1450 AM KTIP (K This Is Porterville) is a News/Talk outlet licensed to Porterville, California. The independently-owned station has been on the air since 1947 and was the first station in the state to broadcast 24/7. KTIP carried Los Angeles Rams football games until the team moved to St. Louis in 1995,
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Monday, December 30, 2013
Sunday, December 29, 2013
WCCS
1160 AM WCCS is a News/Talk station licensed to Homer City, Pennsylvania. "The Voice of Indiana County" airs ESPN Radio programming after 6PM on weekdays along with play-by-play of Pittsburgh area teams. Weekend specialty shows include Oldies, Acoustic and Polka music.
Saturday, December 28, 2013
KUGR
KUGR "The Cougar" broadcasts a Soft AC & Talk format. The 1,000-watt station went on the air in 1976 and is licensed to Green River, Wyoming. The cowboy on a bucking bronco is the mascot of the University of Wyoming's sports teams and has been used by the school since the early 1920s.
Friday, December 27, 2013
WELD AM & FM
690 AM WELD went on the air in Fisher, West Virginia in 1956. 101.7 FM began broadcasting about 30 years later. The AM plays Classic Hits while the FM carries a Country format and is licensed to Moorefield, WV.
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
WVJC
WVJC is an Alternative Rock station broadcasting from the campus of Wabash Valley College in Mount Carmel, Illinois. They are known as "89.1 The Bash."
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
WONB
WONB is a 3,000-watt station run by the students of Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. They program hits of the 70s through 90s during the day, current hit music at night and oldies from the 50s through 70s in the overnight slot. A WONB sticker featuring the school's polar bear mascot can be seen here.
Monday, December 23, 2013
WXCC
WXCC is a Country station licensed to Williamson, West Virginia. "Coal Country" 96.5's 100,000 watt signal reaches southern West Virginia, eastern Kentucky and parts of Virginia, Tennessee, Ohio and North Carolina. They went on the air in October, 1978 by playing Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons," a song about the life of a coal miner.
Sunday, December 22, 2013
KSGI
KSGI broadcast in St. George, Utah from 1988 to 1998. The 1997 Broadcast Yearbook lists them having a News/Talk, Sports and MOR format. 1450 AM is currently "Fox News" KZNU.
Saturday, December 21, 2013
KLEB
1600 AM KLEB is a Cajun station licensed to Golden Meadow, Louisiana. They also play Zydeco, Swamp Pop and other Louisiana music, much of it simulcast from sister station KLRZ.
Friday, December 20, 2013
WAHR
WAHR (now known as "Star 99.1") is an Adult Contemporary station in Huntsville, Alabama. Until he sold the station in 1999, WAHR was owned by local record store owner Arnold Hornbuckle. The call letters stood for (W)Arnold Hornbuckle's Records. The station became the first stand-alone FM in the state of Alabama when they went on the air in 1959.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
WHDH
The history of WHDH goes back to 1929 when they went on the air at 830 AM as a daytime-only station in Gloucester, Massachusetts. They moved to 850 AM in 1941 and soon after began broadcasting on a full time basis. Post World War II, the increasingly successful WHDH played popular music with their strong lineup of DJs as well as Boston Bruins hockey and Boston Celtics basketball. They were the flagship station of the Boston Red Sox from 1946 to 1975. On Saturday nights WHDH aired one of the first sports talk shows "The Voice of Sports." In 1994 850 AM became WEEI, an all-Sports station which now airs ESPN Radio's entire lineup of nationally syndicated programming.
Monday, December 16, 2013
Sunday, December 15, 2013
KDXI
The 1977 Broadcasting Yearbook lists Mansfield, Louisiana's KDXI as having both a Country and Gospel format. It's unclear what became of the them as no station currently exists at 1360 AM in that area of the state.
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Saturday, December 14, 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013
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