A daily look into one of the world's largest collections of radio station bumper stickers and memorabilia.
Friday, December 20, 2013
WAHR
WAHR (now known as "Star 99.1") is an Adult Contemporary station in Huntsville, Alabama. Until he sold the station in 1999, WAHR was owned by local record store owner Arnold Hornbuckle. The call letters stood for (W)Arnold Hornbuckle's Records. The station became the first stand-alone FM in the state of Alabama when they went on the air in 1959.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
WHDH
The history of WHDH goes back to 1929 when they went on the air at 830 AM as a daytime-only station in Gloucester, Massachusetts. They moved to 850 AM in 1941 and soon after began broadcasting on a full time basis. Post World War II, the increasingly successful WHDH played popular music with their strong lineup of DJs as well as Boston Bruins hockey and Boston Celtics basketball. They were the flagship station of the Boston Red Sox from 1946 to 1975. On Saturday nights WHDH aired one of the first sports talk shows "The Voice of Sports." In 1994 850 AM became WEEI, an all-Sports station which now airs ESPN Radio's entire lineup of nationally syndicated programming.
Monday, December 16, 2013
Sunday, December 15, 2013
KDXI
The 1977 Broadcasting Yearbook lists Mansfield, Louisiana's KDXI as having both a Country and Gospel format. It's unclear what became of the them as no station currently exists at 1360 AM in that area of the state.
UPDATE: See comments. Thanks KM!
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Market #1s - Evansville - WIKY
104.1 WIKY is an Adult Contemporary station in Evansville, Indiana. They were the top rated station in market #163 in the latest Arbitron Nielsen Audio ratings.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Monday, December 9, 2013
Sunday, December 8, 2013
KKHN
Country-formatted KKHN was on the air in Honolulu, Hawaii from 1998 to 2000. This mini-sticker is in rough shape...I found it at work stuck to a rolling mail container and managed to peel it off in one piece despite its brittleness. "Double K Country" was licensed to Waipahu, HI. The frequency is now home to Rhythmic Contemporary KDDB "102.7 Da Bomb."
Saturday, December 7, 2013
KLUK
This guitar-shaped magnet is from Classic Rock "Lucky 108" KLUK. They broadcast in the California/Nevada/Arizona tri-state area at 97.9 FM and are now known as "Lucky 98." Does anyone know what the city of license was for this station when they were located at (presumably) 107.9 FM?
UPDATE: See comments. Thanks Tybois!
UPDATE: See comments. Thanks Tybois!
Friday, December 6, 2013
WSSR
WSSR "Star 95.7" was a Modern Adult Contemporary station in Tampa, Florida from 1998 to 2003. The Clearwater, FL licensed frequency is now home to WBTP "95.7 The Beat--Tampa Bay's Hip Hop and R&B".
Thursday, December 5, 2013
WSST
WSST was a daytime-only Southern Gospel station licensed to Largo, Florida from 1972 to 1982. They flipped to Country and moved up the dial to 820 AM before changing calls to WRFA in 1985.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Radio Sticker of the Day Mailbag - KRIG
A few days ago I received a registered package from Indonesia full of stickers from around the world as well as some vintage radio decals from the USA. Thanks Ricky!
An early 1980s sticker from Top-40 KRIG in Odessa, Texas. They originally went on the air in 1946 with call letters that referred to the many oil rigs in the area.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
WSSU
WSSU was a public broadcaster originating from Sangamon State University in Springfield, Illinois. In 1995 Sangamon State merged with the University of Illinois system and renamed the University of Illinois at Springfield. At that time 91.9 FM switched call letters to WUIS to better reflect the school's new name.
Monday, December 2, 2013
WSSV
WSSV (Wonderful South Side Virginia) was an R&B station beginning in the 1940s and lasting through the 1960s. In the 1970s they were a Top-40 outlet and the first half of the 1980s saw an Adult Contemporary format. Later on they tried Urban AC and Black Gospel. It's unclear which format was in play at the time this sticker was current. WSSV was licensed to Petersburg, Virginia. 1240 AM is currently News/Talk WTPS "The People's Station."
EDIT: I don't normally include items that aren't in my collection but this WSSV turkey shirt is too good not to share.
As of this edit (December 2020) the shirt is for sale here. Thank you Sara for sending me the picture!Sunday, December 1, 2013
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