Saturday, January 13, 2024

CKVX





"104.9 XFM" was an Alternative Rock station in Vancouver, British Columbia.  They were on the air from New Year's Eve 1999 until November 2003.  The bottom sticker is from a rebroadcaster signal at 107.5 FM licensed to Chilliwack, BC.

Friday, January 12, 2024

City FM




City FM started as a Dance music station on the public access broadcaster SALTO in The Netherland's capital of Amsterdam.  By 2001 they were a terrestrial station playing a mix of Pop and Rock music.  A format change to Classic Rock happened in 2003.  The addition of other frequencies took place along with format tweaks including adding Modern Rock music to the playlist.  City FM ceased broadcasting around 2011.
 

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Radio Record





Radio Record was founded in 1984 and broadcasts from the Province of Rimini in Italy.  Sadly, they no longer use the devil mascot or their "What The Hell Radio" slogan.
 

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

WBGL



91.7 FM WBGL is a Christian Adult Contemporary station in Champaign, Illinois.  Programming is also heard on multiple full-power FM stations as well as low-power translators providing signal coverage to most of Illinois and parts of Indiana and Missouri.  In 2019 the entire cluster of stations were sold to Minnesota-based University of Northwestern--St. Paul which owns many other Christian stations, mostly in the Upper Midwest.  All their stickers say "WBGL" regardless of the actual call letters.

WNLD - Decatur, Illinois or WZGL - Charleston, Illinois (both share the same frequency)

WCRT - Terre Haute, Indiana



The top three decals from WIBI in Carlinville, Illinois date to when some of these stations were owned by the (W) Illionois Bible Institute and were all branded as "WIBI" regardless of the actual call letters.

WIBI - Carlinville, Illinois

WIMB - Murphysboro, Illinois

WBMV - Mount Vernon, Illinois

WCBW - Columbia, Illinois or WBMV - Mount Vernon, Illinois (both share the same frequency)

W211AD - Granite City, Illinois

W230BS - Effingham, Illinois

WCFL - Morris, Illinois

 

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

WUOG



90.5 FM WUOG has been the student-run station at the University of Georgia in Athens since 1972.  Their 26,000-watt signal makes them one of the more powerful college radio stations in the country.  A DJ at WUOG introduced four University of Georgia students to each other and soon after they formed the band R.E.M.  The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees got their first radio airplay on WUOG in the summer of 1980.  The station's philosophy states that no artists who had a song chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the past 20 years or has had an album chart in Top 20 of the Billboard 200 will get airplay on WUOG.  This rule has been broken for R.E.M. at least once.

Monday, January 8, 2024

WPNW


1260 AM WPNW airs Contemporary Worship music in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  These stickers date to when they carried a Christian Talk format from about 2005 to 2020.  WPNW is licensed to Zeeland, MI.
 

Sunday, January 7, 2024

WMCR

AM 1600 WMCR (W Madison County Radio) began broadcasting from Oneida, New York in 1961.  WMCR FM followed in 1972 and they simulcast together for many years.  106.3 is currently Religious station WCIT while WMCR AM is an Adult Contemporary station also heard on a translator at 101.1 FM.

Saturday, January 6, 2024

WHYP

"Channel 98.9" WHYP is an Alternative Rock station licensed to Corry, Pennsylvania.  The 100-watt low-power FM went on the air in January 2017.
 

Friday, January 5, 2024

WDTL

92.9 FM WDTL went on the air in March 1992 from Cleveland, Mississippi.  They were sold in 2003 and eventually went dark.  The original owner relaunched WDTL around 2014 and now broadcasts Classic Country at 105.7 FM with a city-of-license of Indianola, MS.
 

Thursday, January 4, 2024

KIBZ





KIBZ is an Active Rock station in Lincoln, Nebraska.  In 2004 they moved from 106.3 FM to 104.1 FM.
 

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

KJLH

102.3 FM KJLH is an Urban Adult Contemporary station in Los Angeles, California.  They began in 1965 when KILB was sold to an African-American businessman and flipped formats to R&B/Soul and Jazz.  The new owner, John Lamar Hill, used his initials as the call letters for the station that was licensed to Long Beach, CA at the time.  The call letters eventually came to stand for Kindness Joy Love and Happiness.  Hill owned KJLH for over 14 years before selling it to musician Stevie Wonder in 1979.  Format tweaks took place over the years developing out of competition from other Black-targeted stations including KDAY, KKBT and KPWR.  KJLH is licensed to Compton, California.

The August 22, 1983 cover of Time Magazine shows Jesse Jackson, a few weeks prior to announcing his campaign to become president of the US, in front of a KJLH microphone.

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

WSCF



91.9 FM WSCF is a Contemporary Christian station licensed to Vero Beach, Florida.  They went on the air in February 1990 and are the flagship of the Christian FM network of stations located throughout the central eastern coast of the state.



Monday, January 1, 2024

WAUG

WAUG is the student-run radio station at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.  They are an internet-only outlet but at one time broadcast on 570 AM and 97.9 FM.