Saturday, November 16, 2019

WUMB



91.9 FM WUMB is owned by the (W) University of Massachusetts Boston and airs a mix of Folk, Americana, Roots and Blues music.  Weekend shows focus on Traditional Folk, Blues, Celtic and World music as well as syndicated programs.  WUMB broadcasts with only 160 watts and relies on a series of eight repeater stations to widen its broadcast area beyond just the city of Boston.  They went on the air in September 1982.

Friday, November 15, 2019

KUSW

Terrestrial, commercial Rock stations are a dime a dozen.  But a Rock station broadcasting on shortwave radio was something unique indeed.  From 1987 until 1990, Salt Lake City, Utah's "SuperPower" KUSW aired what would later be described as a rock-leaning Adult Album Alternative format to listeners around the world.  Besides music, KUSW also aired news and public affairs programming as well as worldwide weather conditions.  Advertisers were companies that had international presence such as Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Pizza Hut and Levis.  Sadly, KUSW was sold to the Trinity Broadcasting Network who switched to Religious programming.  To celebrate the change in ownership, TBN literally blew up the KUSW record library because, you know....devil music.

Thursday, November 14, 2019

SWR Südwestrundfunk






















SWR (Südwestrundfunk, "Southwest Broadcasting") is a public broadcasting company covering the southwest part of Germany.  It broadcasts on six radio channels as well as multiple television channels.  SWR was established in 1998 after the dissolution of predecessor organizations SDR and SWF.

SWR1 plays Pop/Rock from the 1960s through the 1980s as well as some current hits.  SWR1 operates two regional versions, one for Baden-Wurttemberg and the other for Rheinland-Pfalz.

SWR2 is Talk programming along with radio plays, spoken word features as well as Jazz and Classical music.

SWR3 plays Pop and Contemporary music targeting 14 to 39 year olds.

SWR4 plays German hits and oldies with the same two regional versions as SWR1 as well sub-local versions within each.

SWR Aktuell broadcasts News and current affairs programming.

DASDING is ad-free, youth-oriented radio hosted mostly by young people. 

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

CKMA


850 AM CKMA "Radio MAX" was an Oldies station licensed to Abbotsford, British Columbia circa the mid-to-late 1990s.

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

KBYS


88.3 KBYS is a non-commercial, community radio station broadcasting from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana.  They went on the air in May 2014.

Monday, November 11, 2019

Radio Porte Sud

Radio Port Sud broadcast from 1985 until 1996 from the city of Mulhouse in eastern France.

Sunday, November 10, 2019

WYMS






88.9 FM WYMS (We're Your Milwaukee Schools) is an Adult Album Alternative station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  They are owned by the city's public school system and originally carried a Jazz format when they went on the air in 1973.

Saturday, November 9, 2019

WQTQ

"89.9 Qute FM" WQTQ operates out of Weaver High School in Hartford, Connecticut.  They are the only high school station I know of that carries a full-time Urban Contemporary format.  The 115-watt station started in 1971 with a $15,000 dollar donation from the Aetna Life Insurance Company.

Friday, November 8, 2019

Mix 103s

KMVX - Jerome/Twin Falls, Idaho


KMXS - Anchorage, Alaska

WMXS - Montgomery, Alabama



WSRK - Oneonta. New York

Thursday, November 7, 2019

WJYM

730 AM WJYM is a Religious station in Bowling Green, Ohio.  They are owned by televangelist Jimmy Swaggart (The "Jim" in the call letters) and are part of his SonLife Radio Network.

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

WEVR


WEVR AM & FM broadcast from River Falls, Wisconsin.  They air a Soft Adult Contemporary format along with news/farm reports and Milwaukee Brewers baseball.

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

KTIG

102.7 FM KTIG is a Religious station licensed to Pequot Lakes, Minnesota.  They went on the air in 1978 and were located at 100.1 on the FM dial.

Monday, November 4, 2019

KIWI


92.1 FM KIWI signed on in the mid-1980s with a Classical music format and later aired Spanish-language programming as "Radio Lobo."  They were licensed to Bakersfield, California.


The KIWI call letters are still in the same market at 102.9 FM although now licensed to McFarland, CA.  "Radio Lobo" is a 25,000-watt Regional Mexican station.