Friday, January 8, 2016

WKSU



WKSU officially began as a 10-watt station in October, 1950 from the campus of (W) Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.  89.7 FM now broadcasts with 12,000 watts as well as on two translators and four repeater stations, giving coverage to most of northeastern Ohio and part of Pennsylvania.

Thursday, January 7, 2016

WGCR





AM 720 WGCR airs a Religious format to parts of North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.  They began in 1987 after flipping from Country (W Great Country Radio) and broadcasts with 50,000 watts during daylight hours only to protect the signal of Chicago's WGNWGCR is licensed to Pisgah Forest, NC.

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

WBTP

"95.7 The Beat" WBTP is an Urban Contemporary station licensed to Clearwater, Florida near Tampa.  They flipped to Hip-Hop and R&B in 2003 from a Modern Adult Contemporary format as "Star 95.7" WSSR.

Monday, January 4, 2016

WAVA






FM 105 WAVA was a Rock station in (W) Arlington, VirginiA circa the early 1980s.  In 1983 they flipped formats and enjoyed a not-quite 10 year run as a Top-40 station.  In February, 1992 WAVA changed to their current Religious format.

Sunday, January 3, 2016

KUNN

1350 AM KUNN was a Country station in Bakersfield, California.

KRAB

106.3 FM KRAB was an Album Rock station in Bakersfield, California beginning in 1991.  The station's original owners were Cliff Burnstein and Peter Mensch who also operated Q Prime, an artist management company responsible at the time for the careers of Metallica, Del Leppard, Queensryche, Tesla and Suicidal Tendencies among others.
KRAB now broadcasts at 106.1 and carries a Modern Rock format. 

KIOF

KIOF began broadcasting in Midland, Texas on June 1, 1977.  According to the 1985 Broadcasting Yearbook, they carried a Top-40 format when this centennial anniversary sticker was printed.  104.7 FM is currently the Regional Mexican station KTXC
Midland was founded as a midway point between Fort Worth and El Paso on the Texas and Pacific Railroad.  The train is pictured to reflect Midland's roots as a railroad town.

Saturday, January 2, 2016

KCBQ


San Diego, California's KCBQ began broadcasting a Top-40 format in the late 1950s that continued with great success through the late 1970s.  They later changed to Adult Contemporary, Country and Oldies and currently carry a Talk format.

Friday, January 1, 2016

CFEX


CFEX "X92.9" plays Alternative Rock in Calgary, Alberta.

WCFX



95.3 CFX is a Top-40 station licensed to Clare, Michigan.

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

KNLT

105.7 KNLT was an Adult Contemporary station in Anchorage, Alaska from 2009 until 2012. 

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

WQED





89.3 WQED is a Classical/Fine Arts and News station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  They went on the air in January, 1973.

Monday, December 28, 2015

91 FM

91 FM in Auckland, New Zealand began broadcasting in 1983 with the call letters 1MJK (they were known as "Magic 91" at the time).  According to this website, 91 FM was the first full-time commercial FM radio station in New Zealand.  In the early 1990s they were branded as the "Rock of the 90's" but by 1993 had changed to "The Breeze".  91.0 FM is currently part of the ZM radio network of CHR stations located throughout the country.

91 FM either hired or sponsored a team of what was New Zealand's first cheerleading squad circa 1988.


Sunday, December 27, 2015

WXXR

WXXR "X97.3 FM" plays Alternative Rock in Terre Haute, Indiana.  The 100-watt LPFM station went on the air in 2014.  Right around their one year anniversary, WXXR's signal was allegedly hacked by the activist group Anonymous which broadcast a message for 30 minutes before returning to music.  The FCC and FBI investigated the incident which would be a jailable offense if it was a publicity stunt.  It's unclear why Anonymous would choose a low-power station in the middle of the country to hack into and I was unable to find the results of the FCC's investigation.



Saturday, December 26, 2015

Radio F

Radio F (aka Radio Franken) is a private station broadcasting a Middle-of-the-Road format aimed at a 40+ audience.  They went on the air on December 3, 1986 in Nuremberg, Germany.

Friday, December 25, 2015

Merry Christmas! - KEGL

"Sunny 97.1" was a short-lived Adult Contemporary station in Dallas, Texas from May, 2004 until August, 2005.  After flipping to Spanish as "La Preciosa", KEGL once again became "The Eagle", a branding they started using in 1981.

Thursday, December 24, 2015

WDRC AM & FM

1360 AM WDRC (W Doolittle Radio Corporation) is a News/Talk station in Hartford, Connecticut.  Just like the above magnet says, they were the first radio station in the state having gone on the air in New Haven as WPAJ in December, 1922.






102.9 WDRC-FM was an Oldies/Classic Hits station operating from 1986 until early 2015.





WDRC-FM now carries a Classic Rock format branded as "102.9 The Whale".

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Capital FM

Capital FM broadcast in Bern, Switzerland from 2006 until 2013.  They have since been renamed as "Radio Bern 1".

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Hit Radio Vest






Hit Radio Vest is heard on three frequencies in Germany's Recklinghausen District.  In 2010 they dropped the "Hit" from their branding and are known now as just "Radio Vest".  The station started out in 1991 as "Radio FiV."