A daily look into one of the world's largest collections of radio station bumper stickers and memorabilia.
Saturday, January 31, 2015
WBSS
A gold foil sticker from WBSS in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In the 14 years they carried the WBSS call letters (1988-2002) 97.3 FM alternated from CHR to News/Talk/Oldies to Modern AC. The frequency is currently WENJ, an ESPN Radio affiliate. WBSS was licensed to Millville, NJ. A sticker from when they were branded "The Boss" can be seen here.
Friday, January 30, 2015
Thursday, January 29, 2015
KQWB AM & FM
1550 AM KQWB has been on the air in Fargo, North Dakota since 1965. They were a Top-40 station in the 1970s and later aired Adult Standards and Sports formats. They moved up the dial to 1660 AM in 2000. Their logo looks awfully familiar to a station that many might have listened to after daytimer KQWB went off the air each day.
Sister station KQWB "Q98 FM" went on the air in 1968 and had been a Rock station for nearly its entire existence. In 2013 KQWB moved to 105.1 FM while 98.7 FM became CHR outlet KLTA "Big 98.7"
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
KLCI
A t-shirt from KLCI "Rock 97" which existed at 96.9 FM in Boise, Idaho from 1987 to 1997 (and apparently before that at 103 FM according to this aircheck.) The 96.9 frequency is currently home to Classic Rock station KKGL "96.9 The Eagle."
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
KINK
KINK FM began broadcasting to Portland, Oregon on Christmas Day, 1968. The heritage Adult Album Alternative station has always maintained a spirit of independence and a focus on musical discovery as evidenced by their longtime "True To The Music" slogan. KINK was included on this excellent list of the "Most Intriguing Stations of 2014" penned by radio observer Sean Ross.
KCAN
Licensed to El Reno, Oklahoma, KCAN was a Country music station from 1978 until 1985. 1460 AM is currently a Spanish Variety outlet with call letters KZUE.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
CFDV
Prior to 2008, CFDV "106.7 The Drive" played Classic Rock in Red Deer, Alberta. The 100,000 watt station now carries an Active Rock format.
Saturday, January 24, 2015
KSUB
KSUB is run by the students, faculty and alumni of Seattle University in Seattle, Washington. This May, 2014 article says that the station has been granted a low-power FM license but it seems that they are still internet-only at this point as there is no mention of a frequency on the KSUB website.
UPDATE: The YouTube description of this KSUB video mentions that they broadcast at 89.1 FM.
UPDATE: The YouTube description of this KSUB video mentions that they broadcast at 89.1 FM.
Friday, January 23, 2015
Istanbul FM / Radyo 34
Istanbul FM is a national broadcaster established in 1995 based in Turkey's largest city. Radyo 34 must be a related station given the similar logo but, honestly, I'm too lazy to figure out their connection.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
4CCA
102.7 FM in Cairns, Australia carries the official call sign of 4CCA although they were known on-air as "4CA FM" when these stickers came out. The station is now Rock-formatted "Zinc 102.7"
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Monday, January 19, 2015
WJNO
WJNO is a News/Talk station in West Palm Beach, Florida. They signed on the air in July, 1931 at 1230 AM and moved to their current 1290 AM frequency in 2000. This pinstriped 1993 sticker dates back to the inaugural season of the Florida Marlins baseball club (now known as the Miami Marlins.)
WEMR
WEMR was a Country music station licensed to Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. The coupon on the back of sticker dates it to 1992. 1460 AM is currently WGMF, one of a handful of stations simulcasting the Classic Hits format of "Gem 104."
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Saturday, January 17, 2015
KTCK
The 1310 AM frequency in Dallas, Texas is one of the nation's oldest, dating back to 1920 with the call letters WRR. Today, it's home to all-Sports KTCK "The Ticket."
Friday, January 16, 2015
Thursday, January 15, 2015
WRMU
WRMU began as a carrier current station at Mount Union College (now known as the University of Mount Union) in 1966. FCC approval to broadcast at 91.1 FM was granted in 1970. The station is student-run but programming is aimed at the surrounding community as well as MU's campus with Smooth Jazz during the day and Oldies on weekends. Students pick their own music at night when the "After 10" DJs take over. WRMU is licensed to Alliance, Ohio.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
WNYC
WNYC AM & FM are non-commercial, public radio stations in New York, New York. They began broadcasting in 1924 at 570 AM and moved to 810 AM in 1931. Ten years later they moved to 830 AM and operated only during daylight hours to protect the signal of clear channel outlet WCCO in Minneapolis, Minnesota which shared the same frequency. WNYC was owned by the City of New York until the mid-1990s. This resulted in some curious programming choices (depending on whoever the mayor was at the time) including 1979's infamous John Hour which broadcast the names of "johns" who were arrested for soliciting prostitutes. The 9/11 attacks destroyed WNYC's transmitter which sat atop the World Trade Center. The tower is now on the Empire State Building. With an audience of one million unique listeners each week, WNYC has the largest audience of any public radio station in the United States.
Monday, January 12, 2015
KGBR
A window sticker from "92.7 The Bridge" KGBR in Gold Beach, Oregon. The 3000 watt station broadcasts a hybrid Hot AC/CHR/AOR format.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Georgia Public Broadcasting
Georgia Public Broadcasting is a network of PBS television stations and National Public Radio member stations based in Atlanta, GA. Nineteen radio stations provide statewide coverage except, ironically, in the Atlanta metro area which gets its NPR programming from non-GPB stations WABE and WCLK.
Friday, January 9, 2015
Radio Miami International
Thursday, January 8, 2015
WQNS
WQNS (Waynesville's Quiet New Sound--from a previous Easy Listening format) is a Rock station licensed to Woodfin, North Carolina. This sticker dates back to 2003 when they were located at 104.9 FM licensed to Waynesville, NC. They are now branded as "Rock 105.1" after moving to that frequency in January, 2014.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
KMMT
106.5 KMMT plays Modern Rock in Mammoth Lakes, California. They're a locally owned, "ma and pa" station for residents and visitors to Mammoth Mountain, the tallest skiable peak in the state.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Monday, January 5, 2015
KWIQ
100.3 KWIQ is a Country station licensed to Moses Lake, Washington. The bottom sticker is unsurprisingly similar to co-owned Country station KKRV in Wenatchee, WA.
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Voice of Free China
The Voice of Free China was the international broadcasting outlet of the Republic of China from 1949 until 1998. VFC was then renamed Radio Taipei International and also used the name Voice of Asia for some broadcasts. Today they are known as Radio Taiwan International.