A daily look into one of the world's largest collections of radio station bumper stickers and memorabilia.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
KKMR
"Merge 93.3" KKMR was a short-lived attempt at the Modern Adult Contemporary format in Dallas, Texas. 93.3 FM began as Adult Alternative "The Zone" KNBR in 1996 before merging into "Merge" three years later. Their "cool rock & smart pop" failed to find an audience and they flipped to Classic Rock "The Bone" KDBN in 2002. Currently 93.3 FM is CHR "i93" KLIF. KKMR was licensed to Haltom City, Texas.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
KKMO
KMO began broadcasting at 1360 AM from Tacoma, Washington in 1922. Sometime in the 1980s (when I believe they carried a Country format) they added a second K to their call letters.
More recently KKMO became a Regional Mexican station known as "Radio Sol." They remain a Spanish language station today but are now known as "El Rey 1360 AM."
More recently KKMO became a Regional Mexican station known as "Radio Sol." They remain a Spanish language station today but are now known as "El Rey 1360 AM."
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
KKMJ
"Majic 95.5" KKMJ is an Adult Contemporary station from Austin, Texas. Back in the 1970s, 95.5 FM was home to the much more interesting format of "Progressive Country" KOKE.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
KKLZ
KKLZ was a Classic Rock station in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1986 until 2007.
The lettering on this 1992 decal has a silver/mirrored look which didn't translate well when scanned.
In May, 2007 KKLZ tweaked their format to Classic Hits.
Soon after, two former employees began a tribute site to KKLZ's days as a classic rocker along with a live365.com webstream. Tracks from Steely Dan, Neal Schon & Beth Hart, Robin Trower and Alice Cooper were played while making this post.
The lettering on this 1992 decal has a silver/mirrored look which didn't translate well when scanned.
In May, 2007 KKLZ tweaked their format to Classic Hits.
Soon after, two former employees began a tribute site to KKLZ's days as a classic rocker along with a live365.com webstream. Tracks from Steely Dan, Neal Schon & Beth Hart, Robin Trower and Alice Cooper were played while making this post.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
KKLV
"Live 98.5" KKLV was a Classic Rock station in Honolulu, Hawaii for most of the 1990s. 98.5 FM is currently KDNN "Island 98.5" a mixture of Hawaiian Contemporary Hits and Reggae music.
Friday, April 23, 2010
KKLT
"Lite Rock 98.7" KKLT was a Soft Adult Contemporary station in Phoenix, Arizona from 1982 until 2004. 98.7 FM is currently home to Adult Hits KPKX a.k.a. "98.7 The Peak."
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
KKLQ
"Q106" KKLQ was a Top-40 station in San Diego, California from 1987 until 1998. 106.5 FM is currently the Spanish language station KLNV "La NueVa."
Monday, April 19, 2010
KKLN
"94.1 The Loon" KKLN is a Rock station licensed to Atwater, Minnesota. The common loon is the state bird of Minnesota.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
KKLH
KKLH is a Classic Rock station licensed to Marshfield, Missouri.
At some point KKLH stopped using the call letters in their branding and became known as "104.7 The Cave." Presumably this is because Missouri is home to over 6,000 caves, many of them in the KKLH listening area including this beauty.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
KKLA
KKLA has been a Religious Teaching station in Los Angeles, California since 1985. According to this Los Angeles Times story, Arbitron statistics show that KKLA's combination of mostly brokered and syndicated programming make them the largest Christian "teaching and talk" station in the country.
Friday, April 16, 2010
KKJZ
KJazz 88.1 FM is a Jazz and Blues station broadcasting from California State University, Long Beach. KKJZ has carried this increasingly-rare format since 1981 and, according to this media kit, is the #1 Jazz station and the #5 public radio station in the United States.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
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Saturday, April 10, 2010
KKIQ
KKIQ is an Adult Contemporary station licensed to Livermore, California. They are co-owned with KKDV whose sticker shares virtually the same design. And again.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
KKIS-AM
KKIS was a Top-40 station licensed to Pittsburg, California from 1958 until the early 1970s. In 1972 they switched to Easy Listening and by the late 1970s had added nightly Spanish language programming and Disco music on Saturday nights. A 1985 KKIS aircheck sounds like a straight-up CHR station station while a 1989 Broadcasting Yearbook had their format listed as Adult Contemporary. In 1993 KKIS became KATD which currently airs Spanish Talk.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
KKHT
KKHT was a Top-40 station in Houston, Texas circa 1986/'87. 96.5 FM is currently a Hot AC station "Mix 96.5" KHMX.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
KKHK
"95.5 HankFM" KKHK is a Country station licensed to Carmel, California. Prior to this they carried a Classical format known as "K-Bach" KBOQ which now resides at 103.9 FM.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
KKHK
"99.5 FM The Hawk" KKHK was a Classic Rock station in Denver, Colorado. The station still carries that format but is now known as "The Mountain" KQMT. 99.5 FM originally signed on in 1969 as KVOD playing Classical music before moving to 92.5 FM in 1995.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
KKGO
KKGO is a Country station from Los Angeles, California. Through most of the 1980s they carried a Jazz format before switching to Classical as "K-Mozart" KMZT in 1990. In 2006 long-time Country station KZLA switched to Rhythmic AC leaving Los Angeles without a Country music station. Six months later KKGO dropped Classical and became "Go Country 105."