A daily look into one of the world's largest collections of radio station bumper stickers and memorabilia.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
The Breeze
"The Breeze" is a network of Adult Contemporary stations in New Zealand. Currently there are 19 Breeze stations across the country airing a mix of local and network shows. Some of these stickers were sent to me by Aaron in Whakatane, New Zealand. Thanks Aaron!
Monday, June 15, 2015
Sunday, June 14, 2015
KKDI
1540 AM KKDI broadcast from Sheridan, Arkansas from 1982 until 1988. For the first year or so their Country music programming was duplicated on 102.3 KKDI FM.
Saturday, June 13, 2015
KRST
92.3 KRST has been a Country outlet in Albuquerque, New Mexico since 1980. In May, 2014 the station re-branded itself to become one of many Cumulus-owned "Nash FM" stations. KRST's call letters refers to Sandia Crest which rises a whopping 10,678 feet above sea level and almost 5,000 feet above downtown Albuquerque. This makes for an ideal location for the KRST signal tower (along with more than a dozen other radio and television towers) and makes Sandia Crest the highest elevation tower farm in the country.
Friday, June 12, 2015
Thursday, June 11, 2015
KPOI
KPOI was a Rock station in Honolulu, Hawaii. They started in 1980 as a typical AOR outlet (originally with the call letters KDUK before switching calls to KPOI in 1983) then evolved into Modern Rock by 1993 as "The Edge". Later they became "The Rock You Live On" which lasted until 2004 at which point new owners flipped them to Hawaii's first FM News/Talk station. 97.5 FM is currently Country station KHCM. The KPOI call letters live on in Honolulu at Alternative Rock station "Alt 105.9".
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
KXTP
AM 970 KXTP began playing Adult Standards using the syndicated "Music of Your Life" service in 1982. Format changes to Country. Radio Disney, Talk and, in 2008, back to MoYL followed, along with a call letter change to WGEE. AM 970 is now the CBS Sports Radio affiliate WDUL. KXTP was licensed to Superior, Wisconsin.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
WMIL
FM 106 WMIL in (W) MILwaukee, Wisconsin has been a Country station since 1983. They are sister stations with Sports outlet WOKY "The Big 920" which combined forms MIL-WOKY. WMIL is licensed to Waukesha, WI.
Monday, June 8, 2015
Sunday, June 7, 2015
WKOL
1570 WKOL went on the air on August 16, 1961 in Albany, New York. The back of the K-Card shows that they were owned by Metter Broadcasting which would place it to around 1984/85. The Broadcasting Yearbook lists their formats around that time variously as Country & Western, Contemporary Country and Adult Contemporary. WKOL was licensed to Amsterdam, New York and is currently Adult Contemporary WVTL which is also simulcast on 104.7 FM.
WENY
1230 WENY is a News/Talk station licensed to (W) Elmira, New York. They were a Full Service outlet through the 50s, 60s and went Top-40 some time in the 1970s. They continued playing music up until the early 1990s when they flipped to their current format.
Friday, June 5, 2015
KBCM
The front and back of a KBCM (K Big Country Music) listener card from Sioux City, Iowa. According to the always handy Broadcasting Yearbook, KBCM was established on March 11, 1974 at 95.5 FM. Strangely, every Yearbook from 1975 through 1983 lists the station as being at 95.5 FM with no evidence of it being located around 105 FM as shown on the card. (The 1984 edition shows that the call letters had been changed to KGLI). 1470 AM had the call letters KTRI in 1975 and KWSL through at least 1986 when I got bored and stopped looking...no indication that 1470 AM ever held the call letters KBCM. If anyone has any info they would like to shed on this, leave a comment below.
UPDATE: Ignore everything you just read. See comments.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
WVWC
WVWC first broadcast from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1969. The public radio station is fully operated by undergraduate students and airs an Adult Contemporary format. "C-92" is licensed to Buckhannon, West Virginia.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
WDCR
A sticker and magnet from Religious station WDCR in (W) DeCatuR, Illinois. Their studios are located on the campus of St. Mary's Hospital. WDCR went on the air in 2011 and are licensed to Oreana, IL.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Monday, June 1, 2015
WNTD
WNTD "Radio Unica" carried a Spanish format in Chicago, Illinois from 1999 until 2004.
According to this list, 950 AM is the 49th oldest station in the United States when it went on the air in April, 1922 as WAAF. WNTD is currently "Relevant Radio" and carries a Religious format.
According to this list, 950 AM is the 49th oldest station in the United States when it went on the air in April, 1922 as WAAF. WNTD is currently "Relevant Radio" and carries a Religious format.
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