Friday, June 19, 2015

WISP


1230 AM WISP was a Country station in Kinston, North Carolina.

Thursday, June 18, 2015

KFMU





KFMU is an Adult Album Alternative station in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.  They went on the air in 1975 with a transmitter that was powered by a wooden windmill.  Today they are at least partially powered by solar panels located at the transmitter site.  KFMU is licensed to Oak Creek, CO.

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

WOVV


WOVV was a Top-40 station licensed to Ft. Pierce, Florida.  In 1993, the station, by then branded as "Star 95.5", moved an hour south to Juno Beach, FL.  They later flipped to Country as WCLB and are currently once again Top-40 as "Wild 95.5" WLDI.

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

WOSE


WOSE (W Ottawa Sandusky Erie) was a short-lived Country music station in Toledo, Ohio from 1981 until 1983.  94.5 FM is currently Classic Rock WXKR.  WOSE was licensed to Port Clinton, OH.

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

KGRS



107.3 KGRS is an Adult Contemporary station licensed to Burlington, Iowa.

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

WRLO


WRLO is a Classic Rock station licensed to Antigo, Wisconsin.  The station's original 1973 call letters were WATK and broadcast at 104.9 FM.  They became WRLO in 1978 and now reside at 105.3 FM.

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.