Tuesday, June 9, 2009

WHTD

WHTD was a Top-40 station in Fort Wayne, Indiana. 96.3 FM began as an Adult Standards station in 1994 before switching to Modern Rock WEJE "The Edge" in 1995. A flip to Country with the calls WWWD followed in 2001 before becoming "Hits 96.3." WHTD was licensed to Churubusco, Indiana.

Monday, June 8, 2009

CIOC


98.5 FM CIOC is an Adult Contemporary station in Victoria, British Columbia.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

KDNI


90.5 FM KDNI is a Religious Teaching/Contemporary Christian station in Duluth, Minnesota. Despite the KDNW calls on this magnet and sticker, they're actually from sister station KDNI.  KDNW also operates 6 translator stations in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

KLRS


KLRS was a Top-40 station in Chico, California. In the fall of 2006 "Colors 92.7" flipped to Variety Hits as "92.7 Bob FM" KBQB.

Friday, June 5, 2009

CFQC



CFQC's history in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan goes back to 1920s. They switched frequencies a few times in their ealy years, from 910 to 840 and then landing at 600 AM in 1941. From 1944 to 1962 CFQC was an affiliate of the CBC Dominion Network. During this time the station also became co-owned with CFQC-TV and shared their broadcasting facilities and staff. As with many Canadian AM stations, CFQC eventually moved to the FM dial, becoming "Hot 93" in 1995. They are currently known as "92.9 The Bull" with the call letters CKBL.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Radio Beijing

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, China. Anti-government protesters had been meeting in the square for seven weeks, initially to mourn the death of pro-democracy, anti-corruption official Hu Yaobang. On June 4th, 1989 the Chinese military took action to clear the square and began firing assault rifles from armored personnel carriers into the crowds. No one knows for sure how many died--the official Chinese number was 186 but estimates from other sources go as high as 10,000.

Radio Beijing is the former name of China Radio International which is that country's external radio service. It covers the world using more than 50 shortwave transmitters. 1120 AM WUST in Washington, DC and 1540 AM WNWR in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania also carry English-language CRI programming.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

KFRO

KFRO (Keep Forever Rolling On) has been broadcasting from Longview, Texas since 1935. They've carried a Country/Roots Music format since at least the 1950s and was owned by the same family for 63 years until it was sold in 1998. Currently KFRO runs a Classic Country format simulcast with their sister stations KKUS and KCUL under the branding "The Ranch."

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

KRYS

Not sure what the format was for KRYS-AM but the current KRYS-FM in Corpus Christi, Texas is Country so there's a good chance the AM was as well. It was a Radio Disney outlet long after this sticker was printed which has a 1970s look to it. 1360 AM is now KKTX, a News/Talk station.

EDIT:  15 years after originally posting this I received a KRYS music survey in the form of a 45 rpm record sleeve.  The chart confirms what many have already said in the comments, that KRYS was a Pop/Top-40 station...at least in 1978.



Monday, June 1, 2009

WPLA



WPLA "Planet Radio 93.3" was a Modern Rock station in Jacksonville, Florida from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Sunday Sticker - KDAR

98.3 KDAR is a Christian Talk/Religious Teaching station licensed to Oxnard, California.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

KMEZ



KMEZ was an Urban Adult Contemporary station licensed to Belle Chase, Louisiana. In 2008 they began simulcasting on their sister station KKND which dropped its Country format. KKND then became Hip-Hop "Power 102.9" to challenge WQUE, another Rap/Urban station in the New Orleans market. The KMEZ calls and Old School R&B format now reside at 106.7 FM licensed to Port Sulphur, LA.

Friday, May 29, 2009

WKKJ



WKKJ is a Country music station licensed to Chillicothe, Ohio. In 2002 WKKJ swapped frequencies with WFCB (now WLZT, an Adult Contemporary station) and moved up the dial to 94.3 FM.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

KYIS

KYIS is a Hot Adult Contemporary station from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They've used the "Kiss" branding since 1991 after switching from "Z99" with the call letters KZBS.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

WQKS

"Alice 96.1" was a Classic Hits station in Montgomery, Alabama from 2000 until 2008. WQKS is currently an Oldies station known as "Q96.1"

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

WVOK

WVOK was a Country music station in Birmingham, Alabama from 1977 until 1985. In the early 1980s the FCC allowed them to begin broadcasting 24 hours a day. They were a daytime-only signal all through the 60s and 70s when they were Top-40 "The Mighty 690." They are currently a Sports station "690 The Fan."

Monday, May 25, 2009

Memorial Day

WPCV (W Polk County Voice) has been a Country music station since 1973. With 100,000 watts and their central Florida transmitting site, they're one of the few stations able to reach both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts including Orlando and parts of Tampa Bay. WPCV is licensed to Winter Haven, Florida.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

KCWJ


KCWJ was a Religious Teaching/Southern Gospel station in Kansas City, Missouri. The 1030 AM frequency has had a variety of formats and call letters over the years including Oldies KBST, Adult Contemporary KKJC, Hard Rock KBZR, Talk KBEQ and Classic Country KOWW. The above sticker is circa 2001 when KCWJ was Contemporary Christian Rock station. KCWJ is licensed to Blue Springs, Missouri and currently carries a Classic Country format.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

WHOO


WHOO "Hits 96" was a Top-40 station licensed to Orlando, Florida. (if anyone has any information about what time period they were CHR, I'd like to know.) In 1984 they flipped to Country while retaining the WHOO calls. In 1987 they became WHTQ "Q96" with a Rock format and today they are strictly a Classic Rock station.

Friday, May 22, 2009

WHAT

AM 1340 WHAT has been broadcasting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since the mid 1920s. From the 1960s through the early 1980s they carried an R&B/Soul format and for awhile they were an Urban Talk station.


Starting in January, 2007 they became "Skin Radio" playing a blend of Alternative, Indie, Hip-Hop and Reggae as well as poetry readings and local music. It lasted less than eight months and by September they dropped it in favor of Adult Standards and changed their branding to "Martini Lounge Radio". They began this new format by playing nothing but Frank Sinatra music for a full month.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

WHEN

AM 620 WHEN is currently a Sports Talk station licensed to Syracuse, New York.

In the late 1970s and early 80s the then music-based WHEN carried out one of the most successful bumper sticker campaigns in the history of radio. This sticker resembles the style of New York license plates which were in use from 1973-1986.

This one resembles the type of New York license plate used from 1986 until 2000.