Tuesday, May 31, 2022

BOB FMs

KSRV - Ontario, Oregon

K295AV - Kennewick, Washington

K283BU - Walla Walla, Washington

 
K232AM - China Lake, California


 

Monday, May 30, 2022

KPOD AM & FM



KPOD AM and FM are licensed to Crescent City, California near the Oregon border.  1240 AM currently airs a News/Talk/Sports format while 97.9 FM is a Country outlet.
 

Sunday, May 29, 2022

WVNI

"Spirit 95" WVNI is a Contemporary Christian station in Bloomington, Indiana.
 

GEM AM

GEM AM began in 1988 broadcasting to much of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, East Staffordshire and Rutland in central England.  Their name stood for Great East Midlands, the region where most of their listeners lived.  GEM AM was absorbed into the Classic Gold network in the mid-1990s.  In 2012 Solid Gold Gem, a commercial-free online version of the original GEM AM, launched with many of the original DJs.
 

Friday, May 27, 2022

CHMA

106.9 FM CHMA is a campus and community radio broadcasting from Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick.
 

Thursday, May 26, 2022

KUR


KUR is the student-run radio station at Kutztown University in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.  They are able to broadcast unlicensed at 1670 AM and 89.7 FM at very low power as part of the FCC's Part 15 regulations.
 

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Radio 97,9


"Radio 97,9--das Soundportal" went on the air in 2000 from Graz in southeastern Austria.  They play Alternative music aimed at a youth market and are heard on about 9 frequencies in the state of Styria.  At some point they rebranded slightly to "Radio Soundportal"
 

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Sky Radio 101 FM


Sky Radio is an Adult Contemporary station based in Hilversum, Netherlands.  They began in 1988 at a time when commercial radio broadcasting in Holland was not permitted so it could only be heard via cable.  In 1992 they were temporarily assigned a frequency of 102.7 FM.  In 2003 they switched to their current frequencies between 101.0 and 101.9 FM.
 

Monday, May 23, 2022

WYRY



104.9 FM WYRY has been on the air in Keene, New Hampshire since 1987.  As of this posting WYRY is branded as "104.9 Nash Icon" mainly playing Country artists from the 1980s, 90s and early 2000s.

Sunday, May 22, 2022

WRSA

"Beautiful 97 FM" WRSA was an Easy Listening station in Huntsville, Alabama for over 35 years.  They flipped to Soft Rock in the early 2000s and currently carries an Adult Contemporary format as "Mix 96.9".  The 100,000-watt station was founded and constructed in 1965 by an engineer from the nearby US Army post (W) RedStone Arsenal. 

WOJO

A 1994 sticker from 105.1 FM WOJO in Chicago, Illinois.  They have been programming in Spanish since 1972 and currently carry a Regional Mexican format.  WOJO is licensed to Evanston, IL.
 

Saturday, May 21, 2022

WGNY



WGNY AM went on the air in 1933 in Newburgh, New York.  The bottom sticker dates to when they carried a News/Talk format.  Co-owned 103.1 FM WGNY existed from 1985 to 2010.  "Energy 103 FM" was a Hot Adult Contemporary station which now has the call letters WJGK.  Curiously, they use a very similar black cat/panther logo as the totally unrelated, French-based Energy/NRJ group of radio stations.  The WGNY FM call letters are currently housed at 98.9 FM which also simulcasts an Oldies format heard on WGNY AM.
 

Thursday, May 19, 2022

KYMK

106.3 FM KYMK is an Adult Album Alternative station in Lafayette, Louisiana.
 

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

KSFO













KSFO went on the air in August 1925 with call letters KTAB and were based in Oakland, California.  They appeared on six different frequencies in their first few years before settling at 560 AM in 1929.  In 1935 they moved their city-of-license to San Francisco and changed calls to KSFO.  As of this posting the 5,000-watt station carries a Talk format much of which are nationally syndicated conservative programs.

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

KJIL


99.1 FM KJIL is a Religious station licensed to Copeland, Kansas.  They are also simulcast on around three dozen stations and translators in Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado.  KJIL went on the air in September 1992.
 

KCKN

1020 AM KCKN was a Classic Country station in Roswell, New Mexico circa the late 2000s.  As of this posting the 50,000-watt station carries a Spanish Religious format as "Radio VisiĆ³n Cristiana."
 

Sunday, May 15, 2022

CIXX

CIXX is operated by students from Fanshawe College in London, Ontario.  They air a Rhythmic Top-40 format six days a week with a mixture of Jazz, Bluegrass, Celtic and talk shows on Sundays.  CIXX was the first licensed campus instructional station in Canada when they went on the air in 1978.  They rebranded from "6X-FM" to "106.9 The X" some time in the 2000s.
 

Saturday, May 14, 2022

WWPV


WWPV is the campus radio station at St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont.  They went on the air in 1973 at 88.7 FM.  In 2015 they donated their license to Vermont Public Radio and later that year relaunched as a low-power FM station at 92.5 FM.
 

Friday, May 13, 2022

WRBD


1470 AM WRBD (W Radio BrowarD County) was on the air in south Florida from 1963 to 1997 and licensed to Pompano Beach.  They aired a mix of R&B and Gospel targeted to black listeners. 
 

Thursday, May 12, 2022

WNBP


1450 AM WNBP signed on the air in 1958 from (W) NewBuryPort, Massachusetts north of Boston.  A couple of call letter changes occurred is the 1980s before they became WNBP again in 1991.  The top sticker dates to when they carried an Adult Standards format as "The Legends."  As of this posting they broadcast financial news as part of the Bloomberg Radio Network.
 

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

WKAR




WKAR AM & FM are owned by Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI.  WKAR AM has been on the air since 1922 and was heard on half a dozen different frequencies in the 1920s and 30s before settling at 870 AM in 1941.  Broadcasts are daytime only--they must sign off at sundown in order to protect the nighttime signal of WWL in New Orleans.  WKAR FM's first air date was in October 1948.  Their grandfathered 85,000-watt signal covers much of southern Michigan.  Both stations are charter members of National Public Radio when that organization began in 1971.  Another WKAR sticker can be seen here.