"93QFM" was a Rock station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1973 until 1996.
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Friday, September 30, 2022
Thursday, September 29, 2022
WQIN
1290 AM WQIN signed on the air in 1975 from Lykens, Pennsylvania. According to this radio message board thread WQIN's format was a bit of a hodge-podge--Country, MOR, Polka, Religious, Oldies and lots of news from the Mutual Broadcasting System. They were a daytime-only operation until the mid-80s when the FCC allowed a limited nighttime signal. WQIN went dark some time in the late 1980s.
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
CJSL
1280 AM CJSL signed on the air in 1961 from Estevan, Saskatchewan. They moved to 1150 AM in 2014 and broadcasts a Country format along with Big 6 Hockey League and Toronto Blue Jays games.
Monday, September 26, 2022
WUHT
"Hot 107.7" WUHT is an Urban Hot AC station in Birmigham, Alabama. A sticker from their previous days as WENN-FM can be seen here.
Sunday, September 25, 2022
WWPL / WPLW
"Pulse FM" 96.9 FM WWPL and 102.5 WWPL are simulcast Top-40 stations in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. They were formerly known as "Pulse 102" when had a signal at 102.3 FM as well as 102.5 FM.
Saturday, September 24, 2022
Friday, September 23, 2022
WHTS
WHTS "All Hit 98.9" was a Top-40 station in the Quad Cities area of Iowa and Illinois from 1995 to 2006.
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
WDOR
WDOR AM & FM simulcasts a Full-Service/Adult Contemporary format along with local news/talk shows. Sports broadcasts include Wisconsin Badgers football and basketball as well as Milwaukee Brewers baseball. WDOR 910 AM went on the air in 1951 followed by WDOR 95.9 FM in 1966 (later moving to 93.9 in 1973.) Both stations are licensed to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin located in (W) DOoR County.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
WART
95.5 FM wART (they prefer the A be lower case to emphasize "ART') is a 100-watt community radio station licensed to Marshall, North Carolina. They went on the air in 2016 and broadcast free form block programming from a red caboose down by the French Broad River.
Monday, September 19, 2022
KTNS
AM 1090 KTNS was a daytime-only Country station licensed to Oakhurst, California near Fresno. In 2002 the owners moved the station to 1060 AM which allowed for 24-hour broadcasting with a more powerful signal. There are cats crawling around this sticker but I doubt that "kittens" was used as part of their branding despite the KTNS call letters.
Sunday, September 18, 2022
Saturday, September 17, 2022
Friday, September 16, 2022
KDMR & KEXS
A dual sticker from 1190 AM KDMR and 1090 AM KEXS in Kansas City, Missouri. They are two of about 18 stations in the Catholic Radio Network.
Thursday, September 15, 2022
CKOS
91.1 FM CKOS is a Contemporary Christian station in Fort McMurray, Alberta. They dropped the "KAOS 91.1" branding around 2017 and are now part of the United Christian Broadcasters group of stations.
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
K298BA
107.5 FM K298BA is a translator for and HD3 subchannel of KORL in Honolulu, Hawaii. This sticker dates to when they exclusively played Korean Pop music as "KPOP". KORL once had a subchannel station that played nothing but Japanese Pop music--a sticker for them can be seen here. K298BA currently carries a Smooth Jazz format as "Jazzy 107.5"
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
KPFT
90.1 FM KPFT is a listener-supported, non-commercial station in Houston, Texas. They went on the air in 1970 and broadcasts a mix of both locally produced and syndicated talk and music programs. KPFT is part of the progressive/liberal Pacifica Radio network which also includes KPFA in Berkeley, California and KPFK in Los Angeles. The bottom sticker is from translator station 89.5 FM K208DG licensed to Galveston, TX.
Monday, September 12, 2022
WAWA
1590 AM WAWA was an R&B station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from the early 1960s until the late-1980s. Hoyt Locke aka Dr. Bop was a DJ who first brought rock and roll to the airwaves at Columbus, Ohio's WCOL in 1956 before joining WAWA in 1960. The flamboyant scrubs and stethoscope-wearing jock was known for his playfully boastful poetic monologues and was popular with both a black and white audience.
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Hereward Radio
Hereward Radio 225 went on the air in 1980 from the back of a former pub in Peterborough, England. They moved to 102.7 FM around 1987 and are now part of the Heart network of stations.
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Friday, September 9, 2022
CHRC
CHRC was a French-language station on the air in Quebec City, Quebec from 1926 until 2012. Most of those years were spent as a Talk station. When CHRC went silent it left Quebec City without any stations on the AM dial.
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
WRSF
"Dixie 105.7" WRSF has been a Country station in the Elizabeth City/Nags Head area of North Carolina since 1992.
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
WOKD
98.3 FM WOKD went on the air in 1977 and remained a Country station until the early 90s. They were licensed to Arcadia, Florida.
Monday, September 5, 2022
Sunday, September 4, 2022
KYMO
1080 AM and 105.3 FM KYMO are licensed to East Prairie, Missouri located in the southeast part of the state near the Mississippi River. The AM half currently airs Classic Country (also simulcast on translator K246DB as "Shotgun Radio 97.1") while the FM plays Classic Hits.
Saturday, September 3, 2022
KSFX
103.7 FM KSFX was an Album-Oriented Rock station in San Francisco, California from 1980 to 1982. This sticker design closely replicated that of their then sister station KLOS in Los Angeles.