Bakersfield, California's KLLY has been around since 1984 with a handful of formats (Soft Rock, Hot AC. Top-40) but always kept their call letters. As of this posting they are a CHR station known as "Energy 95.3"
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Monday, October 31, 2022
Sunday, October 30, 2022
KDNA
91.9 FM KDNA became the first full-time Spanish-language non-commercial radio station when they went on the air in December 1979. "La Voz Del Campesino" (The Voice of the Farmer) is licensed to Yakima, Washington with studios in Granger, WA.
Saturday, October 29, 2022
CKOT
1510 CKOT went on the air in Tillsonburg, Ontario in April 1955 and left the AM dial in 2013. Sister station CKOT FM began in October 1965 and continues today as Adult Contemporary "Easy 101.3"
Friday, October 28, 2022
K297BE
K297BE "107.3 The Beat" is an Urban Oldies station in Kennewick, Washington. They are a 50-watt translator of 106.1 FM KWCQ licensed to Condon, Oregon.
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
AZ Radio
AZ Radio 89.6 FM was a Rock station broadcasting from Zlín, Czech Republic. They rebranded to "Rock Max" around 2006 and are now simply known as "Rock Radio." Listening live while making this post I heard songs by Stone Sour, Beastie Boys, Rolling Stones and the Czech band Courtesans of 25th Avenue. "Tam" and "Sem" translates to "Push" and "Pull."
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
BBC Thames Valley FM
BBC Thames Valley FM existed between 1996 and 2000 and broadcast to the British counties of Oxfordshire and Berkshire. The station was the result of a merger between BBC Radio Oxford and BBC Radio Berkshire but proved to be unpopular and eventually relaunched as two separate outlets once again.
Monday, October 24, 2022
Sunday, October 23, 2022
WRSI
"93.9 The River" WRSI is an Adult Album Alternative station in Northampton, Massachusetts. Programming is simulcast on 101.5 FM licensed to Brattleboro, Vermont. WRSI went on the air in 1981 at 95.3 FM with an eclectic variety format including Rock, Classical, Jazz, Country, New Age and Folk music with an emphasis on local artists from western Massachusetts. At one time they were simulcast on 100.7 FM WMTT licensed to Wilmington, Vermont. Television host Rachel Maddow hosted a show on WRSI in the early 2000s.
Saturday, October 22, 2022
Thursday, October 20, 2022
WGOG
The original WGOG began broadcasting from northwestern South Carolina in 1959 as a medium wave station at 1460 AM. In the 1960s they moved to the clear channel frequency of 1000 AM and switched again to 96.3 FM in 1991. They currently reside at 101.7 FM and airs a Country format along with a focus on local news and sports. The call letters refer to Walhalla, South Carolina's nickname (W) Garden Of the Gods.
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
KYMS
106.3 FM KYMS was on the air from 1964 to 1996 and licensed to Santa Ana, California south of Los Angeles. Their early years were spent as an Easy Listening station broadcasting from studios in the Saddleback Inn hotel. They were also given permission from the FCC to rebroadcast news from the BBC World Service received via shortwave. By the early 1970s they were playing Progressive Rock. KYMS is most remembered as being the first major-market Contemporary Christian (CCM) station which commenced in 1975. In the mid-80s they became the flagship station of what was probably the first satellite-fed network of CCM outlets joining AM stations in Denver and Phoenix. Shortly after 106.3 FM changed their call letters to KALI and flipped to an Asian format, someone bought the entire KYMS music library from a thrift store and made an 11 hour YouTube channel of music from CCM's early years 1975-1981.
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Monday, October 17, 2022
Sunday, October 16, 2022
Saturday, October 15, 2022
CJAD
AM 800 CJAD has been on the air in Montreal, Quebec since December 1945. The call letters are based on the station's founder (C) Joseph Arthur Dupont. For much of its history CJAD carried a Full Service format with MOR music of the 1960s and 70s. They transitioned to Adult Contemporary in the 80s and currently carry a News/Talk format. The 50,000-watt station (10,000 at night) has broadcast in English for its entire history. The first commercial below dates to when they temporarily moved to 990 AM after a 1998 ice storm toppled all four of their broadcast towers.
Friday, October 14, 2022
XHSH
"Amor 95.3 FM" XHSH plays contemporary music from the 1990s until the present with a focus on romantic songs. They broadcast with a 90,000-watt signal from Mexico City, Mexico.
Thursday, October 13, 2022
WWRF
1380 AM WWRF "Radio Fiesta" is a Regional Mexican station in West Palm Beach, Florida. They are also heard on two FM translators.
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
WRBU
"The Edge" WRBU is (or was) the online-only radio station of Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. A February 2022 message on their website reveals that they aren't actually broadcasting via the internet and seem to be relegated to recording podcasts. Their Facebook page and this YouTube video shows that they once broadcast at 97.7 FM.
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Monday, October 10, 2022
WOKE
"Joy FM 98.3" was a Southern Gospel station in Portsmouth, Ohio circa the late 1990s. They were licensed across the Ohio River to Garrison, Kentucky and kept the WOKE call letters until 2018 under a few formats including Contemporary Christian, CHR and even stunted for a week as "Trump 98.3"
Sunday, October 9, 2022
Saturday, October 8, 2022
WFCM
91.7 FM WFCM is a Religious station owned and operated by Moody Radio, one of the largest Christian radio networks in the country. They are licensed to Murfreesboro, Tennessee near Nashville.
Friday, October 7, 2022
WCCM
AM 800 WCCM signed on the air in August 1947 from Lawrence, Massachusetts. The call letters were supposedly an attempt at a Roman numeral for their frequency--subtract CC (200) from M (1000) and you get 800. WCCM was owned by sportscaster Curt Gowdy beginning in the early 1960s and carried a full-service Middle-of-the-Road format. They moved to 1490 AM in 2002 and aired Spanish-language Talk and added a translator at 103.7 FM licensed to Haverhill, MA. As of this posting they carry a Spanish Top-40 format branded as "Latin X 103.7"
Thursday, October 6, 2022
KVLH
1470 AM KVLH was a Country station licensed to Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. They went off the air permanently some time around 2009.
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
KRLA
The legendary 1110 AM KRLA was a powerhouse Top-40 station in Los Angles, California. By 1984 KRLA had gone all-Oldies and then added an R&B tinge to the music by the 1990s. Somewhere along the way there was a brief fling with a Country format. In 1998 they switched to Talk and then flipped to Sports in 2000 and became KSPN. The heritage KRLA call letters now reside at 870 AM which airs a conservative Talk format as "The Answer"
Monday, October 3, 2022
KEZL
102.1 FM KEZL was an Adult Contemporary/MOR station licensed to Oceanside, California circa the mid-1980s.