Monday, February 28, 2022

Radio Ostbayern

I had a hard time finding much info on this either defunct or renamed station.  The old-style "BR" logo lets me know it was part of Bayerischer Rundfunk, the public service radio and TV broadcaster based in Munich, Germany.  If you have any further info on what became of Radio Ostbayern, leave a comment.
 

Sunday, February 27, 2022

KKSN

A magnet from KKSN in Portland, Oregon, an Oldies station from 1988 until 2005.  The "KISN" branding was a tribute to a Top-40 station in Portland that broadcast at 910 AM and used those call letters from 1959 to 1976.  The video below is news coverage of the re-launched KISN/KKSN in 1988.  At that time they also broadcast on 910 AM, the original frequency of the first KISN.  Currently, there is a low-power Oldies outlet with the KISN calls airing at 95.1 FM which uses the logo of the original station. 
 

Saturday, February 26, 2022

CFUN


1410 AM CFUN was on the air in Vancouver, British Columbia from 1955 until 2009 (except for a 4 year period from '69 to '73 when their call letters switched to CKVN.)  The main formats over the years included Top-40, Easy Listening, Adult Contemporary, Talk and Sports.  

I'm not sure why the CFUN Pac-Man sticker exists or why it looks like he's eating a Pop Tart instead of a round dot.  On a related note, a former co-worker of mine is one of the best--if not the best--Pac-Man players in the world.  As of this posting, David Race has completed 10 perfect Pac-Man games.  A perfect Pac-Man is eating every dot, every fruit and every ghost without dying even once for all 256 levels.  It's an insane accomplishment.
 

Friday, February 25, 2022

KNDS


96.3 FM KNDS is a student-run station at North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND.  "ThunderRadio" began as an online station in the late 1990s before beginning FM broadcasts in 2004.  They transmit with 100-watts, the maximum allowed for LPFM stations in the United States.
 

Thursday, February 24, 2022

WUFL



1030 AM WUFL is a Religious station licensed to Sterling Heights, Michigan near Detroit.  They are part of the Family Life Radio network of around 40 stations in 11 states.
 

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

WPLK

800 AM WPLK airs a Soft Oldies format in (W) PaLatKa, Florida.  The sticker is signed by Radio Red, who, as of the date of this posting, is still doing mornings on the 1,000-watt (daytime) station.
 

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

WMBE

AM 1530 WMBE was an all-Sports station licensed to Chilton, Wisconsin circa the late 2000s.
 

Monday, February 21, 2022

WHRU

101.5 WHRU is a 32-watt, low-power FM station licensed to Huntley, Illinois.  After two years as an online-only station, the all-volunteer "Huntley Community Radio" went on the air in 2014.
 

Sunday, February 20, 2022

WDNR

89.5 WDNR was the campus radio station at Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia.  They originally went on the air as a carrier current station in the late 1960s known as WPMC.  The call letter change to WDNR took place in 1972 and by 1977 commenced FM broadcasts.  In 2014 Widener University made the decision to cease funding the station and turned the license back in to the FCC.  Take a look at the now-defunct WDNR below (the tour actually begins around the 2:30 mark.)
 

Saturday, February 19, 2022

WAQX





"95X" WAQX has been a Rock station in Syracuse, New York since the late 1970s.  They originally broadcast at 95.3 FM and were a traditional AOR outlet.  At some point they moved to 95.7 FM and now air an Alternative Rock format.
 

Friday, February 18, 2022

KBRF

1250 AM KBRF is a News/Talk station in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.  They began broadcasting in October 1926.  103.3 KBRF FM went on the air in early 1968 and is now Classic Rock station "Z103.3" with call letters KZCR.
 

Rire & Chansons



Rire & Chansons ("Laughter & Songs") airs a mix of pop/rock music with comedy sketches, jokes and phone pranks.  The 97.4 FM flagship is from Paris, France but they are also heard on over 120 affiliate stations throughout the country.
 

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

KTMY

"My Country 104.3" KTMY was a Country station in Boise, Idaho circa the mid 2000s.
 

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

KPEN

101.7 FM KPEN is a Country station licensed to Soldotna, Alaska.  The 25,000-watt station is also heard on a series of eight translator stations.
 

Monday, February 14, 2022

KLKX

93.5 FM KLKX was a Classic Rock station licensed to Rosamond, California located in the Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles.
 

Sunday, February 13, 2022

KEYX


"Key 100.3" KEYX was a short-lived, "uptempo rock and soul" station in Phoenix, Arizona circa 1986-1987.  Their hybrid format, a mix of Alternative and R&B (think New Order into Anita Baker into Afrika Bambaataa into Public Image Ltd.) is one that may have never been attempted before in the history of commercial radio--it's certainly the first I had heard of it.  At some point KEYX became "Arizona's Free Form Radio" featuring all-British music in the morning, Classic Rock and Jazz in middays, Rock/Alternative/Industrial in the evening and Reggae/Dance/R&B and World Music in the overnight slot.  After a station sale the new owners blew up "Key 103" and they became "The Wave" KGRX with a format flip to mostly-instrumental light Jazz and New Age.
 

Saturday, February 12, 2022

CKOM

CKOM in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan began broadcasting in 1951 at 1340 on the AM dial.  This decal dates to sometime after 1985 when they moved to the clear channel frequency of 650 AM and carried a Top-40 format.  CKOM is currently a News/Talk outlet.
 

Friday, February 11, 2022

K288GO

"105.5 The Rooster" plays Classic Country in Fort Smith, Arkansas.  The 243-watt translator is also the HD4 subchannel for Top-40 station KISR.
 

Thursday, February 10, 2022

WXYC

A keychain from 89.3 FM WXYC in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  The 1,100-watt, student-run, Free Form station broadcasts from the University of North Carolina and went on the air in 1977 (although they did operate a carrier current AM outlet prior to that.)  A sticker from WXYC can be seen here.
 

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

KOFM

103.1 KOFM has been a Country station in Enid, Oklahoma since the early 1990s.
 

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

KOFO


1220 AM KOFO plays Country music in Ottawa, Kansas.  My dog thought the brim of the hat tasted delicious.
 

Monday, February 7, 2022

Classic Gold West Yorkshire

A late 1990s/early 2000s sticker from Classic Gold in the northern British county of West Yorkshire.
 

Sunday, February 6, 2022

KWKH

1130 AM KWKH (K W.K. Henderson--the station's founder) first went on the air in August 1926 in Shreveport, Louisiana.  The Class A, clear-channel outlet is one of two 50,000-watt stations in the state, the other being WWL in New Orleans.  The currently carry a Sports format as "1130 The Tiger," a branding referring to Louisiana State University's athletics mascot.  KWKH 94.5 FM existed from 1948 until 1973 and again from 1984 until 1996.
 

Saturday, February 5, 2022

KQCV

KQCV AM & FM are Christian Talk & Teaching stations in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  They are part of the 120 station Bott Radio Network.
 

Friday, February 4, 2022

CBC Radio 2


CBC Radio 2 was a network operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation with affiliates in most of the country's major media markets.  They changed their branding to CBC Music in 2018.  Programming originally concentrated on Classical and Jazz but in recent years has added more Adult Album Alternative music along with a large amount of Canadian artists.  The bottom sticker is from 90.9 FM CBX in Edmonton, Alberta.
 

Thursday, February 3, 2022

4EB


Radio 4EB (4 Ethnic Broadcasting) is an Ethnic community station in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.  They went on the air in December 1979 and broadcast at 1053 AM before moving to 98.1 FM in 2002.  Programming on 4EB can be heard in over 50 different languages.
 

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Radio Algérienne

Radio AlgĂ©rienne is Algeria's government-owned public radio broadcaster.  They were formed in 1986 and provides programming in Arabic, French and Berber.
 

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

WYRS

90.7 WYRS is a Religious station licensed to Manahawkin, New Jersey.  The all-volunteer, community station went on the air in March 1995.