Actual sticker sighting #3 - WDVE

Drove 8 hours to my grandma's house to celebrate her 90th birthday today. Just as we pulled onto the Pennsylvania Turnpike we came up on an ancient, rusted-out Ford pickup with this sticker on the tailgate:

The truck must have been at least 25 years old and it also had a Pittsburgh Penguins WDVE static sticker on the back window.

WDVE is a heritage Rock station from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The call letters are derived from "DoVE," a nod to the late 60s/early 70s "peace & love" hippie era when the station stopped simulcasting their sister station (KQV) and switched to Album Rock. They started out using an automated AOR service called "Love" which was delivered via tape. In 1970 they began using live DJs for their free-form Album Rock format. Currently WDVE would be considered a Classic Rock station.

WRVO

WRVO (W Radio Voice of Oswego) is a public radio station broadcasting from the State University of New York at Oswego. Programming, featuring the usual National Public Radio offerings, is simulcast on three additional stations as well as four translators.

WVIC

WVIC was a Rock station licensed to East Lansing, Michigan. Not sure if this sticker dates back to the 1970s when WVIC FM simulcast the Top-40 of their AM sister station during the day and played progressive rock at night or if it's from a later Rock format. 94.9 FM is currently Classic Rocker WMMQ.

WQBA

WQBA (W "Cuba") is a Spanish Talk station at 1140 AM in Miami, Florida. The station is popular among the large Cuban population there and used to identify themselves as "La Cubanisma" ("the most Cuban.") Their current slogan is "The Voice of Miami" ("La voz de Miami.") This sticker resembles the Cuban flag turned on its end with a single star replaced by the call letters.

KCMO

KCMO was (you guessed it!) an Oldies station licensed to Kansas City, MissOuri. Beginning in 1977 the 94.9 frequency hosted a variety of formats including Easy Listening, Country and Top-40. From 1989 until 2005 they found success as "Oldies 95." As the audience for true oldies got older and less attractive from an advertising standpoint, KCMO turned into a Classic Hits station playing songs from the mid 60s to early 80s.

WGFA

WGFA (World's Greatest Farming Area) is a News/Talk/Agriculture station licensed to Watseka, Illinois.  I love the old-timey hobo with the cigarette and top hat (click his stubbly face to enlarge)...you don't hear people say "I'm a lucky bum" much anymore. Hard to believe people actually stuck these to their car bumpers once upon a time.

CiTR

CiTR (Canadian Independent Thunderbird Radio) is the student radio station from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. I recently discovered the podcast of Nardwuar, a CiTR DJ who has hosted his own show there since 1987. It's a mix of indie rock and some of the most entertaining interviews I've ever heard. Nardwuar the Human Serviette (his full name) is a combination rock geek, confrontational interviewer and high-pitched, motor-mouthed hipster--imagine Andy Dick with an extensive musical knowledge. He usually starts each conversation with an off-putting "Who are you?" and ends with "Doo doodle doot doo" to which the interviewee must add the final "doot doo." Listen in amazement to his hilarious interview with Iggy Pop, him attempting to get Lemmy from Motorhead to add the final "doot doo," and getting hung up on by a grumpy Beck. Twenty-two years worth of interviews can be found at Nardwuar's website.

Mystery Sticker #9 SOLVED!

Anybody know where this Eagle 102.9 sticker is from? If it helps any, the backing has a coupon from a place called Buffalo's Cafe which expired in December of 1997.
Holy crap...I just Googled "Buffalo's Cafe" to try to figure out what part of the country this station is/was from and their website has a picture of "The Big Pounder." No wonder Americans are obese.
Anyway...if you have any info on this station email or leave a comment. A free Big Pounder will be yours with correct station identification.*

*This is a lie.

UPDATE:
"Eagle 102.9" was indeed from WPMX - Statesboro, Georgia as was mentioned in the comments.  The call letters moved to 94.9 FM and format flipped to Adult Contemporary but still with "The Eagle" branding.

KAHK

KAHK was a late 90s/early 2000s Classic Hits station licensed to Georgetown, Texas near Austin. The station currently carries a Latin Pop format as KHZS "107.7 Hitz FM."

KOMP

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

KOMP is an Active Rock station from Las Vegas, Nevada. They started out as KVEG "K92" with an Album Rock format then switched to Top-40 and became KENO FM. In the early 80s they flipped back to AOR as KOMP with the first song being played being "Long Live Rock" by the Who. The call letters are derived from "comps" (complimentaries) which are incentives that casinos use to keep their best customers coming back--everything from free drinks and meals to airfare and limos for the high rollers.

The boobs over at KOMP would sound great coming out of this radio.

Euro-style Car Stickers

Oval stickers with block letter abbreviations are a fairly regular sight today. It seems like every bozo in town has to tell you that he vacationed in the Outer Banks of North Carolina (OBX) or on Hilton Head Island (HH) or Yellowstone National Park (YNP.) I myself had an Ocean City (OC) on the back of my Blazer for a few years. These type of stickers originated in Europe to designate what country your vehicle is from. With a large number of small countries in a relatively compact area and where cross-border travel is common, Europe apparently feels the need to identify the country of origin of its cars. I'm not sure if this is a requirement or if it's just cool to slap a "GB" sticker on your Mini Cooper or a "DE" on your BMW. Seems like it would make more sense to just stamp the country code directly onto their license plates but what do I know.

These abbreviated, Euro-style decals have now invaded the world of the radio station bumper sticker:

WYCE (WYoming Community Education) is an independent community radio station licensed to Wyoming, Michigan. They are funded entirely by donations and operate with a mostly volunteer staff. WYCE carries a Variety format including Rock, Jazz, Blues and Folk music.

WTMT is a Rock station in Asheville, North Carolina and licensed to Weaverville, NC.

Vermont Public Radio is a network of about 20 stations and translators in Vermont, New Hampshire and New York. It has been one of the most listened-to public radio stations per capita in the country despite being one of the smallest members of the National Public Radio system. The first station in the network was WVPR in Windsor, VT which went on the air in 1975.

KZZP

KZZP is a semi-legendary Top-40 station in Phoenix, Arizona. They became a CHR station in 1980 and pulled in monster Arbitron ratings the second half of that decade and into the 1990s. As with many Clear Channel-owned hit music outlets, the station now uses the "KISS FM" branding. KZZP is licensed to Mesa, AZ.

The front and back of a KZZP t-shirt.

WNWI WSBC

WNWI is an Ethnic radio station in Chicago and licensed to Oak Lawn, Illinois. The call letters stand for NorthWestern Indiana because they broadcast from Valparaiso, Indiana from the mid-1960s until 1998 before moving into the Chicago market. WNWI's schedule includes programming in Polish, German, Serbian and Croatian.

WSBC (World Storage Battery Company) is a time-brokered Variety station licensed to Chicago, Illinois. They carry programming in Russian, Spanish, Greek, Ukrainian and Romanian.

This above image is a magnet from the Torah Radio Network which might not exist anymore as their website URL is defunct.
G'mar Chatima Tova.

WUSN

"US 99" WUSN has been a Country music station in Chicago, Illinois since 1982.  In terms of cumulative listeners, "US 99" is one of the largest Country stations in the United States.

Fish Amnesty Day

Yesterday was Fish Amnesty Day--another harebrained idea from the goofballs at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The idea is that fishing is bad because it hurts the little critters so you should throw away all your poles and hooks. Since you shouldn't catch fish it follows that you also shouldn't eat them. No problem here. Fish tastes disgusting and I avoid it like the plague. The closest I get to ingesting any seafood is a daily fish oil supplement that I manage to take with all my other vitamins. Even the fish burps from those pills is kinda gross.

Having said that, it just so happens that I'm going fishing today with my son. He built his own boat which we tested last weekend and now he'd like to use it for real.

"Fish" branded stations are almost always Contemporary Christian formatted. They usually use the ichthys (Greek for "fish") symbol as their logo which was used by early Christians as a secret symbol.

WFHM (W For HiM) -- Cleveland, Ohio.

 KFIS -- Scappoose, Oregon.

KAIM -- Honolulu, Hawaii

KNDK

KNDK (K North DaKota) is a Talk station licensed to Langdon, North Dakota.

Finger Quality Lakes Rock

WLLW is a Classic Rock station licensed to Seneca Falls, New York. They also have a translator in Ithaca, NY at 96.3 FM.

KVOD

KVOD (Klassical Voice Of Denver) is a Classical music station in Denver, Colorado. This sticker is from 1999 when they were at 92.5 on the dial. That same year AMFM Inc. bought the station, flipped it to Jammin’ Oldies and moved the dead white guy music to 1280 AM. Colorado Public Radio then bought it and moved it back to FM, first to 90.1 and then to its current home at 88.1. KVOD is licensed to Lakewood, CO.

Can you name the composers shown on the sticker? I could only make a guess on the wigged guy but I was wrong. Hint: It's not Bach. See the Comments for the answers.

Attack of the Killer B95s

WFBE (W Flint Board of Education) went on the air as a public Educational station in 1953. It was sold to Liggett Broadcasting and became a commercial Country station in 1997. WFBE is licensed to Flint, Michigan.

"B95" WBBN is a Country station licensed to Taylorsville, Mississippi.

"B95.5" WYJB is an Adult Contemporary station licensed to Albany, New York.

Other attacks can be seen here. And here.

WIOV

WIOV is a Country music station licensed to Ephrata, Pennsylvania.