WDWD

990 AM WDWD went on the air in 1948 from Dawson, Georgia.  92.1 FM followed a little more than twenty years later.  Both stations went silent in the mid-1990s.
 

WAVI

1380 AM WAVI was an Oldies station in Portsmouth, New Hampshire from 1985 to 1987.
 

KVOQ AM & FM

Colorado Public Radio launched "OpenAir" KVOQ on 1340 AM in 2011.  The new music-based format played independent artists with a focus on local releases.  After an ownership change 1340 AM flipped to Sports in 2015 while "Open Air" moved to 102.3 FM and eventually became Adult Album Alternative "Indie 102.3".  KVOQ AM was licensed to Denver, Colorado and KVOQ FM is licensed to Greenwood Village, CO. 

KRNY

1460 AM KRNY was on the air in KeaRNeY, Nebraska from 1956 until 1986.  Formats included Middle-of-the-Road in the 1960s and Top-40 in the 70s and 80s.
 

KLOO

KLOO signed on the air in Corvallis, Oregon in 1973 at 106.1 FM.  In 2001 they moved up a notch on the dial to 106.3 FM.  A sticker from their days as KFAT can be sen here.
 

KHDR / KHRQ / KHWZ

96.9 FM KHDR and 94.9 FM KHRQ are simulcast Rock stations licensed to Lenwood and Baker, California.  "Highway Rock" is aimed primarily at travelers driving on Interstate 15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. At one time they were a trimulcast with 100.1 FM KHWZ licensed to Ludlow, CA but that station went silent in 2011.
 

KBBQ

1590 AM KBBQ was a Country station in Ventura, California from 1973 to 1985.
 

CJDV

CJDV launched in 2003 from Cambridge, Ontario as the Classic Hits station "107.5 Dave FM."  They flipped to Rock in 2009 while retaining the "Dave" branding and then shifted to Active Rock in 2016.

WZAK

93.1 FM WZAK went on the air in Cleveland, Ohio in May 1963 with an Ethnic format and programming in 17 different languages.  Some of the original owners were also franchisees of MUZAK, a provider of background music for retail stores and other public places.  They incorporated that company's name into their radio stations call letters.  After a brief format change to Beautiful Music in 1980, WZAK flipped to Urban Contemporary and then shifted slightly to Urban AC in 2000.
 

WRUB

"Rumba 106.5" WRUB was a Spanish Contemporary Hit station in Sarasota, Florida from 2016 to 2024.

WOLT

103.3 FM WOLT plays Classic Alternative Rock in Indianapolis, Indiana.  "Alt 103.3" was a traditional Alternative station when they acquired the WOLT call letters in 2014 but has since shifted to playing songs only from the 1990s and 2000s and are now branded as "Indy 103.3"
 

WGRF

99.3 FM WGRF was an Adult Contemporary station in Atlantic City, New Jersey from 1974 to around 1983
 

KTRO

1520 AM KTRO was a Spanish-language station licensed to Port Hueneme, California near Oxnard and Santa Barbara.  They broadcast from 1984 to 1996 and eventually flipped to News/Talk with new call letters KVTA.
 

KPNW

1120 AM KPNW (K Pacific NorthWest) is a News/Talk station in Eugene, Oregon.  They've been on the air since 1967.
 

KFGM

Missoula, Montana's KFGM began as a low-power station in 2017 broadcasting at 105.5 FM.  In 2022 they switched frequencies to 101.5 FM, moved their studios to a local library and increased their signal strength to 3,600-watts.  KFGM (K For the Good of Missoula) is licensed to Frenchtown, MT.

WWVU

"U92" WWVU is the campus radio station from West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV.  The student-run station went on the air in 1982.  They are also known as "The Moose" despite there being no moose in the state of West Virginia.

WRDX

94.7 FM WRDX was a Rock station in Dover, Delaware from 1997 to 2007.
 

WNFI

"I-100" WNFI was a Top-40 station licensed to Palatka, Florida from 1983 to 1993.  Their 1,300 foot tall tower and 100,000-watt signal allowed them to be heard in a huge area including Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, Gainesville and Orlando.
 

WKCR

Radio broadcasts from Columbia University in New York City go back to 1941 when WKCR AM went on the air.  (W) King's Crown Radio moved to 89.9 FM in 1956 with a 10-watt signal.  Fittingly, wideband frequency modulation (FM) radio was invented by Columbia University professor Edwin Armstrong in the early 1930s.  Today the 1,350-watt, volunteer-run station airs a mix of Jazz, Alternative Rock, Classical and Hip-Hop.  Former WKCR staff includes political advisor and ABC television host George Stephanopolous, NPR host Robert Siegel, novelist Erica Jong, jazz pianist Dick Hyman and singer-songwriter Laura Cantrell.

WFIW AM & FM

1390 AM WFIW went on the air in Fairfield, Illinois in August 1953.  Their 104.9 FM sister station followed 12 years later.  Today the AM is a News/Talk outlet and the FM plays Classic Hits.
 

WCDZ

95.1 WCDZ is a Classic Hits station licensed to Dresden, Tennessee.  They are now branded as "Star 95.1"
 

KYRS

88.1 FM KYRS is a non-commercial, community radio station licensed to Medical Lake, Washington near Spokane.  They went on the air in October 2003 as a Low Power FM station but increased their wattage to 6,800 in 2011.  They are also heard on a transmitter at 92.3 FM licensed to Dartford, WA.

KSJD

91.5 FM KSJD is a community radio station and NPR affiliate licensed to Cortez, Colorado.  Two relay stations and one translator help put KSJD's programming into parts of the Four Corners states of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.
 

KNMX

540 AM KNMX has been a Spanish-language station in Las Vegas, (K) New MeXico since October 1980.  The Station of the Year awards were given by the New Mexico Broadcasters Association.  KNMX has now won seven times.
 

The Foxes

KJFX - Fresno, California

WFXF - Dundee, Illinois

WMXT - Pamplico/South Carolina

WWWX - Oshkosh, Wisconsin
 

KCMT

102.1 FM KCMT is a Regional Mexican station licensed to Green Valley, Arizona near Tucson.
 

R.I.P. Stephen King's Radio Stations

Word came out earlier this week that Stephen King's Zone Radio Corporation will shut down all three of its radio stations in Bangor, Maine at the end of this month.  The best-selling author bought his first station in 1983 and changed the call letters to WZON after his science fiction thriller novel The Dead Zone.  King said that his decision to sell was prompted by his desire to get his business affairs in order.  Apparently the stations were never profitable and King personally made up for any monetary losses himself.  It's truly sad to see three locally owned, independent radio stations being shuttered forever.  If K-Love didn't already exist in Bangor, I'm sure they'd be swooping in to buy one or all of them.

100.3 FM WKIT is a Rock station that King bought in 1995.  The black and yellow, frequency-only sticker above has always bothered me because it's so generic (and why bother trademarking it?)  The top sticker featuring "Dougie Graves" is a perfect radio decal and as unique as the station's owner.

103.1 FM WZLO is an Adult Album Alternative station the King acquired in 2001. 

 

This plastic listener card is possibly from the late 1970s/early 1980s when it was a Top-40 station with call letters WLBZ.  Stephen King eventually bought them in 1983 and changed the call letters to WZON.  Various formats followed including Rock, Talk, Sports, Progressive Talk and currently Oldies.  They were even a non-commercial, listener-supported station for a time.  A sticker from their Sports format days can be seen here.  Another from their time as "The Pulse" can be seen here.