Radio Sticker of the Day Mailbag - KSPC

Another bounty of radio stickers, magnets and assorted goodies arrived today courtesy of Dan in British Columbia. The best of the bunch is this headphone kitty decal from KSPC.

88.7 KSPC is a non-commercial, block-formatted campus and community station owned by Pomona College in Claremont, California. Last month KSPC celebrated their 56th year on the air.

I don't think Nu'Chilla enjoyed listening to KSPC via the internet as much as I did.

Radio Manila

Radio Manila broadcasts at 100.8 FM in Turin, Italy. It's unclear whether they still broadcast at 98.5 FM or not.

KROQ FM

106.7 KROQ is a Modern Rock station in Los Angeles, California. They are one of the longest-running stations carrying an Alternative/Modern Rock format--106.7 started adding new wave and punk to their freeform rock in 1978 and became a full-fledged modern rock station by 1982. KROQ is licensed to Pasadena, CA.

Caracol Radio

Bogotá-based Caracol Radio is one of the main radio networks in Colombia. They program eight formats on about two dozen frequencies throughout the country.

KPUA

A 1989 sticker from AM 670 KPUA, a News/Talk station licensed to Hilo, Hawaii. KPUA made news recently when they stopped airing the Rush Limbaugh Show after the host's inflammatory remarks against a women's health activist.

WYNO

If I'm not mistaken, WYNO was a pirate radio station based in Phillipsburg, New Jersey during the second half of the 1970s. I received this sticker from one of the station's DJs (here he is) along with a bunch of other radio promotional stuff in a trade back in 1998. Check out some dynamite WYNO photos and playlists here.

Radio RaBe

Radio RaBe ("Radio Raven") is a non-commercial, community radio station based in Berne, Switzerland. They play a diverse variety of music including Pop, Rock, Reggae, Hip-Hop, Blues, Folk...

...and Jazz...

...and "Black" music.

This iron-on patch features a different raven mascot from their current logo along with a dial position that isn't listed on their frequency page.

WMWX

88.9 FM WMWX "ClassX Radio" is a Rock station licensed to Miamitown, Ohio just west of Cincinnati. The non-profit station signed on the air in August, 2006 and also broadcasts on 89.3 FM licensed to Waynesville, Ohio and 89.1 FM WKCX in Crittenden, Kentucky. "ClassX Radio" is a throwback to a true Album Oriented Rock station playing deep album cuts, new artists, familiar rock hits and "melodic rock." Listen live here.

WRKS

"98.7 Kiss FM" is an Urban Adult Contemporary station in New York City. The former Adult Top-40 of WXLO became WRKS (W RKO Station) in June, 1981 eventually taking the low-ranked station from 22nd to 3rd in the ratings. In 1983 "Kiss FM" became the first station in the United States to play Rap music on a regular basis. They've since carried various strains of the Urban format and currently play "Classic Soul and Today's R&B."

CJJR

93.7 CJJR "JRfm" is a Country station in Vancouver, British Columbia. They've carried the same format since signing on in July 1986.

Leap Day

FM 107.7 WIVK is a Country station in Knoxville, Tennessee. They've used a frog mascot since 1976 when a station employee was recording a commercial and realized that the calls letters sounded like a frog's croak..."Wivick Wivick Wivick." WIVK is a consistently top-rated station in the Knoxville market and held (or possibly still holds) a #1 streak that started in 1980 and lasted until at least the summer of 2011.

UPDATE: I just read that WIVK was #1 in the fall ratings with a healthy 17.7 share.

WLMD

A 1994 sticker from Country station WLMD licensed to Bushnell, Illinois.

WFWI

WFWI "92.3 The Fort" is a Classic Rock station from (W)Fort Wayne, Indiana.