Wednesday, April 4, 2012

KONE

1450 KONE was an Adult Contemporary station in Reno, Nevada. They also apparently carried Oakland Athletics baseball games as this sticker celebrates their 1989 World Series championship. The Series that year was most remembered by the Loma Prieta earthquake which struck just before Game 3 and delayed the series by 10 days.
By 1991 1450 AM had flipped to Country as KOZZ and the frequency is currently home to Spanish-language Sports station KHIT, an ESPN Deportes affiliate.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

KFWJ

A 1994 sticker from "The Great 98" KFWJ in Lake Havasu City, Arizona which carried an Oldies/Nostalgia format. 980 AM is currently News/Talk/Sports KNTR.

Monday, April 2, 2012

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship

It's the Jayhawks vs the Wildcats as Kansas and Kentucky meet in college basketball's championship game tonight in New Orleans. The matchup features the two winningest programs in college basketball history. 91.5 KANU is the flagship station of Kansas Public Radio based at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. They signed on the air in 1952 and later became the first noncommercial FM station to broadcast in stereo. They are also charter members of National Public Radio. Stickers from KJHK, the University of Kansas' student-run station, can be seen here.

Broadcasting from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, WUKY mixes Adult Album Alternative music with programming from NPR. 91.3 FM first went on the air in 1940 (as WBKY) and was the first university-owned station in the United States. They switched their call letters to WUKY in 1989 to better reflect their affiliation with the (W)University of KentuckY.

Sunday, April 1, 2012

CKDX

CKDX "88.5 The Kat" was a Country station in Toronto, Ontario. They had flipped formats from Dance to Country in July 1999 but it lasted less than a year and in June 2000 they switched again, this time to Rhythmic Oldies. 88.5 FM is currently "The Jewel," a Soft Adult Contemporary station. CKDX is licensed to Newmarket, ON.

Saturday, March 31, 2012

WLUP

Jimi Hendrix set his guitar on fire for the first time on this date in 1967. He was playing at the Astoria Theatre in London and ended up in the hospital with burned fingers. He repeated the stunt a few months later at the Monterey Pop Festival (with no burns this time.)



A magnet from Classic Rock WLUP "The Loop" in Chicago, Illinois.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Radio Pulce

Radio Pulce (Radio Flea) is based in Florence, Italy. They went on the air in 1990 and appear to play Rock music (a gallery of clsssic rock album covers can be found on their website) along with Italian music from the "Magnificent 8" (Mina, Battisti, Baglioni, Celentano, Venditti, Morandi,
Vanoni and Dalla.)

A condom-clad "Do it with frequency" decal.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Radio City

Radio City is a Rock station in Helsinki, Finland. They went on the air in 1985 shortly after the Finnish government began granting licenses to private broadcasters.

A photo of an oversized sticker from around 1999. Radio City currently broadcasts at 99.4 FM.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

WCTZ

WCTZ "96.7 The Coast" was an Adult Contemporary station licensed to Port Chester, New York. The station went silent in May, 2011 before coming back on the air 11 days later as New York City's Christian Contemporary K-LOVE affiliate WKLV.

Monday, March 26, 2012

KFUN

KFUN plays Country and Spanish music in Las Vegas, New Mexico. They began broadcasting on Christmas Day 1941.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

WSRS

WSRS (Worcester's Stereo Radio Station) is an Adult Contemporary station in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

KCMU


KCMU was an Alternative/Indie/College Rock station broadcasting from the University of Washington in Seattle. They went on the air in 1972 at 90.5 FM with 10 watts of power. By 1986 they had boosted their power to 400 watts and added specialty shows including Hip-Hop, Blues, Reggae and Jazz. They also moved one notch down the dial to 90.3 FM. In 2001 the frequency became KEXP, maintaining the format while partnering with the Experience Music Project.

The Boy modeling a vintage KCMU t-shirt from about 1992.

Friday, March 23, 2012

WAKH

WAKH "K106" plays Country music in McComb, Mississippi.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

WMPW

WMPW "Power 99" was a Rhythmic Contemporary station in Memphis, Tennessee and licensed to Munford, TN. 98.9 FM is currently News/Talk WKIM.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

KENZ


KENZ "101.9 The End" is an Alternative station in Salt Lake City, Utah and licensed to Oden, UT. A holiday-themed KENZ sticker can be seen here.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

CKEA

CKEA "Lite 95.7" is an Adult Contemporary station in Edmonton, Alberta.

Monday, March 19, 2012

WHJY



WHJY has been a Rock station in Providence, Rhode Island since 1981.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Kiss Radio

Kiss Radio is a network of Contemporary Hit stations in the Czech Republic.

Kiss 90 FM Proton covers the area of western Bohemia.


Kiss 88.3 FM Hády is based in the city of Brno.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!


104.1 WXTM "Extreme Radio" was an Active Rock station in St. Louis, Missouri from 1998 to 2000 and licensed to Jerseyville, Illinois.
The frequency is currently home to Urban Contemporary WHHL "Hot 104.1" now licensed to Hazelwood, MO.

Friday, March 16, 2012

WBNH

88.5 WBNH is a Religious station licensed to Pekin, Illinois. They signed on the air in December, 1988.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

KSTR


KSTR "96.1 K-STAR" is a Classic Rock station licensed to Montrose, Colorado.
That much I know for sure. What's unclear is this KSTR sticker from the mid-1980s.

KSTR-AM was located at 620 AM and licensed to Grand Junction, CO (currently Contemporary Christian KJOL.) The FM half doesn't seem to exist, at least with the KSTR call letters. Both the 1984 and 1985 Broadcasting Yearbooks list 96.1 FM as being KWDE with an "Adult Contemporary, Modern Country" (?!) format.

I can find no evidence of a station having the KSTR calls in the mid-80s (as dated by the coupon expiration.) Judging by the Morning Zoo caricatures the station probably had a CHR format. Maybe there's no relation to the current K-STAR and the vintage KSTR other than having the same call letters and being from the same area. I'm through researching it.

UPDATE: See comments.