Sunday, December 31, 2023

KCMJ




92.7 FM KCMJ was on the air in Palm Springs, California from 1984 to 1998.  Most of those years were spent as a Top-40/Hot AC station.  In the early 1990s Jimmy Kimmel worked at KCMJ and would end up recruiting Carson Daly to be his intern.  Kimmel went on to be a successful late night show host and Oscar awards emcee while Daly became a star on MTV, KROQ radio DJ, Today Show co-host and late night show host himself.
 

Mystery Sticker - J98

Anybody know the call letters and location of this "J98" sticker?  Leave a comment.
 

Friday, December 29, 2023

KBFM

KBFM was a Top-40 station beginning in the mid-1970s and licensed to Edinburg, Texas.  In 2004 they shifted to a bilingual English/Spanish Rhythmic Top-40 format and became "Wild 104".

Thursday, December 28, 2023

KVOI



KVOI is a News/Talk station licensed to Cortaro, Arizona near Tucson.  In 2009 they moved from 690 AM to 1030 AM.
 

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

KWOC


930 AM KWOC airs a News/Talk format in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.  They are now also heard on a translator at 93.3 FM.
 

KZYQ

"Star 103" was KZYQ licensed to Lake Village, Arkansas beginning in the late 1990s.  I've seen various formats listed for the station including Adult Contemporary, Oldies and Urban Contemporary.  KZYQ went off the air permanently in 2007.
 

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

WFNR

710 AM WFNR was a News/Talk station in Blacksburg, Virginia.  They stopped broadcasting in 2019 because of equipment failures at their transmitter site.  Their license was canceled by the FCC in 2022 for being off the air for three years.

Monday, December 25, 2023

WMEV





93.9 FM WMEV (Wonderful Mountain Empire of Virginia) is a Country station licensed to Marion, VA.  AM 1010 WMEV existed from its sign-on in 1948 until 2010 when it became WUKZ.
 

Sunday, December 24, 2023

WMMB


1240 AM WMMB airs a News/Talk format in Melbourne, Florida.  They are also heard on a translator at 92.7 FM and 1350 AM WMMV licensed to Cocoa on Florida's Space Coast.
 

Friday, December 22, 2023

KATF


KATF "92.9 Kat FM" is an Adult Contemporary station in Dubuque, Iowa.

Thursday, December 21, 2023

KZRA

1590 AM KZRA was on the air in Springdale/Fayetteville, Arkansas from 1994 to 2005.
 

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

WZTZ

101.1 FM WZTZ was a Country station licensed to Elba, Alabama from 1986 to 2006.  They currently simulcast the Sports format of 560 AM WOOF.
 

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

KHTK

1140 AM KHTK is a 50,000-watt Sports station in Sacramento, California.  The call letters are a holdover from a previous (K) Hot TalK format.
 

Monday, December 18, 2023

KUMR

88.5 FM KUMR was on the air from 1974 to 2007 and broadcast from the (K) University of Missouri-Rolla.  The school changed its name to the Missouri University of Science and Technology and the station flipped call letters to KMST to reflect the new name.  KMST eventually became part of the St. Louis Public Radio network before going silent in 2020.
 

Sunday, December 17, 2023

KDDB





92.5 FM KDDB played Country music in Paso Robles/San Luis Obispo, California from 1982 until 1999.
 

Saturday, December 16, 2023

WHTI/WHTY

93.5 WHTY and 96.7 WHTI were simulcast CHR stations broadcasting to Muncie/Marion, Indiana.  They flipped to Classic Rock in 2009 and became "Max" WMXQ and WMQX.
 

Friday, December 15, 2023

WVNV

96.5 FM WVNV was a Country station licensed to Malone in far northern New York state.  Their signal reached Cornwall, Ontario and southern parts of Montreal, Quebec and they kept sales offices in both cities.  In 2021 WVNV was sold to the Educational Media Foundation and became part of the Air1 radio network of Christian Worship stations.
 

Thursday, December 14, 2023

WDTJ

"105.9 Jamz" WDTJ was a Mainstream Urban station in Detroit, Michigan from 1998 to 2005.  They made an attempt to compete with longtime format leader WJLB but could never dethrone them.
 

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

WAUD

1230 AM WAUD airs a Sports format in Auburn, Alabama.  They've been on the air since 1947.
 

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

KTOY

104.7 FM KTOY is an Urban Adult Contemporary station licensed to Texarkana, Arkansas.  They became the first black-owned station in the state when they went on the air in 1992.

Monday, December 11, 2023

KFRR







104.1 FM KFRR has carried (with some variations) an Alternative Rock format in Fresno, California since 1995.

A "Kolsch 104.1" beer bottle label from the Tioga Sequoia Brewing Co.

A safety strip with logos from co-owned stations KJFX and KYNO.

Sunday, December 10, 2023

KOZX

98.1 FM KOZX is a 6,000-watt station licensed to the southern Missouri town of Cabool.  They switched from Country to Rock in 2014.
 

Saturday, December 9, 2023

KKBB












99.3 FM KKBB "B-Rock" went on the air in the mid-1990s with a Classic Rock format.  In 2003 they flipped to Rhythmic Oldies as "Groove 99.3"