89.5 FM WETS is owned and operated by (W) East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN. The non-commercial, public station and NPR affiliate went on the air in February 1974.
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Friday, June 9, 2023
Thursday, June 8, 2023
KOYN
93.9 FM KOYN is a Country station in Paris, Texas. This late 1990s sticker is from when they were branded as "93.9 The Boss"
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
KWDM
88.7 FM KWDM is run by the students of Valley High School in (K) West Des Moines, Iowa. They went on the air in 1976 with a 10-watt signal one notch up the dial at 88.9 FM. They increased their power to 100 watts and moved to their current frequency in 1994. Student staff are given the option to switch formats at the beginning of every school year. Over the years that has included Free Form, Classic Rock and CHR/Top-40. As of this posting KWDM is an Alternative/Modern Rock station branded as "88.7 The Point"
KJMO
100.1 FM KJMO was on the air in (K) Jefferson City, MissOuri from 1974 to 2003. They were originally an Easy Listening station before flipping to Top-40 in 1978. They were an Oldies station for most of the 1990s but flipped to Adult Contemporary as "Kiss FM" in 1998. Lastly they went Modern Rock in 2003 and switched call letters to KBBM. As of this posting the KJMO call letters are still in Jefferson City at 97.5 FM as a Classic Hits station.
Monday, June 5, 2023
5TCB
Based in Bordertown, Australia, 5TCB is a community radio station heard on four frequencies in the southeast corner of the state of South Australia. This article says they went dark in 2009 after 25 years of broadcasting but they are still listed in the Australian Communications and Media Authority list of FM stations and their Facebook page appears to be recently active.
Sunday, June 4, 2023
Saturday, June 3, 2023
Friday, June 2, 2023
WRTA
Altoona, Pennsylvania's 1240 AM WRTA went on the air in June 1947. They were originally owned by Roy Thompson, the RT in the station's call letters. WRTA currently carries a News/Talk/Sports format.
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
WGOV
950 AM WGOV was on the air in Valdosta, Georgia from 1939 until 2013. The call letters refer to the station's founder, Eurith D Rivers, who was Georgia's (W) GOVernor from 1937 to 1941. WGOV was one of the first stations in the country to play R&B music with the airing of the Jack The Bellboy program beginning in 1948.
Monday, May 29, 2023
Sunday, May 28, 2023
KYNO
KYNO was a Top-40 station in Fresno, California first branded as simply "96 FM" and later becoming "Hot 96."
Saturday, May 27, 2023
KSHA
An early 80s sticker from Adult Contemporary-formatted 104.3 FM KSHA in Redding, California. Their call letters are a reference to Mount Shasta and the nearby Shasta-Trinity National Forest. They are currently branded as "K-Shasta 104.3"
Friday, May 26, 2023
KGW
620 AM KGW broadcast from Portland, Oregon from 1922 until 1993. They were a popular Top-40 station in the 1960s and 70s before shifting to Adult Contemporary and Talk by the late 1980s. A series of call letter changes began in 1993 (KINK, KOTK, KEWS, KDBZ, KTLK) before becoming KPOJ in 2003. They currently carry a Sports format.
Thursday, May 25, 2023
KCLV AM & FM / KTQM / KWKA
1240 AM KCLV went on the air in (K) CLoVis, New Mexico in February 1952. Their FM counterpart began broadcasting in January 1970 as KMTY and took the KCLV call letters in 1981. Both are currently co-owned with Adult Contemporary 99.9 FM KTQM and Sports formatted 680 AM KWKA.
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
KCLU
Non-commercial 88.3 FM KCLU is owned by (K) California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA. They broadcast a full slate of NPR and other public radio programming along with BBC World Service news. These stickers date to when they aired a mix of Jazz and News/Talk. KCLU went on the air in October 1994.
CJBP
CJBP "CJ97.1" is a Country station licensed to Neepawa, Manitoba. They began broadcasting in April 2010.
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