Wednesday, September 9, 2026

WTAM




1100 AM WTAM is a News/Talk/Sports station in Cleveland, Ohio.  They went on the air in 1923 with their current call letters but have had others throughout the decades including KYW, WKYC and WWWE.  They have also switched frequencies three times.  A translator at 106.9 FM was added in 2018.  WTAM is currently the flagship station of the Cleveland Guardians.
 

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

CFMH

A mini magnet from CFMH "Local 107.3 FM" in Saint John, New Brunswick.  CFMH is a campus-based, community station broadcasting from the University of New Brunswick.  They went on the air in 2001 at 92.5 FM before moving to 107.3 FM in 2007.

Monday, September 7, 2026

WDBN


Two sides of a matchbook from 94.9 WDBN.  The Easy Listening/Beautiful Music station was on the air from 1960 to 1988.  They were originally licensed to Barberton, Ohio but moved their city-of-license to Medina, OH in 1965.  The popular station's signal covered most of the northeast part of the state including Cleveland.  Today the 94.9 FM frequency is home to Country station WQMX.
 

Sunday, September 6, 2026

WHCN









105.9 FM WHCN was a Rock station in Hartford, Connecticut for more than three decades (1969-2002.)  They are currently a Classic Hits station branded as "105.9 The River"
 

WKML



95.7 FM WKML has been a Country station in Lumberton/Fayetteville, North Carolina since 1985.
 

Friday, September 4, 2026

KSD

KSD in St. Louis, Missouri briefly carried a Hot AC format as "Mix 93.7" circa 1999.  A sticker from their current Country format branded as "93.7 The Bull" can be seen here.
 

Thursday, September 3, 2026

CJUM













101.5 FM CJUM is the volunteer-run campus radio station at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, MB.  The original CJUM broadcast at 101.1 FM and was on the air from 1975 to 1980 before shutting down for financial reasons.  They were one of the two first college radio stations ever granted a broadcast license in Canada (along with Carleton University's CKCU in Ottawa.)  A group of students started a campaign in 1996 to bring the station back.  Sixteen years after they left the airwaves "UMFM" returned on a new frequency in September 1998.

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

WDMC

A magnet from Catholic Radio 920 AM WDMC in Melbourne, Florida.
 

Monday, August 31, 2026

Lite Rocks

WSWT - Peoria, Illinois

WLTE - Minneapolis, Minnesota

WLTF - Cleveland, Ohio

WLHT - Grand Rapids, Michigan
 

Sunday, August 30, 2026

K292FE

"Rewind 106.3" was a Classic Hits station in Big Spring, Texas circa 2023.  K292FE is currently a Classic Rock station and still simulcasts the programming of sister station 1400 AM KBYG.
 

Saturday, August 29, 2026

WRNB


96.9 FM WRNB was a satellite-fed Classic Soul/R&B station licensed to Troy, Ohio, a far northern suburb of Dayton.  They were on the air from 1996 to 2003.  I like it when a station's call letters exactly reflect their format.  The current WRNB is an Urban Adult Contemporary station in Philadelphia.
 

Friday, August 28, 2026

WSAR




1480 AM WSAR is a News/Talk and Sports station in Fall River, Massachusetts.  They've been on the air since the early 1920s.
 

KAFX



95.5 FM KAFX is a CHR station licensed to Diboll, Texas.
 

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

WARF

1350 AM WARF (W Akron Radio Free) is a Sports station in Akron, Ohio.  They are part of the Fox Sports Radio network and have now added "The Gambler" to their branding.
 

WKUF

94.3 FM WKUF is the low-power, student-run campus radio station at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan.  They grew out of a carrier-current station that started in the early 1970s as KRIB (and later WGMI.)  Kettering University applied for and received an LPFM license and WKUS began broadcasts in November 2004.