Caracol Radio

Bogotá-based Caracol Radio is one of the main radio networks in Colombia. They program eight formats on about two dozen frequencies throughout the country.

KPUA

A 1989 sticker from AM 670 KPUA, a News/Talk station licensed to Hilo, Hawaii. KPUA made news recently when they stopped airing the Rush Limbaugh Show after the host's inflammatory remarks against a women's health activist.

WYNO

If I'm not mistaken, WYNO was a pirate radio station based in Phillipsburg, New Jersey during the second half of the 1970s. I received this sticker from one of the station's DJs (here he is) along with a bunch of other radio promotional stuff in a trade back in 1998. Check out some dynamite WYNO photos and playlists here.

Radio RaBe

Radio RaBe ("Radio Raven") is a non-commercial, community radio station based in Berne, Switzerland. They play a diverse variety of music including Pop, Rock, Reggae, Hip-Hop, Blues, Folk...

...and Jazz...

...and "Black" music.

This iron-on patch features a different raven mascot from their current logo along with a dial position that isn't listed on their frequency page.

WMWX

88.9 FM WMWX "ClassX Radio" is a Rock station licensed to Miamitown, Ohio just west of Cincinnati. The non-profit station signed on the air in August, 2006 and also broadcasts on 89.3 FM licensed to Waynesville, Ohio and 89.1 FM WKCX in Crittenden, Kentucky. "ClassX Radio" is a throwback to a true Album Oriented Rock station playing deep album cuts, new artists, familiar rock hits and "melodic rock." Listen live here.

WRKS

"98.7 Kiss FM" is an Urban Adult Contemporary station in New York City. The former Adult Top-40 of WXLO became WRKS (W RKO Station) in June, 1981 eventually taking the low-ranked station from 22nd to 3rd in the ratings. In 1983 "Kiss FM" became the first station in the United States to play Rap music on a regular basis. They've since carried various strains of the Urban format and currently play "Classic Soul and Today's R&B."

CJJR

93.7 CJJR "JRfm" is a Country station in Vancouver, British Columbia. They've carried the same format since signing on in July 1986.

Leap Day

FM 107.7 WIVK is a Country station in Knoxville, Tennessee. They've used a frog mascot since 1976 when a station employee was recording a commercial and realized that the calls letters sounded like a frog's croak..."Wivick Wivick Wivick." WIVK is a consistently top-rated station in the Knoxville market and held (or possibly still holds) a #1 streak that started in 1980 and lasted until at least the summer of 2011.

UPDATE: I just read that WIVK was #1 in the fall ratings with a healthy 17.7 share.

WLMD

A 1994 sticker from Country station WLMD licensed to Bushnell, Illinois.

WFWI

WFWI "92.3 The Fort" is a Classic Rock station from (W)Fort Wayne, Indiana.

WACV

1170 AM WACV was a News/Talk station in Montgomery, Alabama from 1984 until 2009.  After a series of events too tedious to explain here, WACV ended up at 93.1 FM beginning in 2012.

KRVN

KRVN (K Rural Voice of Nebraska) is a News/Talk/Farm station licensed to Lexington, Nebraska. At night, "880 Rural Radio" plays Classic Country with 50,000 watts of power to western Nebraska and parts of Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming. KRVN is one of six stations in the Nebraska Rural Radio Network which is owned by more than 4,000 farmers and ranchers.

Jamz! Jamz! Jamz!

What's better than a radio station that merely jams? One that JAMZ, of course!


WAJZ is a Rhythmic Contemporary station in Albany, New York. They went on the air as "Jamz 96.3" with an Urban Contemporary format in December, 1998 after flipping from Country. WAJZ (W Albany JamZ) is licensed to Voorheesville, NY.

"94 Jamz" was KUAT from Agana, Guam. The Rhythmic Contemporary station is now known as "I94." KUAT was the first FM station on the island and went on the air September 1, 1966.

WJWZ "97.9 Jamz" plays Rap/Hip-Hop in Montgomery, Alabama and is licensed to Wetumpka, AL.

Market #1s - Austin - KHFI

"Kiss 96.7" KHFI (K High FIdelity) is a CHR station licensed to the Austin suburb of Georgetown, Texas. They were tied with KKMJ for the top spot in that market's Holiday 2011 radio ratings.

KWIZ

KWIZ 96.7 FM "Radio Exitos" was a Spanish station licensed to Santa Ana, California. The call letters were named for the multiple quiz shows which were popular on sister station 1480 KWIZ-AM in the 1950s. KWIZ-FM is currently a Regional Mexican station known as "La Rockola."

Despite broadcasting in southern California, "La Rockola," along with XHTY 99.7 "The Invader" from Tijuana, Mexico, recently showed up in the Arbitron ratings for Middlesex/Somerset/Union, New Jersey. Arbitron ratings are formulated using written diaries as well as data from portable people meters (PPMs) which are pager-like devices that are used to measure how many people are exposed to individual radio stations. Obviously, someone was listening to these California stations in New Jersey via the internet or traveled there while wearing their PPM. It also goes to show how one listener (or a tiny handful of listeners) can impact the ratings.

KKSM

AM 1320 KKSM is a 500-watt, student-run, Alternative station broadcasting from the campus of Palomar College in San Marcos, California. Specialty shows include Country, Heavy Metal, Oldies and Latin Jazz. KKSM was founded in 1976 and was only available via cable radio from 1979 until 1996 when the 1320 AM frequency was donated to the school by PAR Broadcasting. They went on the air on April 1, 1996 and are licensed to Oceanside, CA.

KBUE

105.5 KBUE "Que Buena" is a Regional Mexican station licensed to Long Beach, California. For better coverage across the Los Angeles area they also broadcast at 94.3 FM KEBN licensed to Garden Grove, CA and 94.3 FM KBUA licensed to San Fernando, CA.

WCKG

Chicago's WAGO, a Top-40 station featuring John Records Landecker in the morning, flipped to AOR in 1985 and changed calls to WCKG.

This 1989 sticker dates to when the station had turned into a Classic Rock outlet.

Around the year 2000 WCKG became known as "The Package" which was a male-centric Talk station.




In 2005, many Talk stations owned by Infinity Broadcasting changed their names to "Free FM" including WFNY in New York and KLSX in Los Angeles. WCKG added Opie and Anthony in the mornings after Howard Stern left terrestrial radio.

Currently 105.9 FM is WCFS which simulcasts WBBM's News/Talk format. The call letters stand for We're Chicago's Fresh Station which was their Hot AC/Adult Top-40 branding and current HD-2 station. WCFS is licensed to Elmwood Park, Illinois.