Places I've Lived #5 - Celina, Ohio

We moved from western New York to Celina, Ohio in December of 1983. Celina is stuck in the middle of the rural western part of the state and is best known for sitting at one end of Grand Lake St. Marys which was once the world's largest man-made lake. Dad worked at the Huffy Bicycle plant which was the largest employer in town until it shut down because of an influx of cheap, imported Chinese bikes. I lived in this town of about 10,000 people from eighth grade through my freshman year of college at Wright State University's Lake Campus in 1989.


Celina's "K94" WKKI is a Rock station but carried an Adult Contemporary format the entire time I lived there.

UPDATE: I was recently in Celina for the 2011 Lake Festival and snapped a couple photos.

An updated station logo taken from their front door.

The original station signage from the sidewalk out front.

WTIS

WTIS (W Tampa InSpirational) is a Religious Teaching station from Tampa, Florida.

WMMQ

WMMQ is a Classic Rock station licensed to East Lansing, Michigan. They switched frequencies to 94.9 FM in 1997. This website claims that they were the first station in the country to carry a Classic Rock format when it was launched in 1982.

WHSN

WHSN is an Alternative station run by students at the New England School of Communications and licensed to HuSsoN University in Bangor, Maine.

WYOR

A couple of interesting "radio dial" sticker from 105.1 FM WYOR ("YOuR Beautiful Music Station") in Miami, Florida. According to Wikipedia, they released one of these updated stickers every year showing their dial position as well as every other major FM station in the market, including main competitor WLYF. The only difference between the two dials is at 93.9 where WBUS changed to WWWL. 105.1 FM is now Urban AC "Hot 105" WHQT. WYOR was licensed to Coral Gables, FL.

Actual Sticker Sighting #8 - WWRX

Saw this sticker on a truck while driving to work yesterday.
WWRX was a Classic Rock station licensed to Westerly, Rhode Island. 103.7 FM is now WEEI, one of about 8 stations that carry programming from the Boston flagship station of WEEI 850 AM. The WWRX calls live on at "Jammin 107.7" licensed to Pawcatuck, Connecticut.

WBKY

"Bucky Country 95.9" WBKY is a Country station from Madison, Wisconsin. Stern-faced, rabies-ridden Bucky Badger is the official mascot of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WBKY is licensed to Portage, WI.

KKUB

KKUB plays Classic Country along with Spanish language music and is licensed to Brownfield, Texas.

KMGJ

"Magic 93.1" KMGJ is a CHR station licensed to Grand Junction, Colorado.

Tigers vs Orioles

We drove up to Detroit, Michigan last Saturday to see the Baltimore Orioles take on the Detroit Tigers. I've been an Orioles fan since childhood when we lived in Pennsylvania and could pick up Baltimore stations on television. That was more than 30 years ago and I had yet to see the Orioles play live.

Comerica Park opened in 2000 and is an absolute gem of a stadium.


Baltimore won 5-3!

Comerica is located right across the street from the Fox Theatre which was built in 1928.

WJR (W Jewett Radio & Phonographic Company--the original owners) is a 50,000-watt, class A clear channel station which carries a News/Talk format. They were the flagship station of the Detroit Tigers from 1964 until 2000.



WIOO is a Classic Country station licensed to Carlisle, Pennsylvania. They are one of about 40 stations in the Baltimore Orioles Radio Network.  Howard Stern's longtime co-host Robin Quivers got her first radio job at WIOO in 1979.

College Radio Week - KFSR

We conclude College Radio Week with two stickers from KFSR, the member-supported station from California State University, Fresno. KFSR went on the air at 90.7 FM in 1982 and carries a variety of block programming with a heavy emphasis on Jazz.

College Radio Week - KCSB

91.9 FM KCSB is a campus and community radio station broadcasting from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Syndicated radio personality and Fox News host Sean Hannity had a weekly show on KCSB which lasted less than a year in the late 1980s. Sports radio host Jim Rome started his career at KCSB while earning his degree in Communications at UCSB.

College Radio Week - CFUV

101.9 FM CFUV is the campus and community radio station broadcasting from the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia.

College Radio Week - KUOI

KUOI (K University Of Idaho) began operating at 89.3 FM in 1969 although their history dates back to 1945 when students used war surplus materials to broadcast a few hours a week. KUOI carries a Freeform format and is licensed to Moscow, Idaho.

The front of a KUOI totebag.

College Radio Week - WVFS

A sticker and magnet from "V89" WVFS, the Voice of Florida State University in Tallahassee.

College Radio Week - WCNI

WCNI broadcasts from the campus of Connecticut College in New London, CT. They carry a block programmed Freeform format and is run by students as well as residents of the local community. WCNI began as an AM carrier current station before moving to 91.5 FM in 1974. A transmission power upgrade led them to move to 91.1 FM and eventually to their current home at 90.9 FM.