
A daily look into one of the world's largest collections of radio station bumper stickers and memorabilia.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
WNJO

Monday, May 4, 2009
KLEM
1410 AM KLEM is a Soft Adult Contemporary station licensed to (K) LE Mars, Iowa. They are now also heard on 96.9 FM via translator station K245AM.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Sunday Sticker - KCTA
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Actual sticker sighting #1 - WJQK
You rarely see radio stickers on car bumpers or windows anymore. There are three main reasons I can think of for this:1. People don't stick anything on their cars as much as they used to. (This could easily be untrue. I have seen an awful lot of Calvins peeing on Chevy logos and people telling me to "Fear This" and Dale Earnhardt logos with angel wings. Maybe I just live near a lot of rednecks.)
2. Nobody is so passionate about a radio station anymore that they're willing to essentially place an ad for them on their cars.
3. Stations don't have stickers to give away. I talked briefly to an employee of WSHZ Star 108 in Holland, Michigan today. He said that their station no longer had stickers because people tend to stick 'em where they're not supposed to (stop signs, postal boxes, public property etc.) He was doing a remote at the Tulip Festival in Holland and was nice enough to give me a sheet of plastic banner with the station logo on it though.
Anyway....I've decided to make a post anytime that I see a radio sticker on a vehicle (assuming I have the decal in my collection.) Local stations are exempt because otherwise this "actual sightings" series would just be a bunch of Dayton radio stickers.
Driving from Holland, Michigan towards Grand Rapids today I saw this sticker from JQ99 FM.

WJQK is a Contemporary Christian station licensed to Zeeland, Michigan.
2. Nobody is so passionate about a radio station anymore that they're willing to essentially place an ad for them on their cars.
3. Stations don't have stickers to give away. I talked briefly to an employee of WSHZ Star 108 in Holland, Michigan today. He said that their station no longer had stickers because people tend to stick 'em where they're not supposed to (stop signs, postal boxes, public property etc.) He was doing a remote at the Tulip Festival in Holland and was nice enough to give me a sheet of plastic banner with the station logo on it though.
Anyway....I've decided to make a post anytime that I see a radio sticker on a vehicle (assuming I have the decal in my collection.) Local stations are exempt because otherwise this "actual sightings" series would just be a bunch of Dayton radio stickers.
Driving from Holland, Michigan towards Grand Rapids today I saw this sticker from JQ99 FM.


WJQK is a Contemporary Christian station licensed to Zeeland, Michigan.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Market #1s - Texarkana - KKYR
102.5 KKYR is a Country music station licensed to Texarkana, Texas. They are known as "Kicker 102.5" and were #1 (easily) in the most recent listener ratings that I could find for that market.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
KMUW
89.1 FM KMUW is a public radio station operated by Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. Their call letters come from the original name of the school - (K) Municipal University of Wichita. KMUW was the first non-commercial station in the state having gone on the air in April 1949.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Amusing Call Letters #2 - WSEX

Monday, April 27, 2009
Market #1s - Boston - WXKS
WXKS began in 1979 as a Disco station before morphing into Urban Contemporary and eventually becoming one of the most influential mainstream Contemporary Hit stations in the country. They were #1 in the latest listener ratings for Boston, helped by morning DJ Matt Siegel who has been with the station for over 27 years. Kiss 108 is licensed to Medford, Massachusetts.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Sunday Sticker - KCNW

Saturday, April 25, 2009
WTRY

Friday, April 24, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
KSIQ
KSIQ was a Top-40 station licensed to Brawley, California. In the early 80s they were known as SI-96 (pronounced "See 96" as in the Spanish for "Yes 96") but changed to "Q96" in 1983. The station served the Imperial Valley of California as well as Mexicali, Mexico. In 2010 they moved into the San Diego radio market and changed their city-of-license to Campo, CA. They were sold in 2013 and are currently part of the Air1 Radio Network with call letters KYDO.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
KRTH / Earth Day
The first Earth Day was on April 22nd, 1970. It was organized to bring awareness to environmental problems and with a goal of a healthy, sustainable planet. Earth Day grew partially out of the Zero Population Growth movement of the late 60s but now focuses mostly on clean energy, global warming and pollution control as well as household duties such as recycling and composting. Earth Day is celebrated every year on this date in 175 countries by more than half a billion people.

KRTH is an Oldies station from Los Angeles, California. It was named "K-Earth" after the first Earth Day which occurred about two years before. KRTH is known for an extremely tight playlist at one point only numbering 175 different songs. They've tweaked their format over the years, shifting from 50s and 60s oldies to gradually introducing hits from the 1970s and now even playing some from the early 1980s.


Tuesday, April 21, 2009
KRSR

Monday, April 20, 2009
KXLR
Tough to find a whole lot of information about this station. I know it's from Little Rock, Arkansas and I think it ran a Top-40 format. Not only doesn't KXLR exist anymore but there doesn't appear to be a station at 1150 at all in Arkansas anymore.
UPDATE: See comments.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
KCMS



Saturday, April 18, 2009
KWKW
The 1330 AM frequency in Los Angeles, California is one of the oldest in the United States having gone on the air in March, 1922. For decades they played Spanish-language music before focusing on a Regional Mexican format in the 1990s as "La Mexicana." In 2004 they dropped music and became affiliated with ESPN Deportes, airing Spanish-language sports talk as well as Los Angeles Lakers games en español. KWKW is currently all-Sports "Tu Liga Radio".
Friday, April 17, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
WZHT

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