Magic One Oh Fives

KMJX was a Classic Rock station from Little Rock, Arkansas.

"Magic 105.1" WMGC is an Adult Contemporary station from Detroit, Michigan.



"Magic 105" KMVR is a Hot Adult Contemporary station licensed to Mesilla Park, New Mexico.

KDUZ

KDUZ is a News/Talk station licensed to Hutchinson, Minnesota.

WRKA

WRKA (named for the general manager Robert Knowles and Associates) was an Oldies station licensed to St. Matthews, Kentucky. In the mid-1980s WRKA carried a Hot AC format and the morning show was hosted by the execrable Glenn Beck. 103.1 FM is currently "New Country Q103.1" WQNU. The WRKA call letters live on at sister station "Country Legends 103.9" licensed to Louisville, KY.

Sound of Life Radio Network

The Sound of Life Radio Network is made up of about a dozen stations and translators covering most of eastern upstate New York. The network of Contemporary Christian stations is headquartered at 89.7 FM WFGP licensed to Kingston, NY.

 

WHVP - Hudson, New York

WGWR - Liberty, NY

WPGL - Pattersonville, NY

WLJP - Monroe, NY

WFRY

WFRY "Froggy 97" is a Country station from Watertown, New York. A similar Froggy sticker can be seen here.

WAAC

WAAC is a Country station from Valdosta, Georgia. Other radio stickers using Interstate Highway signs can be seen here.

Calgary Stampede

The Calgary Stampede --the world's largest rodeo--begins today and lasts through July 18th. My favorite part is the always-entertaining and frequently terrifying chuckwagon races which first started at the Stampede in 1923.

CFCN was a full-service Top-40 station in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders were named after the world famous rodeo and are Calgary's Canadian Football League team. 1060 AM is currently CKMX, a Classic Country station.

Ziplining

Took my son zip-lining through the canopy of the Hocking Hills this afternoon. After a short lesson on our equipment and how to brake, it was off to the cables to fling ourselves from tree to tree. It was tons of fun and something we'll definitely do again. Here's a clip of myself on one of the shorter runs followed by my son who strapped the camera to his chest.



WZIP is a student-run station from the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. They carry a CHR format during the day and switch to Active Rock at night.

Bulls

Today is the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. People are inevitably injured every year during the event but "only" 15 have died since 1910. Olé!!

In honor of the daredevils idiots who take part in the event, here are three bull stickers:

KTBL was a Classic Country station in Albuquerque, New Mexico from 1996 to 2001. Currently Adult Hits KDRF "Ed FM."

KSD is a Country station from St. Louis, Missouri.

WYBL is a Country station licensed to Ashtabula, Ohio.

KSSL

KSSL "Viva 105.3" was a Hispanic CHR station from Phoenix, Arizona circa 2001. The station is currently KHOV, airing a Regional Mexican format as "Radio La Nueva" along with 105.9 KHOT. KSSL was licensed to Wickenburg, AZ.

KKPN

"Planet 102.3" KKPN is a Top-40 station licensed to Rockport, Texas near Corpus Christi.

WLYV

1450 AM WLYV was a Country station from Fort Wayne, Indiana when this bicentennial sticker cam out.

In the late 1980s WLYV was a Christian music and teaching format and by the mid-2000s they were a Catholic station.

Dog Days of Summer

According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the dog days of summer in the northern hemisphere begin today and last until August 11th. This coincides with the rising--at sunrise--of the Dog Star, Sirius...hence the name "dog days."

"Big Dog 106" KIOC is an Active Rock station licensed to Orange, Texas.

"97.3 The Dawg" KMDL is a Country station licensed to Kaplan, Louisiana. The call letters came about because 97.3 appears in the MiDdLe of an analog radio dial.

WXLT was a Classic Rock station licensed to Carterville, Illinois. 95.1 FM is currently WUEZ "Magic 95.1," an Adult Contemporary station.

KBRJ

KBRJ was a Country station from Boise, Idaho in the 1970s. The call letters stood for station owner Burt Oliphant, station manager Rex Jensen and sales manager Jack Jensen. In 1981 they changed their call letters to KKIC while retaining the Country format. A former PD of this station told me that it was the first station in the country to all-satellite.  This took place on August 31, 1981 at 6AM as an affiliate of Satellite Music Network's "Country Coast To Coast."  950 AM is currently a Southern Gospel station "K-Joy" KNJY.

Canada Day

CJVB (C Jan Van Bruchem--the station's first license holder) is a Multicultural station airing mostly Chinese-language programming. They originally went on the air in 1972 to serve British Columbia's European first-generation immigrants. Today they broadcast in over a dozen languages including Spanish, Italian, Greek, Vietnamese, Persian and Punjabi. CJVB is licensed to Vancouver, British Columbia.

Actual Sticker Sighting #5 - KZOK

I saw this sticker on the back of a Toyota Camry in a Wendy's parking lot. The car had a bunch of rock band stickers plastered on it as well as two decals from local rock stations WXEG and WTUE. KZOK is a Classic Rock station from Seattle, Washington.

Here's a couple more KZOK stickers:

WXER

WXER is a Hot AC station licensed to Plymouth, Wisconsin.

WVYB

WVYB is a CHR station licensed to Holly Hill, Florida.

National Sunglasses Day

It's National Sunglasses Day according to this website.

WKQL was an Oldies station from Jacksonville, Florida. They are currently Classic Hits "96.9 The Eagle" WJGL.

WKOY was also a former Oldies station that turned into an "Eagle." WKOY is licensed to Princeton, West Virginia.

A magnet from KXKL, a Classic Hits station from Denver, Colorado.



Other sunglasses stickers can be seen here. And here.

Universal Product Codes

On today's date in 1974 the world's first Universal Product Code was scanned at a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. The checkout counter used in the transaction was designed right here in Dayton by NCR (formerly National Cash Register) and the product scanned was a 10-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum which cost 67 cents.

A barcode-bending sticker from WRIR-LP, a 42-watt low-power FM, volunteer-run, community radio station from Richmond, Virginia. They first went on the air New Year's Day in 2005.



Barcoded shirt from Alternative station KRBZ in Kansas City, Missouri.