerry


Radio Kerry broadcasts a mix of music, talk and sports on 5 frequencies throughout County Kerry in southwest Ireland.  They went on the air in July, 1990.
In 2005, Radio Kerry began operating a custom-built training facility for future radio professionals.  They offer courses in radio journalism, production, studio operations and program presentation.  Their training station "Z103" can be heard online.

Friday, April 13, 2018

5GFM

"89.3 Gulf FM" 5GFM is a volunteer-run, community radio station based in Kadina, South Australia.

Thursday, April 12, 2018

WYCR

WYCR in York, Pennsylvania is currently a Classic Rock outlet branded as "Rocky 98.5".  I believe they were a Top-40 station when they were known as "98YCR". 

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

WQSA

Sarasota, Florida's WQSA began in 1973 with an MOR/Big Band format before flipping to all-News in 1975.  Talk shows were added in the 1980s and by the 1990s they broadcast News/Talk, Sports and Nostalgic music.  As of this writing, 1220 AM still carries a N/T format but with call letters WSRQ.

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

WMWM

Radio at Salem State College (now Salem State University) began in 1968 with carrier current station WSSC.  They became WMWM in 1976 with 10 watts of power broadcasting at 91.7 FM. 

Monday, April 9, 2018

WJTW

A 1994 sticker from "Lucky 93.5" WJTW, an Adult Contemporary station licensed to Joliet, Illinois.

Sunday, April 8, 2018

WESL


1490 AM WESL existed in St. Louis, Missouri from 1972 until 2007.  They were best known as a Soul/R&B station starting in the early 1970s.  The WESL call letters (and frequency!) are still being used at a St. Louis-based online-only station known as "Praizze 1490".

Saturday, April 7, 2018

KTGS

88.3 KTGS is the flagship station of The Gospel Station network based in Ada, Oklahoma.  Southern Gospel music programming is also heard on about two dozen stations and translators in Oklahoma, Texas, Tennessee, Kansas, Nebraska and Ohio.

Friday, April 6, 2018

KISR

"Kisser 93" KISR is a 100,000-watt Top-40 station in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Thursday, April 5, 2018

CIHO

96.3 FM CIHO is a French-language, community radio station licensed to Saint-Hilarion, Quebec.

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

KREM

A giant, 18-inch long bumper sticker from 92.9 KREM FM in Spokane, Washington.  KREM was, among other things, a Top-40 and Album Rock station during its years on the air which spanned from 1955 until 1984. 

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

KNOE


A late-1990s sticker and t-shirt from KNOE in Monroe, Louisiana.  The call letters existed from 1967 until 2013 and were named after former Governor of Louisiana James A Noe (who also owned WNOE.)  At the time they were simply branded as "FM 102", they carried a CHR format.

Monday, April 2, 2018

Mystery Mug - 94.9 The Fox

Anybody know what station this "95.9 The Fox" mug is from?  The obvious answer would be WEFX / WFOX in Bridgeport, Connecticut but I don't see any of their old logos looking like the one on the mug.

Sunday, April 1, 2018

KYKY



KYKY "Y98" is a Hot Adult Contemporary station in St. Louis, Missouri.