Saturday, December 5, 2015

East FM

East FM originates from the Söderköping Municipality in southeastern Sweden.  Their history dates back to 1989 when they appeared at 89.0 on the FM dial.  They carry a hit music format including R&B, Dance and Alternative music and currently broadcasts at 103.2 and 100.9 FM

Friday, December 4, 2015

Antenne Bethel

Antenne Bethel is a non-commercial, volunteer-run station based in Bielefeld-Bethel, Germany.

Thursday, December 3, 2015

WXXQ

"Q98.5" WXXQ is an 11,000-watt Country station licensed to Freeport, Illinois.


Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Parties

"Long Island's Party Station" WPTY "Party 105.3" is a Dance/Rhythmic staion licensed to Calverton-Roanoke, New York.


"92.7 Party" KPTI was a Dance station in San Francisco, California.  They were on the air less than two years from May, 2002 until March, 2004.  92.7 FM is currently Top-40 KREV.  KPTI was licensed to Alameda, CA.

"95.7 The Party" is a Top-40 station licensed to the Denver suburb of Parker, Colorado.  KPTT first went on the air in 2006 and carried a Rhythmic AC format. 

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

WOXL


"Mix 96.5" WOXL is an Adult Contemporary station licensed to Biltmore Forest, North Carolina.

Monday, November 30, 2015

WLSR

WLSR "92.7 The Laser" is an Active Rock station licensed to Galesburg, Illinois.

Sunday, November 29, 2015

WHLT

AM 1300 WHLT went on the air in 1957 and the FM half followed in 1965.  They originally broadcast from the (W) Hotel LaFonTaine in Huntington, Indiana.  By the mid-1970s 103.1 FM had become WHUZ and were eventually bought by the owners of Ft. Wayne's WOWO.  Both frequencies are currently unused in the state of Indiana.  The AM 1300 towers were cut down in an apparent act of vandalism after the station went silent.

Saturday, November 28, 2015

WDCD

AM 1540 WDCD (W Donald CrawforD--the station's owner) is a News/Talk outlet in Albany, New York.  FM 96.7 carries a Christian Talk format and is licensed to Clifton Park, NY.  This WDCD sticker shares a similar logo to WDCX in Buffalo, NY which is also owned by Crawford.

Friday, November 27, 2015

KXRI

91.9 KXRI is Christian CHR station and Air 1 Radio affiliate in Amarillo, Texas. 

Thursday, November 26, 2015

KRZI



1580 KRZI began broadcasting in Waco, Texas in October, 1962.  Around 2001 they moved to the expanded-band frequency of 1660 AM which provided a much better signal.  KRZI is now a Sports outlet and ESPN Radio affiliate as well as the flagship station for Baylor University athletics.

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

KKZN

AM 760 KKZN is a Talk station licensed to Thornton, Colorado.  This sticker dates to around 2008 when they carried a liberal talk format and was an affiliate of the now-defunct Air America network. 

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

KEDA


1540 AM KEDA was the first Mexican American-owned station in the U.S. and one of the first ever Tejano stations.  "Jalapeno Radio" went on the air in San Antonio, Texas in 1966 and will celebrate their 50th anniversary in March, 2016.

Monday, November 23, 2015

CKHZ

"Z103" was a CHR station in Halifax, Nova Scotia from 2006 until 2012 when they became "Energy 103.5".  CKHZ now sports a Country format as "Hot Country 103.5"

Sunday, November 22, 2015

WAMO

A magnet from WAMO (W Allegheny Monongahela Ohio) a Mainstream Urban station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  They broadcast at 660 AM as well as on translator W261AX at 100.1 FM licensed to Wilkinsburg, PA.

Saturday, November 21, 2015

WQUE


93.3 FM in New Orleans, Louisiana became WQUE in the early 1970s and had a Top-40 format.  The 100,000-watt station is now an Urban Contemporary outlet branded "Q93.3"

A sticker from sister station WQUE AM (now WODT) can be seen here.

Friday, November 20, 2015

KKBQ





Houston's "93Q" KKBQ began as a Top-40 station in the early 1980s on both 92.9 FM and 790 AM.  They flipped to Country in 1991 and have gone on to win multiple "Station of the Year" awards from Billboard and the National Association of Broadcasters.  KKBQ is licensed to Pasadena, Texas.

KKBQ sent me this t-shirt in 2002 and thirteen years later they are still branded "The New 93Q".

Thursday, November 19, 2015

CJMK

"Magic 98.3" was a Hot Adult Contemporary station in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from 2001 until 2014.  CJMK is now a Classic Hits station "98 Cool FM"



Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Radio Maricel

Radio Maricel broadcasts from Sitges in the Catalonian region of Spain.  They went on the air in 1988.  At some point they moved from 107.7 FM to their current home of 107.8 FM.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

WDTW



106.7 FM WDTW was on the air in Detroit, Michigan from 2002 to 2019 under a variety of formats including Classic Rock, Country, Rhythmic AC, Alternative and Adult Hits.


Monday, November 16, 2015

KTRU


91.7 KTRU was the volunteer-run station at Rice University in Houston, Texas.  They began in 1967 as KHCR (K Hanszen College Radio) a two-watt engineering project run through the college's buzzer system and turned into a 50,000-watt college radio monster over the ensuing decades.  In 2011 Rice sold the station to the public radio network of the University of Houston for $9.5 million.


Rice Radio now broadcasts at 96.1 FM with the official call letters KBLT-LP although they still use KTRU for marketing purposes.

The bottom two decals were generously donated to Radio Sticker of the Day by Jennifer Waits, the writer behind the excellent college radio blog Spinning Indie.  Thanks Jennifer!
She also writes for Radio Survivor which has her article about KTRU sticker art as well as other college radio happenings.