Thursday, October 17, 2024

KFFN

"K101" KFFN was an Adult Contemporary station in Sierra Vista, Arizona circa the early 1990s.
 

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

CFXO

A magnet from CFXO "Sun Country 99.7 FM" in High River, Alberta.
 

Radio Down-town

Radio Down-Town began broadcasting in the mid-1980s from a pub in downtown Erlangen, Germany.  The writing translates to "There is always a clever head in front of it" which explains Einstein's face and perhaps the fact that the DJs probably stared at a lot of foamy beer heads through the glass of their studio in the middle of a bar.
 

Monday, October 14, 2024

Radio Noorderkempen


Radio Noorderkempen is a Contemporary Hit station in Oud-Turnhout, Belgium.  They began in 1990 and are now heard on 106.2 and 107.8 FM.

Sunday, October 13, 2024

WWVA

"Viva 105.7" WWVA was a Spanish-language music station in Atlanta, Georgia circa the late 2000s.
 

Saturday, October 12, 2024

WRDW


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's "Wired 96.5" WRDW shifted between Rhythmic Contemporary and Top-40 during their time on the air from 2004 to 2015.
 

Friday, October 11, 2024

WNEZ

1230 AM WNEZ is licensed to Manchester, Connecticut near Hartford.  They air a Spanish Variety format currently branded as "Exitos" and are now also heard on a translator at 105.3 FM.
 

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Classical South Florida

Classical South Florida was a network airing Classical music from American Public Media's Classical 24 service.  The stations were: 89.7 FM WKCP - Miami, 88.7 FM WNPS - Fort Myers, 90.7 FM WPBI - West Palm Beach and two translators.  The entire network was bought by the Educational Media Foundation in 2015 and became outlets of their "K-Love" brand of Christian Contemporary stations.

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

WFIT


89.5 FM WFIT has been on the air in Melbourne, Florida since 1975.  The call letters reflect their owner, the (W) Florida Institute of Technology.  Programming is a mix of Adult Album Alternative music, National Public Radio shows and specialty shows on weekends.

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

WCDY

107.9 FM WCDY is an Adult Contemporary station in Cadillac, Michigan.

Monday, October 7, 2024

KVOL




1330 AM KVOL has been on the air in Lafayette, Louisiana since 1935.  The (K) Voice Of Lafayette has seen multiple formats over the years including Top-40, Adult Contemporary, Urban Gold and Hot Talk.  They currently air an Oldies format with the "MeTV-FM" branding.  KVOL is also heard on a translator at 97.7 FM.  Another sticker from their days as "The Buzz" can be seen here.

Sunday, October 6, 2024

KRNR

1490 AM KRNR (K Roseburg's News-Review--the newspaper that originally owned the station) went on the air in June 1935 from Roseburg, Oregon.  The were a Country station for much of their history before flipping to Sports in 2008 and changing call letters to KSKR.
 

Q106s

WQBZ - Fort Valley/Macon, Georgia

WHIT - Madison, Wisconsin

KQLB - Los Banos, California

KNMQ - Santa Fe, New Mexico
 

Friday, October 4, 2024

KFFA


1360 AM KFFA has been broadcasting from Helena, Arkansas since November 1941.  That same month, King Biscuit Time, the longest running daily Blues radio show in the US, went on the air from KFFA.  King Biscuit Time stills airs on KFFA although now from a remote studio at the Delta Cultural Center.  Most of KFFA's programming consists of Classic Country via the syndicated Real Country radio format.
 

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Nash FMs

"Nash FM" is a radio station branding owned by Cumulus Media and named for the center of the Country music industry, Nashville, Tennessee.  There are currently about 6 stations that use the Nash branding and about three dozen who no longer do.  The first Nash FM was 94.7 FM WNSH in Newark, New Jersey beginning in 2013.  "Nash Icon" stations play music oriented towards artists from the 1990s and early 2000s.

WORC - Worcester, Massachusetts

WKOR - Columbus, Mississippi

KBBM - Jefferson City, Missouri

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Canadian Rivers

CFYR - Whitecourt, Alberta

CKBA - Athabasca, Alberta

CKRI - Red Deer, Alberta




CKRV - Kamloops, British Columbia
 

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Radio Delta

"Radio Delta" broadcast from Bielsko-BiaÅ‚a, Poland from 1991 to 2004.  I'm unable to figure out exactly what their relationship to the Voice of America was.  If you know, leave a comment.
 

Monday, September 30, 2024

Radio Paloma

Radio Paloma is based in Berlin, Germany and plays 100% German-language pop songs.
 

Sunday, September 29, 2024

WUSB


Radio broadcasting at the State University of New York-Stony Brook began in 1962 with a carrier current station heard only on campus.  Efforts to secure an FM signal began in 1970 but were delayed for much of the decade.  A land deal for the transmitter site fell through and another college station at Adelphi University objected to their plans citing potential signal interference.  90.1 FM WUSB finally went on the air in June 1977.  The volunteer-run outlet is Long Island's largest non-commercial Free-Form radio station. 
 

Saturday, September 28, 2024

WPOS



102.3 FM WPOS (We Proclaim Our Savior) is a Religious station licensed to Holland, Ohio near Toledo.  "Proclaim FM" airs a mix of Contemporary Christian music and brokered Talk and Teaching shows.