Thursday, December 20, 2012

KRWG

90.7 FM KRWG is a public radio station from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.  The call letters are named after (K) Ralph Willis Goddard, a founder of the engineering school at NMSU and a pioneering broadcaster in New Mexico.  He was electrocuted to death in 1929 while making adjustments in the transmitter generating room of radio station KOB, the first radio station in the state.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

KKUL

"Kool 105.3" KKUL was an Oldies station in Lincoln, Nebraska from 1996 to 2005.  The frequency is now home to KLNC "Wow FM" broadcasting a Classic Hits format.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

KDJW

1360 AM KDJW was a Classic Country station in Amarillo, Texas.  They were sold in 2005 and now broadcasts a Catholic religious format.

Monday, December 17, 2012

CFBU

CFBU is a 250-watt, student-run station from Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Antena 1 & Antena 3

Broadcasting throughout Portugal and based is Lisbon, Antena 1 is a mix of News, Sports and Music.

Antena 3 plays Alternative music, much of it by Portuguese bands.  Both stations are state-owned and operated by RTP (Radio and Television of Portugal.)

Saturday, December 15, 2012

5CC & 5CCC


Sister stations 765 AM 5CC and "Magic 89.9" 5CCC broadcast from Port Lincoln, South Australia.

Friday, December 14, 2012

WVJZ

"105 Jamz" WVJZ plays Reggae and Mainstream Urban music in Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

WRLD

"Boomer 95.3" WRLD is an Oldies station licensed to Valley, Alabama and broadcasting throughout the Columbus, Georgia area.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

WMMS





WMMS has been a Rock station in Cleveland, Ohio since 1968.  The top sticker is very similar to another one that I posted in 2009 but there are some very slight "angrier" differences.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

WJEF

"Jeff 92" is a 250-watt Oldies station broadcasting from Jefferson High School in Lafayette, Indiana.  WJEF went on the air as WJJE in February, 1972 with a Middle-of-the-Road format. 

Monday, December 10, 2012

2DAY

By now you've probably heard about the Australian DJ prank gone wrong.  2DAY FM DJs Michael Christian and Mel Greig posed as Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth and managed to get through the receptionist at a London hospital who put them through to the nurse caring for Kate Middleton's severe morning sickness.  The nurse gave an update of Kate's condition.  The receptionist nurse who took the call killed herself last Friday causing the hammer to come down on the jocks.  Lawyers and media critics are now discussing the ethics of prank phone calls while the duo have been suspended and could well be fired. 






2DAY FM is a Top-40 station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

KIOZ

While Christmas shopping yesterday I spotted a guy in a blue and white t-shirt that said "WEST COAST ROCK RADIO 92.8 FM SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA."  I think it was an example of what I call "fake nostalgia" clothing that you find at stores like Old Navy who specialize in t-shirts with vintage graphics from rock bands, biker bars, colleges, campgrounds, automotive supplies, audio equipment and a zillion other things.  Sometimes these shirts feature actual name brands but just as often they're retro-looking fakes.  I don't know why these fake ones have always bothered me but none so much as that radio shirt from yesterday.
The 92.8 frequency is not used in San Diego or North America for that matter, where all stations end in 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 and 0.9 MHZ.




Four stickers from KIOZ, an actual Rock station in San Diego, California.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

WCSH

AM 970 in Portland, Maine used the call letters WCSH (W Congress Square Hotel) from 1925 to 1981.  For at least some of those years they carried a Top-40 format as evidenced by this music survey from 1963.  970 AM is currently a Talk station WZAN.

Friday, December 7, 2012

K-LOVE

Based near Sacramento, California, the massive K-LOVE empire is a network of Contemporary Christian stations heard on hundreds of stations and translators across the country.

WKLN - Wilmington, Ohio

KXLV - Amarillo, Texas

 
KTLI - El Dorado, Kansas
 

KEKL - Mesquite, Nevada

WKCD - Cedarville, Ohio



WOKL - Troy, Ohio




Thursday, December 6, 2012

KQDQ

In the early 1980s KQDQ was a Music-of-Your-Life Adult Standards affiliate in Eugene, Oregon.  Wikipedia says 1320 AM is now "Inforadio" KSCR, a Business News station but it's hard to know from their currently information-less website.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

KILM


KILM "La Mejor" was a Tejano station licensed to Raymondville, Texas.  102.1 FM still carries the same format but now with the call letters KBUC.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

KBUR

1490 AM KBUR is a News/Talk station licensed to (K) BURlington, Iowa.  The sticker depicts the Great River Bridge which crosses the Mississippi River and connects Burlington to Gulf Port, Illinois. 

Monday, December 3, 2012

Mystery Sticker - K104.7


"K104.7" is possibly from WSPK in Poughkeepsie, New York but I really have no idea.  Do you?

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Radio Plus




Radio Plus is a network of Soft Adult Contemporary stations throughout Poland.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

4BSR

4BSR "101.5 Beau FM" is a community radio station from Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia.