Monday, May 12, 2014

WDAO


I saw this license plate while driving to work the other day and snapped a picture at a stoplight.  The plate almost certainly refers to WDAO "The Real Rhythm of the City," an Urban Adult Contemporary station here in (W) DAyton, Ohio.


WDAO went on the air in 1964 at 107.7 FM and, according to their website, was the first FM Rhythm & Blues station in the United States.  The daytime-only outlet has been broadcasting at 1210 AM since 1985.  WDAO airs a mix of R&B, Gospel, Blues and Jazz and was the main radio player in Dayton's legendary Funk scene of the 1970s and 80s.


Sunday, May 11, 2014

KXOI

810 AM KXOI "Radio Alabanza" ("Radio Praise") is a Spanish Religious station licensed to Crane, Texas.

Saturday, May 10, 2014

KQRX

"95X" KQRX was an Alternative Rock station in Midland, Texas from the mid-1990s to around 2007.  They flipped to Adult Hits as "Bob FM" and then in 2012 switched to Active Rock as "Rock 95.1"

Friday, May 9, 2014

FM 104






FM 104 is an Independent Local Radio station playing contemporary music in Dublin, Ireland.  They went on the air in 1989 as "Capital Radio," later changed to "Rock 104" and became "FM 104" in 1992.

Thursday, May 8, 2014

KABL

960 AM KABL was a Beautiful Music/Easy Listening station in San Francisco, California.  Although licensed to Oakland, the station tried hard to downplay their city-of-license by mentioning it only in top of the hour IDs as required by the FCC.  Most other station promos identified them as a San Francisco station, not to mention their call letters referring to the city's famous cable cars.
960 AM is currently KNEW, a conservative Talk station known as "The Patriot."

Radio 2




Radio 2 is a station based in Brussels, Belgium run by Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep, the Flemish Radio and Television Broadcasting Organization.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

KOOO

1420 AM KOOO played Country music in Omaha, Nebraska in the 1960s and 70s.  The frequency is currently home to a Spanish Religious station "Radio Luz" KOTK.  The KOOO calls still exist in the market at 101.9 FM "The Big O" with an Adult Hits format.

Saturday, May 3, 2014

KFYI

KFYI is a News/Talk station in Phoenix, Arizona.  In 2003 they moved down the dial to 550 AM while 910 AM is now a Fox Sports affiliate.

Friday, May 2, 2014

WXTM

"92.3 Xtreme Radio" WXTM existed in Cleveland, Ohio from 2001 until around 2006.  They were mostly an Active Rock station but became more of an Alternative Rock station by the end of their run.  92.3 FM is currently "The Fan" and carries a Sports format.

WQNQ




WQNQ "Star 104.3" is a Top-40 station in Asheville, North Carolina.

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

WLRN


91.3 WLRN (We LeaRN) is Miami, Florida's main public radio station.  They are owned by the Miami-Dade County Public Schools and is the area's NPR member station.  Programming is also simulcast on 91.5 WKWM as well as 5 translators in the Florida Keys.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Dart on Map - KEGK

It's been a long time since I've thrown a random dart at a map and found the closest radio sticker to where it landed.  The dart landed on the North Dakota/Minnesota border about 10 miles south of Fargo.




A static window sticker and t-shirt from "Eagle 106.9" KEGK, a Classic Hits station licensed to Wahpeton, North Dakota, a few miles south of where the dart landed.

Monday, April 28, 2014

WGAC

580 AM WGAC broadcasts a News/Talk format in Augusta, Georgia.  They can also be heard on 95.1 FM.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

WBOS





92.9 WBOS is an Alternative Rock station licensed to Brookline, Massachusetts.

Saturday, April 26, 2014

WZGC


A sticker and t-shirt from "Z93" WZGC in Atlanta, Georgia.  They carried a Classic Rock format from 1989 until 2004 when they flipped to Adult Album Alternative as "Dave FM."  WZGC is currently a Sports station "92-9 The Game."

Friday, April 25, 2014

KTBB

600 AM KTBB is a News/Talk station in Tyler, Texas.  They began broadcasting on August 28, 1947.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Danubius Rádió

From what I can tell in trying to read this translated Wikipedia page, Danubius Rádió was a contemporary music station based in Budapest, Hungary from 1986 to 2009.  The original idea was to broadcast in German for an Austrian audience because, at the time, commercial stations in Austria were illegal.  Danubius Rádió became an internet-only station after terrestrial broadcasts ended.  Online streaming ceased in 2010.

This video documents the final night of Danubius Rádió.

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

CFCN


"The Voice of the Prairies," CFCN went on the air in Calgary, Alberta in 1922.  AM 1060 carried the CFCN call letters until 1994 when they became CKMX.  They currently carry an all-Comedy format as "Funny 1060."

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Cherie FM

Cherie FM broadcast in Belgium beginning in the early 1990s.  Besides the 103.6 FM outlet in Leige, the Paris-based Cherie FM network also had stations in Charleroi and Brussels.  According to Wikipedia, Cherie FM ceased broadcasting in 2008 (at least in Belgium) but they still seem to have frequencies all over France.

Monday, April 21, 2014

KKUU

KKUU "U92.7" is a Rhythmic Top-40 station licensed to Indio, California.