Friday, May 31, 2024

Radio Funkwerk

Radio Funkwerk was a community radio station broadcasting to Erfurt and Weimar in central Germany.  They were on the air from 1999 to 2015.
 

Thursday, May 30, 2024

WLAV




96.9 FM WLAV has been a Rock station in Grand Rapids, Michigan since 1974.  They started as an Album Oriented Rock outlet then moved to Modern Rock in the early 1990s and are currently a Classic Rock station.  The call letters are the initials of their original owner when they went on the air in 1948--(W) Leonard Adrian Versluis.

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

WYYB


WYYB "93.7 FM The Phoenix" played a mix of Folk and Adult Album Alternative music in Nashville, Tennessee circa the late 1990s.
 

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

WRTL

1460 AM WRTL began broadcasting from Rantoul, Illinois in 1963.  WRTL 95.3 FM went on the air about nine years later.  The 1980 Broadcasting Yearbook listed the AM as having a Middle-of-the-Road format while the FM was a Beautiful Music station.
 

Monday, May 27, 2024

WOKV


690 AM WOKV is a Sports station and ESPN Radio affiliate in Jacksonville, Florida.  They were a News/Talk outlet from 1994 to 2019 and became the first flagship station of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
 

Sunday, May 26, 2024

WGR




550 AM WGR has been on the air in Buffalo, New York since 1922.  For most of the 1990s they were a News/Talk station.  For a few of those years they were the simultaneous flagship station for Buffalo Bills football, Buffalo Sabres hockey and Buffalo Bisons baseball.  In 2000 they flipped to all-Sports and are currently the flagship of the Buffalo Bills Radio Network.  Many other sports related WGR stickers can be seen hereHereHereAnd Here.

Saturday, May 25, 2024

KYRK

106.5 FM KYRK is an Alternative Rock station licensed to Taft, Texas near Corpus Christi.  The uniquely branded station was relaunched in 2021 with Bandtango, Inc., an entertainment technology company focusing on royalty payments and artists rights management. 
 

Friday, May 24, 2024

KSIR

An iron-on transfer from 1470 AM KSIR in Estes Park, Colorado.  They were on the air from 1974 to 1991.
 

Thursday, May 23, 2024

KHAT

1480 AM KHAT was a Country station in Phoenix, Arizona from 1958 to 1972.
 

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

KCMI

97.1 FM KCMI (K Christian Media Incorporated) is a Religious station in Terrytown, Nebraska.  They went on the air in 1981 and are now branded as "Hope Radio."
 

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

CJCM

A 1995 decal from AM 1340 CJCM in Grande Centre, Alberta.  They moved to the FM band in the early 2000s and are currently Classic Hits station CJXK "Boom 95.3"
 

Monday, May 20, 2024

WMLJ


 A magnet from Religious station 90.5 FM WMLJ in Summersville, West Virginia.

Sunday, May 19, 2024

WWMJ

"I-95" WWMJ plays Classic Rock in Bangor, Maine.  Older WWMJ stickers can be seen here.  And here.
 

Klassik Radio


Klassik Radio is heard on multiple frequencies throughout Germany as well as a handful in Austria and Switzerland.  They primarily play Classical music with some film scores as well as lounge music.  They've been on the air since October 1990 from their headquarters in Hamburg, Germany.

Friday, May 17, 2024

Joe FM

Joe FM is an Oldies/Classic Hits station broadcasting in Dutch from their headquarters in Antwerp, Belgium.  They are heard on more than two dozen frequencies throughout the Flemish Community in the northern part of the country.

Thursday, May 16, 2024

WWTR

"96 Rock" WWTR was on the air in Bethany Beach, Delaware from 1981 until the early 1990s.  They used the exact same logo as WKLS in Atlanta which had been an Album Rock station since 1974.
 

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

WRCU

90.1 FM WRCU is the student-run radio station at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York.  Radio on Colgate's campus officially began in 1951 with carrier-current station WCU.  In 1959 they began an affiliation with the Home of Champions radio network which allowed them to broadcast all daytime New York Yankees games.  A call letter change to WRCU occurred around this same time.  Colgate's administration considered WRCU to be an "academic" radio station which meant a ban on Rock and Roll and a focus on news and interviews.  Any music played would soft and not the "wild music" that was coming out in those days.  The Rock ban lasted until 1963.  WRCU started broadcasting on FM in 1970.

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

WNDU AM & FM




1490 AM in South Bend, Indiana became WNDU after being sold to (W) Notre Dame University in 1955.  Formats included Country, CHR/Disco, All-70s and Oldies (twice.)  After a couple more call letter changes in the 1990s and 2000s the 1290 AM frequency went off the air for good in 2009.  WNDU 92.9 FM signed on in 1962 and went Top-40 in 1979 which continues to this day as "U93."  They switched call letters to WNDV in 1998.
 

Monday, May 13, 2024

WKCB


107.1 FM WKCB is a Classic Hits station currently branded as "The Killer B".  1340 AM WKCB is part of the Moody Radio network of Religious stations.  Both are licensed to Hindman, Kentucky.
 

Sunday, May 12, 2024

WFHP

WFHP "97.5 FM The Presence" was a Catholic/Religious station in Fort Kent, Maine.  The low-power, 3-watt station is now part of the massive Relevent Radio network.
 

WCDQ

106.3 FM WCDQ plays Country music in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
 

Friday, May 10, 2024

KVNA

100.1 FM KVNA airs an Adult Album Alternative format in Flagstaff, Arizona.
 

Thursday, May 9, 2024

KRMX

KRMX "92.9 Shooter FM" plays Country music in Waco, Texas.

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

KNLB


91.1 FM KNLB is a Christian/Religious station licensed to Lake Havasu City, Arizona.  They are the flagship station of the Celebration Radio Network which is simulcast on more than three dozen frequencies heard in parts of Utah, California, New Mexico, Nevada and Arizona.

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

KFCF


88.1 FM KFCF is a commercial-free, listener supported station in Fresno, California.  Most of their programming is provided by sister station KPFA in Berkeley, California--the flagship station of the Pacifica Network of radio stations.  KFCF went on the air in June 1975.
 

Monday, May 6, 2024

KBAZ

"96.3 The Blaze" KBAZ is a Mainstream Rock station in Missoula, Montana.  The commercial below is from when they carried an Active Rock format.

CFUL

CFUL "Fuel 90.3 FM" signed on the air in March 2007 with an Adult Album Alternative format from Calgary, Alberta.  A few months later they shifted to Classic Alternative and soon after increased their power to 100,000-watts.  By the summer of 2009 they flipped to CHR as "Amp Radio" with new call letters CKMP.
 

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Radio Mi Amigo

The original Radio Mi Amigo was a Belgian/Dutch offshore pirate radio station in operation from 1973 to 1978.  They broadcast aboard the MV Mi Amigo, the longest serving pirate radio ship in history (1958-1980) that was also home to the legendary Radio Caroline.  Today Radio Mi Amigo International is heard via shortwave as well as online.
 

Saturday, May 4, 2024

RAI





RAI (Radio Televisione Italiana) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy.  They are one of the biggest media groups in Europe with programming seen and heard in about a dozen countries in the European Union.  Their first radio broadcast was a speech by Benito Mussolini in 1924 when they were known as Unione Radiofonica Italiana.  The bottom sticker is from RAI Stereo Due, a national radio channel with music and news aimed at teens and young adults.  They were on the air from 1982 to 1991

Friday, May 3, 2024

WUPC

102.3 FM WUPC "Radio Alerta" was a Spanish Christian station licensed to Arrowhead Village, New Jersey.
 

WPOI


"Hot 101.5" WPOI was a CHR station in Tampa, Florida from 2011 to 2023.  The call letters were left over from a previous 80s Hits format known as "The Point."  The frequency is currently home to Urban Adult Contemporary "101.5 The Vibe"