Monday, March 20, 2023

Rivers

WRSY - Marlboro/Battleboro, Vermont

KRVK - Vista West/Casper, Wyoming

KRVB - Nampa/Boise, Idaho

KODS - Carnelian Bay, California/Reno, Nevada

Sunday, March 19, 2023

WOKJ

The original WOKJ in Jackson, Mississippi broadcast at 1590 AM and was the first Black-oriented radio station in the state.  It was on the air from the mid-1950s until the mid-1960s.  This sticker from the next WOKJ was at 1550 AM and was on the air from around 1965 until going silent in 1990.  They were bought and sold multiple times with various formats over the years including R&B/Gospel, Easy Listening, Country and Album Oriented Rock.
 

Saturday, March 18, 2023

COOLs

WGOR - Martinez/Augusta, Georgia
 
KWFM - Tucson, Arizona

KQEL - Alamogordo, New Mexico


CKRB - Saint-Georges, Quebec
 

Friday, March 17, 2023

KYNO



KYNO is a 50,000-watt Oldies station in Fresno, California.  In 2021 they switched from 1430 AM to 940 AM
 

Thursday, March 16, 2023

KSGO

1520 AM KSGO was an Oldies station in Portland, Oregon from 1984 until 1989.
 

KGVO

KGVO has been on the air in Missoula, Montana since 1931.  They currently air a News/Talk format with local shows in the morning and syndicated programming the rest of the day.
 

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

KCLQ

107.5 KCLQ played Classic Rock in Fresno, California circa the mid-to-late 1980s.
 

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

CJBK


1290 AM CJBK is a News/Talk/Sports station in London, Ontario.  Past formats since going on the air in 1972 include Top-40, Adult Contemporary and Oldies.
 

Monday, March 13, 2023

FM Aichi


FM Aichi broadcasts from Naka-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
 

Sunday, March 12, 2023

KRVA

1600 AM KRVA "Radio Variedades" was a Spanish-language station licensed to Cockrell Hill, Texas near Dallas.  In 2012 they started running a Vietnamese-language format known as "Saigon Radio Dallas."
 

Saturday, March 11, 2023

WBEX


1490 AM WBEX airs a News/Talk format in Chillicothe, Ohio.

Friday, March 10, 2023

WPZM

"93.3 The Possum" WPZM was a Country station licensed to Tullahoma, Tennessee circa the late 1990s.
 

Thursday, March 9, 2023

WPXY




97.9 FM WPXY has been a Top-40/CHR station in Rochester, New York since 1983.

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

KZEL



96.1 FM KZEL is a Classic Rock station in Eugene, Oregon.  They've carried some form of Rock format (Free Form/AOR/AAA/Classic Rock) since 1969.  The call letters are a reference to former station owner, mill owner and lumberman George (K) ZELlner.

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

KOGO


600 AM KOGO is a News/Talk station in San Diego, California.  They were formerly known as KFSD but after a format flip they decided to change call letters as well.  Supposedly, information about San Diego was entered into an IBM computer and was asked to find the perfect set of call letters.  Out of a possible 17,576 combinations the computer chose KOGO which became their new call letters in February 1961.  The top sticker dates to some time after 1972 when they were owned by Retlaw Broadcasting.  Retlaw was Disney's broadcast division (the company name is Walter spelled backwards.)

Monday, March 6, 2023

WXFL

"Kix 96" WXFL is a Country station licensed to Florence, Alabama.

Sunday, March 5, 2023

KJLS

"Mix 103" KJLS is a 100,000-watt Hot Adult Contemporary station licensed to Hays, Kansas.  They were put on the air in 1974 by Larry Steckline, a broadcasting entrepreneur, agriculture reporter and farmer.  Steckline has owned and operated more than two dozen radio stations in Kansas and Oklahoma several of which had his initials LS in the call letters.
 

Friday, March 3, 2023

KREV / WREV / KCFE


Minneapolis, Minnesota's "Rev 105" broadcast a Modern Rock format on multiple frequencies--KREV 105.1 FM, WREV 105.3 FM and later adding a third KCFE 105.7 FM.  They were on the air for almost three years from 1994 to 1997.

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Radio Ambrosiana


Radio Ambrosiana went on the air in Milan, Italy in 1977.  I couldn't find an exact year when they stopped broadcasting but it could have been as late as the mid-2000s. 
 

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

K284AP


"La Jefa 104.7 FM" is a Regional Mexican station in Grand Junction, Colorado.  They are the HD2 subchannel of KGJX.