WLSR "92.7 The Laser" is an Active Rock station licensed to Galesburg, Illinois.
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Monday, November 30, 2015
Sunday, November 29, 2015
WHLT
AM 1300 WHLT went on the air in 1957 and the FM half followed in 1965. They originally broadcast from the (W) Hotel LaFonTaine in Huntington, Indiana. By the mid-1970s 103.1 FM had become WHUZ and were eventually bought by the owners of Ft. Wayne's WOWO. Both frequencies are currently unused in the state of Indiana. The AM 1300 towers were cut down in an apparent act of vandalism after the station went silent.
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Friday, November 27, 2015
Thursday, November 26, 2015
KRZI
1580 KRZI began broadcasting in Waco, Texas in October, 1962. Around 2001 they moved to the expanded-band frequency of 1660 AM which provided a much better signal. KRZI is now a Sports outlet and ESPN Radio affiliate as well as the flagship station for Baylor University athletics.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
KKZN
AM 760 KKZN is a Talk station licensed to Thornton, Colorado. This sticker dates to around 2008 when they carried a liberal talk format and was an affiliate of the now-defunct Air America network.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
KEDA
1540 AM KEDA was the first Mexican American-owned station in the U.S. and one of the first ever Tejano stations. "Jalapeno Radio" went on the air in San Antonio, Texas in 1966 and will celebrate their 50th anniversary in March, 2016.
Monday, November 23, 2015
CKHZ
"Z103" was a CHR station in Halifax, Nova Scotia from 2006 until 2012 when they became "Energy 103.5". CKHZ now sports a Country format as "Hot Country 103.5"
Sunday, November 22, 2015
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015
KKBQ
Houston's "93Q" KKBQ began as a Top-40 station in the early 1980s on both 92.9 FM and 790 AM. They flipped to Country in 1991 and have gone on to win multiple "Station of the Year" awards from Billboard and the National Association of Broadcasters. KKBQ is licensed to Pasadena, Texas.
KKBQ sent me this t-shirt in 2002 and thirteen years later they are still branded "The New 93Q".
Thursday, November 19, 2015
CJMK
"Magic 98.3" was a Hot Adult Contemporary station in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from 2001 until 2014. CJMK is now a Classic Hits station "98 Cool FM"
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Radio Maricel
Radio Maricel broadcasts from Sitges in the Catalonian region of Spain. They went on the air in 1988. At some point they moved from 107.7 FM to their current home of 107.8 FM.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
WDTW
106.7 FM WDTW was on the air in Detroit, Michigan from 2002 to 2019 under a variety of formats including Classic Rock, Country, Rhythmic AC, Alternative and Adult Hits.
Monday, November 16, 2015
KTRU
91.7 KTRU was the volunteer-run station at Rice University in Houston, Texas. They began in 1967 as KHCR (K Hanszen College Radio) a two-watt engineering project run through the college's buzzer system and turned into a 50,000-watt college radio monster over the ensuing decades. In 2011 Rice sold the station to the public radio network of the University of Houston for $9.5 million.
Rice Radio now broadcasts at 96.1 FM with the official call letters KBLT-LP although they still use KTRU for marketing purposes.
The bottom two decals were generously donated to Radio Sticker of the Day by Jennifer Waits, the writer behind the excellent college radio blog Spinning Indie. Thanks Jennifer!
She also writes for Radio Survivor which has her article about KTRU sticker art as well as other college radio happenings.
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Saturday, November 14, 2015
WVYC
WVYC went on the air in November, 1976 from York College in York, Pennsylvania. The 36-watt station now broadcasts at 99.7 FM after moving from 88.1 FM. Oddly, according to the FCC database, WVYC is still officially licensed to operate at 88.1 even though they have been broadcasting at their current frequency since the late 1990s. A construction permit issued by the FCC to move to 99.7 expired in 1998 but it appears they made the move anyway.
Friday, November 13, 2015
WNTN
1550 AM WNTN signed on the air in 1968 from the Boston suburb of (W) NewToN, Massachusetts. After a year of playing MOR music, they switched to a Free Form/Progressive Rock format which lasted until 1976. Howard Stern's first professional radio job was at WNTN for a brief time starting in December, 1975. Format changes to Disco, Adult Contemporary and Oldies followed and by the late 1980s they were a Talk station. WNTN is a daytime-only operation (only 3 watts at night) and currently broadcasts a community-based format of sports, talk, music and news much of which is aimed at Boston's ethnic residents. Programs broadcast in Greek, Indian, Hatian Creole and Arabic languages can be heard as well as shows for the area's large Irish population.
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Monday, November 9, 2015
KQYB
"KQ98" KQYB is a Country station licensed to Spring Grove, Minnesota. Their signal is carried on three translators in Decorah, Iowa, Winona, Minnesota and La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Sunday, November 8, 2015
Coyotes
Except for Cal State San Bernardino's online station, every Coyote-branded radio station I've run across carries a Country music format. And you're not a real coyote unless you're howling.
KIOD "105.3 Coyote Country" is licensed to McCook, Nebraska.
Spokane, Washington's KEZE "96.9 Coyote Country" began around 2008. It is now Rhythmic Contemporary "Hot 96.9"
KCYT "96.7 The Coyote" plays too much Luke Bryan in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
KIOD "105.3 Coyote Country" is licensed to McCook, Nebraska.
Spokane, Washington's KEZE "96.9 Coyote Country" began around 2008. It is now Rhythmic Contemporary "Hot 96.9"
KCYT "96.7 The Coyote" plays too much Luke Bryan in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Actual Sticker Sighting - KLJY
I saw this sticker on a car while driving back from my son's marching band competition in Mason, Ohio.
Formerly KFUO, "99.1 Joy FM" KLJY is a Contemporary Christian station licensed to Clayton, Missouri near St. Louis.
Formerly KFUO, "99.1 Joy FM" KLJY is a Contemporary Christian station licensed to Clayton, Missouri near St. Louis.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
CFEX
CFEX "Extreme 107.3" was a short-lived Modern Rock station in Victoria. British Columbia circa 2001. The frequency is currently home to Hot AC station CHBE "Kool 107.3"
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Monday, November 2, 2015
WNOR
FM 99 WNOR is an Active Rock station in Norfolk, Virginia. WNOR has had some version of a Rock format since 1974.
The front and back of a Van Halen/WNOR t-shirt.