89.1 FM KMUW is a public radio station operated by Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. Their call letters come from the original name of the school - (K) Municipal University of Wichita. KMUW was the first non-commercial station in the state having gone on the air in April 1949.
A daily look into one of the world's largest collections of radio station bumper stickers and memorabilia.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Amusing Call Letters #2 - WSEX

Monday, April 27, 2009
Market #1s - Boston - WXKS
WXKS began in 1979 as a Disco station before morphing into Urban Contemporary and eventually becoming one of the most influential mainstream Contemporary Hit stations in the country. They were #1 in the latest listener ratings for Boston, helped by morning DJ Matt Siegel who has been with the station for over 27 years. Kiss 108 is licensed to Medford, Massachusetts.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Sunday Sticker - KCNW

Saturday, April 25, 2009
WTRY

Friday, April 24, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
KSIQ
KSIQ was a Top-40 station licensed to Brawley, California. In the early 80s they were known as SI-96 (pronounced "See 96" as in the Spanish for "Yes 96") but changed to "Q96" in 1983. The station served the Imperial Valley of California as well as Mexicali, Mexico. In 2010 they moved into the San Diego radio market and changed their city-of-license to Campo, CA. They were sold in 2013 and are currently part of the Air1 Radio Network with call letters KYDO.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
KRTH / Earth Day
The first Earth Day was on April 22nd, 1970. It was organized to bring awareness to environmental problems and with a goal of a healthy, sustainable planet. Earth Day grew partially out of the Zero Population Growth movement of the late 60s but now focuses mostly on clean energy, global warming and pollution control as well as household duties such as recycling and composting. Earth Day is celebrated every year on this date in 175 countries by more than half a billion people.

KRTH is an Oldies station from Los Angeles, California. It was named "K-Earth" after the first Earth Day which occurred about two years before. KRTH is known for an extremely tight playlist at one point only numbering 175 different songs. They've tweaked their format over the years, shifting from 50s and 60s oldies to gradually introducing hits from the 1970s and now even playing some from the early 1980s.


Tuesday, April 21, 2009
KRSR

Monday, April 20, 2009
KXLR
Tough to find a whole lot of information about this station. I know it's from Little Rock, Arkansas and I think it ran a Top-40 format. Not only doesn't KXLR exist anymore but there doesn't appear to be a station at 1150 at all in Arkansas anymore.
UPDATE: See comments.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
KCMS



Saturday, April 18, 2009
KWKW
The 1330 AM frequency in Los Angeles, California is one of the oldest in the United States having gone on the air in March, 1922. For decades they played Spanish-language music before focusing on a Regional Mexican format in the 1990s as "La Mexicana." In 2004 they dropped music and became affiliated with ESPN Deportes, airing Spanish-language sports talk as well as Los Angeles Lakers games en español. KWKW is currently all-Sports "Tu Liga Radio".
Friday, April 17, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
WZHT

Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
WAPS
Monday, April 13, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Easter Egg
Sunday Sticker - KCIV
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Dart on Map - WBHT
CFPS
Friday, April 10, 2009
WOBR


Thursday, April 9, 2009
WLLZ
I grew up in a Toyota family. Nothing but Coronas, Cressidas, a Prius and a 4-Runner. My dad got 400,000 miles on his 1982 Cressida station wagon. I’ll have to make a decision in the not-so-distant future if I’m gonna use my GM credit card discount and go for another Chevy or switch to another brand. I guess a second Mini Cooper would be totally impractical, especially when I need to haul some wood or bags of mulch.

WLLZ was a Detroit Rock station which lasted from 1980 to the mid 90s. They were a more hit-oriented competitor of heritage rocker WRIF and managed to beat them in the ratings from time to time. The grunge era brought a format change to Modern Rock but in 1995 they switched to Smooth Jazz as WVMV.


Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
NCAA Championship Game - North Carolina vs Michigan State
I wasn't planning on writing another NCAA basketball post but then realized that both universities have second campus radio stations which I have stickers from.
As far as the basketball pool at work, if MSU wins tonight I split the pot with one other person. If Carolina wins I get all the filthy lucre to myself. Bwa ha ha ha!$!$!$!$!
WKAR (Kollege of AgricultuRe - referring to MSU's original name, Michigan Agricultural College) plays Classical music along with News/Talk from National Public Radio and oh yes, Folk music on Sunday evenings.
WUNC is the flagship station of North Carolina Public Radio based in Chapel Hill. They have a News/Talk format much of which comes from National Public Radio. WUNC is also home to Back Porch Music a Folk/Traditional program now in its 33rd year.
As far as the basketball pool at work, if MSU wins tonight I split the pot with one other person. If Carolina wins I get all the filthy lucre to myself. Bwa ha ha ha!$!$!$!$!


Reds Opening Day
The Cincinnati Reds host their 128th Opening Day at 1:00 this afternoon. With a forecast high of 39 degrees and a chance of snow showers it should be a delightful time at the old ballpark. As the oldest franchise in the sport -dating back to 1869- Major League Baseball decreed that the first pitch of every season would be thrown in Cincinnati. This changed in the past decade as ESPN has been carrying opening games on Sunday night. The Reds are the only team to always start the season in their home ballpark and their first game is still considered the traditional Opening Day.
If I was honest with myself I would admit that the Reds have slowly become my favorite baseball team and not these guys.
WLW (World's Largest Wireless) has been the Reds flagship station for over 60 years. "The Nation's Station" is a 50,000 watt clear channel signal which can be heard across 38 states at night. The father/son duo of Marty and Thom Brennaman do the play-by-play on about 50 affiliates of the Reds Radio Network.
If I was honest with myself I would admit that the Reds have slowly become my favorite baseball team and not these guys.

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