Friday, September 28, 2018

XFMs

"98.9 XFM" CJFX is an Adult Contemporary station in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.



XFM was an Indie/Alternative Rock station in London, England from 1997 until 2015 when they rebranded as "Radio X".  Past DJs who went on to greater fame as actors include Ricky Gervais, Simon Pegg and Russell Brand.





99.1 KXFM was a Rock station licensed to Santa Maria, California.  They currently carry a Rhythmic Oldies format as "Old School 99.1"

105.9 WXFM had a 25-year run on the air in Chicago, Illinois.  From 1960 until the mid-1980s WXFM carried a wide variety of music including Classical, Folk, Showtunes, Big Band and Jazz.  In 1969 they became the home of Triad Radio, a freeform Album Rock show that aired until 1977.  By the 1980s WXFM played mostly Jazz, Fusion and New Age music.



Herb Kent began working in radio in 1944 as the host of a Classical music show on WBEZ.  "The longest-working DJ in the history of radio"--as certified by the Guiness Book of World Records in 2009--continued working for more than 70(!!) years.  He passed away on October 22, 2016 having done his final show on "V103" WVAZ that very morning.
Kent began working at WXFM in 1978 and was there until at least 1981.  He was probably the first black DJ to regularly play Punk and New Wave music on his show "Punk Out".
Anybody know what Cheker/"...it's a gas!" printed on the sticker refers to?



XFM was an Alternative Rock station in Ottawa, Ontario from 1999 until 2004.  It's unclear if this sticker came out when they had the call letters CFMO or after they changed to CIOX.

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