Tuesday, March 25, 2014

WRCJ



Detroit, Michigan's WRCJ plays Classical music during the day and Jazz at night.  For many years 90.9 was WDTR and was the state's first educational FM outlet.  The Detroit Public Schools-owned station became WRCJ in 2004.

This oversized sticker is circa the late 1990s when the Motor City was without a Classical radio station after WQRS flipped to Alternative Rock and became WXDG.

Monday, March 24, 2014

SR 3


SR 3 Saarlandwelle (Saarland Radio) is a public broadcaster based in Saarbrücken, Germany.  They play mostly Oldies music supplemented with News, Sports and Information programs.  SR 3 went on the air in January, 1980.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

CKGC


CKGC "103.5 Capital FM" plays Classic Hits in Iqaluit, Nunavut.  They began broadcasting in 2011.  The "t" in their station logo resembles the stacked stone inuksuk on Nunavut's flag.

Nunavut is located in northern Canada and is both the largest (over 787,000 square miles) and least populated (around 32,000 total residents) territory in the country.  It is also the newest, having officially separated from the Northern Territories in 1999.  Check out Nunavut's uniquely shaped license plates that are sadly no longer in use.



5DDD

"Three D Radio" is a volunteer-run, community station broadcasting to Adelaide, Australia.  They went on the air in 1979 as 5MMM and became 5DDD in 1993.  All songs played are selected by the DJs using a unique quota system: 40% Australian music, 20% local, 10% demo and 25% female artists.

Friday, March 21, 2014

KZEW




KZEW was a Progressive/Album Rock station in Dallas, Texas through most of the 1970s and 80s.  They began in 1973 after WFAA flipped from Beautiful Music to Freeform Rock and became "The Zoo."  For many years a quadruple-winged elephant creature named Zoo Loo was the station mascot.  Lots of KZEW stickers, photos and other memorabilia can be found on this tribute site including the very first KZEW sticker featuring a wingless Zoo Loo.


A few years ago I bought this CD of commercials that ran on KZEW featuring concerts that were coming to Dallas as well as record and movie releases.  All the spots were produced in-house and voiced by KZEW DJs.  Three other volumes with commercials from 1973 through 1977 are available as well.  Get yours here.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

KOOL




There are many, many stations that are known as "KOOL" but only one possesses the actual KOOL call letters.  "KOOL 94.5" (now slightly re-branded as "94.5 KOOL FM") plays Classic Hits in Phoenix, Arizona.  For many years they were a traditional Oldies station.  In fact, their Wikipedia entry claims that they were the first station to ever carry the format when they switched to all-Oldies in 1971.  The vintage top sticker was from when KOOL had a sister station at 960 AM which carried the KOOL calls from 1947 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1996.  960 AM is currently News/Talk KKNT "The Patriot."

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

KDKA


Keychains and a magnet from the world's first commercially licensed radio station, KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  "Newsradio 1020" broadcasts with 50,000-watts on a clear channel frequency and has been on the air since 1920.
KDKA stickers can be seen here.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

WCXR


WCXR played Classic Rock in Washington, DC from 1986 until 1994.  105.9 FM, licensed to Woodbridge, Virginia, is currently WMAL and carries a News/Talk format.

Monday, March 17, 2014

Happy St. Patrick's Day! / WIXV


A shirt from Rock station WIXV "I-95" in Savannah, Georgia.  Their branding refers to Interstate 95 which runs parallel to Georgia's Atlantic Ocean coastline.  The IX and V of the station's call letters are the Roman numerals for 9 and 5.

Sunday, March 16, 2014

KSCS


96.3 KSCS is a Country-formatted station in Dallas, Texas and licensed to Fort Worth.  Other KSCS stuff can be seen here.


Saturday, March 15, 2014

KBZN

Salt Lake City, Utah's KBZN was a Smooth Jazz outlet, "97.9 The Breeze," from 1990 until 2008.

The frequency is currently a Hot AC station "Now 97.9."  KBZN is licensed to Ogden, UT

Friday, March 14, 2014

WGRV

WGRV "105.1 The Groove" played Urban Oldies in Detroit, Michigan from April, 1999 until June, 2001.  The format was also known as Jammin' Oldies or Classic Soul and enjoyed a brief period of popularity at the time.  The frequency is currently home to "Detroit Sports 105.1"

Thursday, March 13, 2014

KCXX



"X103.9" KCXX is an Alternative Rock station licensed to Lake Arrowhead, California which is in the Riverside/San Bernardino radio market (#26) 

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

KRLD





KRLD has been broadcasting in Dallas, Texas since Halloween Day, 1926.  Dallas Radio Laboratories originally owned the station but the call letters KDRL were already taken so they changed the name of the business to Radio Laboratories of Dallas and became KRLD instead.  Sports were a major part of their programming--they were the flagship station of the Dallas Cowboys in the 1970s and 80s and were the home of the Texas Rangers from 1995 to 2011.  KRLD boasts many firsts in the radio industry:
--The first station to broadcast live high school and college sports.
--The first to report continuous election returns.
--The first to broadcast "live" music and entertainment programs
--and the first station in the world to sell commercials.
KRLD is all-News from 5AM to 8PM with Talk programming at night and weekends.


Tuesday, March 11, 2014

WNEK




105.1 FM WNEK is a 13-watt college broadcaster from Western New England University in Springfield, Massachusetts.  They went on the air in 1976 and have also broadcast at 89.1, 97.5 and 99.7 FM over the course of their history.

Monday, March 10, 2014

WXTL

WXTL "105.9 The Rebel" plays Classic Rock in Syracuse, New York

Sunday, March 9, 2014

KOY


Phoenix's KOY is the oldest radio station in Arizona dating back to 1921 when experimental station 6BBH went on the air.  Call letter changes to KDYM and KFCB followed and they became KOY in 1929, located at 1390 AM on the dial.  An almost 60 year run at 550 AM began around 1940 and lasted until 1999 when they switched to their current location at 1230 AM.  KOY's current Business News format is branded as "KFYI."  550 AM currently carries the actual KFYI call letters and carries a News/Talk format.  The groovy, 1970s/early 80s-era logo of the top sticker dates to when KOY probably had a Middle-of-the-Road format.

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Saturday, March 8, 2014

KLAK

KLAK "97.5 K-LAKE" is an Adult Contemporary outlet licensed to Tom Bean, Texas.  The station's branding refers to Lake Texoma, an 89,000-acre body of water straddling the border of Texas and Oklahoma.

Friday, March 7, 2014

WSJS



AM 600 WSJS is a News/Talk station in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  The call letters originate from Winston-Salem Journal Sentinal which was a combination of the names of two daily newspapers in print at the time the station went on the air in 1930.  The "Deacon" in the top sticker refers to the mascot of Wake Forest University whose basketball and football games were heard on WSJS for more than 20 years.