Tuesday, May 23, 2023

WKQB

"B107" WKQB was a Classic Rock station in Fayetteville. North Carolina circa the late 1990s.
 

Monday, May 22, 2023

KXMX

"Max 102.9" KXMX was a Country station in Cedar Rapids, Iowa from 1995 until 1998.  The frequency is currently home to Top-40 outlet KZIA.

Sunday, May 21, 2023

FM Cocolo

FM Cocolo broadcasts at 76.5 FM in Osaka, Japan.  Programs are mostly heard in English and Japanese but a dozen other languages are given timeslots as well.  Cocolo is a Japanese word for "heart" and also stands for Cooperation, Communication, Love.  FM Cocolo went on the air in October 1995.
 

Saturday, May 20, 2023

Radio Bruno



Based in Carpi, Radio Bruno broadcasts on dozens of frequencies throughout northern and central Italy.  They've been on the air since May 1976.
 

Friday, May 19, 2023

WWSP


89.9 FM WWSP is a 30,000-watt student and community volunteer-run station operating from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.  They carry an Alternative Rock format as well as broadcasting a rather impressive weekend-long trivia contest held every year since the early 1970s.

Thursday, May 18, 2023

WRCM

92.1 FM WRCM was on the air in Jacksonville, North Carolina from the mid-1960s until the late 1980s most or all of those years as a Country station.
 

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

The Point Network



The Point is a network of Vermont stations carrying an Adult Album Alternative format with the flagship being 104.7 FM WNCS in Montpelier.  They are also heard on four other stations and translators covering most of central and northern Vermont as well as parts of New York, New Hampshire and Quebec.  A sticker from a disused Point frequency can be seen here.
 

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

WKBO

"Fortress 1230 AM" WKBO is a Contemporary Christian station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  The 1230 AM frequency has had the same call letters since 1933 when they were owned by the (W) Keystone Broadcasting Organization.  For most of the 1970s WKBO was a popular Top-40 station before a switch to AC occurred around 1980.  Subsequent formats included Talk and Adult Standards before the flip to their current format in 2001.  A detailed history of WKBO can be found here.

Saturday, May 13, 2023

WKBK



1220 AM WKBK went on on the air in Keene, New Hampshire in May 1959.  After an ownership change, the WKBK call letters moved to 1290 AM, a News/Talk outlet which is also heard on a translator at 94.1 FM.  Meanwhile, 1220 AM became WZBK and simulcasts the Classic Hits of WKVT in Brattleboro, Vermont as well as a translator at 102.3 FM.

Thursday, May 11, 2023

WFEA

1370 AM WFEA is a Talk station in Manchester, New Hampshire.  They are that state's oldest radio station and have had the same call letters since going on the air in March 1932.  Programming is now also heard on a translator at 99.9 FM licensed to Bedford, NH.
 

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Catholic Radios

WILB - Canton, OH

WCCR - Cleveland, Ohio

KCVV - Sacramento, California

EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) - Irondale, Alabama   EWTN is a Catholic cable television network as well as radio network providing programming to around 350 stations in the US as well as satellite and shortwave radio.

KVMR



89.5 FM KVMR (K Victorian Museum Radio) is a non-profit, community radio licensed to Nevada City, California.  Programming is heard on multiple other stations and translators spread throughout the Sierra foothills.


Monday, May 8, 2023

KRLV

106.5 FM KRLV was an Adult Contemporary station in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1987 until 1994.
 

Sunday, May 7, 2023

KNIM

A 2005 decal from KNIM "97.1 The 'Vill" in Maryville, Missouri.  They were a Classic Rock station when this sticker was printed.  KNIM changed call letters to KVVL in 2010 to better reflect their branding and in 2022 they flipped from Classic Rock to Alternative Rock.
 

Saturday, May 6, 2023

KEZP

KEZP was an Alternative Rock station in Alexandria, Louisiana from 2008 to 2011.  I would describe the logo of "Red 104.3" as "bad tattoo."

Friday, May 5, 2023

KBAD

1350 AM KBAD was a Rock station in Bakersfield, California circa the late 1980s/early 1990s.
 

Thursday, May 4, 2023

CFRU






93.3 FM CFRU is a volunteer-run, campus and community radio station broadcasting from the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario.  Official radio transmissions at the school began in 1969 with carrier current station Radio Gryphon.  Broadcasts moved on to Guelph's cable FM system and then AM before moving to FM in 1980.  CFRU airs a wide mix of music, news, spoken word and foreign language programs. 
 

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

WFIX


91.3 FM WFIX is a 100,000-watt Contemporary Christian station in Florence, Alabama.  Before 2000 they broadcast at 93.9 FM licensed to Rogersville, AL.  They may or may not have had any connection to another WFIX that existed in nearby Huntsville from 1960 to 1990.
 

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

WAMI

860 AM WAMI (Where Agriculture Meets Industry) went on the air in 1953 from Opp, Alabama.  The station has been dark for years beginning some time around 2017.  It appears that they now have a construction permit to move up to 880 AM but are not on the air as of this posting.
 

Monday, May 1, 2023

KGAL / KSHO




The original KGAL went on the air in 1951 at 930 on the AM dial.  The call letters were chosen for the owner (and UFOlogist) (K) Gordon ALlen.  KGAL moved to 920 AM in 1954 and switched call letters to KSHO in 1991.  They currently carry an AC/Soft Rock format.  Sister station 1580 AM KGAL began broadcasting in 1995 and carries a News/Talk/Sports format.  Both stations are licensed to Lebanon, Oregon.

This 1976 UFO documentary "Overlords of the UFO" was written and produced by the aforementioned Gordon Allen.