96.1 FM KZEL is a Classic Rock station in Eugene, Oregon. They've carried some form of Rock format (Free Form/AOR/AAA/Classic Rock) since 1969. The call letters are a reference to former station owner, mill owner and lumberman George (K) ZELlner.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
KOGO
600 AM KOGO is a News/Talk station in San Diego, California. They were formerly known as KFSD but after a format flip they decided to change call letters as well. Supposedly, information about San Diego was entered into an IBM computer and was asked to find the perfect set of call letters. Out of a possible 17,576 combinations the computer chose KOGO which became their new call letters in February 1961. The top sticker dates to some time after 1972 when they were owned by Retlaw Broadcasting. Retlaw was Disney's broadcast division (the company name is Walter spelled backwards.)
Monday, March 6, 2023
Sunday, March 5, 2023
KJLS
"Mix 103" KJLS is a 100,000-watt Hot Adult Contemporary station licensed to Hays, Kansas. They were put on the air in 1974 by Larry Steckline, a broadcasting entrepreneur, agriculture reporter and farmer. Steckline has owned and operated more than two dozen radio stations in Kansas and Oklahoma several of which had his initials LS in the call letters.
Friday, March 3, 2023
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Radio Ambrosiana
Radio Ambrosiana went on the air in Milan, Italy in 1977. I couldn't find an exact year when they stopped broadcasting but it could have been as late as the mid-2000s.
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Monday, February 27, 2023
KCGQ
KCGQ is a Rock station in Cape Girardeau, Missouri now branded as "Real Rock 99.3". I'm not sure if they had a Rock or CHR format when this 1990s-era(?) sticker was printed and they were known as "Q99". If you know, leave a comment.
Sunday, February 26, 2023
WWSK
"94.3 The Shark" WWSK is a Mainstream Rock station licensed to Smithtown, New York. Their 2,600-watt signal covers all of central Long Island.
Saturday, February 25, 2023
Friday, February 24, 2023
Thursday, February 23, 2023
WIQB
102.9 FM WIQB aired different iterations of a Rock format in Ann Arbor, Michigan from 1974 until 2000. Variations included AOR, a hybrid AOR-Top40, Adult Album Alternative and Active Rock.
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
KNIE
1530 AM KNIE (K News Information Entertainment) went on the air in June 1974 from Cheyenne, Wyoming. Their time broadcasting at that frequency appears to be brief. The 1974 Broadcasting Yearbook lists a KCHY at 1590 AM with a construction permit for 1530. The next two years lists KNIE at 1590 AM and then no listing at all for 1977, '78 and '79. This reception confirmation letter is the only evidence I could find for KNIE having actually broadcast at 1530 AM.
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
KEZO
KEZO "Z92" has been a Rock station in Omaha, Nebraska since 1978. They are the flagsship station of the Todd and Tyler Radio Empire morning show which is syndicated to three other stations in Nebraska, Idaho and Kansas.
Monday, February 20, 2023
KZKS
"Drive 105" KZKS is a Classic Rock station licensed to Rifle, Colorado near Grand Junction. Prior to this format they played Country music.
Sunday, February 19, 2023
KAZY
93.7 FM KAZY is an Active Rock station in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Cheyenne and Denver, Colorado are about 100 miles apart but the KAZY call letters were almost definitely chosen as a tribute to the KAZY that existed in Denver for almost two decades.
Saturday, February 18, 2023
CFRQ
"Q104" CFRQ has been a Rock station in Halifax, Nova Scotia since 1983. "Q Nation" extends to three sister stations: CJMO, CHNI and CKEZ which all share the same Q logo. The bottom sticker measures an impressive 23 inches long!
Friday, February 17, 2023
WCKW
92.3 FM WCKW was a 100,000-watt Classic Rock station in New Orleans/Baton Rouge, Louisiana starting in 1986. I couldn't find exactly when that format ended but it might have lasted into the early 2000s.
Thursday, February 16, 2023
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