A daily look into one of the world's largest collections of radio station bumper stickers and memorabilia.
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
WERK
Muncie, Indiana's 990 AM WERK went on the air on Valentine's Day in 1965. The 250-watt, Top-40 station broadcast only during daylight hours and at one time employed a young, just-out-of-college David Letterman.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Monday, March 20, 2017
KTEK
1110 AM KTEK has been on the air in Houston, Texas since 1980. They are a daytime-only station currently airing Business News/Talk during the week and brokered South Asian programming on weekends.
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Friday, March 17, 2017
KASH
AM 1600 KASH broadcast in Eugene, Oregon from 1947 until 1985, many of those years with a Top-40 format.
Thursday, March 16, 2017
WVMM
Messiah College's "Pulse" consists of campus radio station 90.7 WVMM, The Clarion yearbook, and The Swinging Bridge magazine. WVMM went on the air in 1989 and is licensed to Grantham, Pennsylvania. They play a mix of Christian and secular rock and pop music.
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
CKJS
810 AM CKJS is a Multilingual radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They went on the air in 1974 and broadcast in many languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Ukrainian, German, Punjabi and Filipino.
Monday, March 13, 2017
KFMB
KFMB went on the air in San Diego, California in August, 1941 at 1450 AM on the dial. They moved around multiple times before settling in at their current 760 AM position in 1965. The call letters stand for (K) For Mary and Burnham who were the children of the station's founder Warren Worcester. KFMB is one of the few US stations that significantly increases its power at night (from 5,000 watts to 50,000). From 1978 to 1999 they were the flagship station of the San Diego Padres baseball team.
Sunday, March 12, 2017
WHMP
99.3 WHMP was a CHR station in Northampton, Massachusetts. By the late 1990s they had flipped to Alternative/Modern Rock.
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Radio Discovery
My wife and I went on a cruise recently which took us to the Bahamas, Grand Turk and the Dominican Republic. I was surprised to learn that the Dominican Republic is the most visited destination in the Caribbean. It also has the tallest mountain peak and the largest lake in the region as well as the first cathedral and castle ever built in the Americas. Year-round golf and temperatures averaging right around 80°F make it an attractive tourist destination.
Our ship pulling into the harbor at Amber Cove near Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
We decided to book an excursion to the 27 Waterfalls of Damajagua, about a half hour bus ride from the port. After getting fitted with life jackets and helmets, we took a brisk two mile hike up a trail of dirt paths and dry creek beds as well as a stream or two. When we got to the top, the real fun began as we made our way down a series of "cascadas" into pools of water. Sometimes you would lay on your back and slide down on the smooth rocks and other times you'd just jump. The picture above is me from the tallest jump (about 24 feet high). Clearly, I didn't follow the direction to keep my arms at my side to avoid slapping the water hard. We finished off the tour with a meal of beans, rice and chicken as well as some Ron Barceló rum and Cokes. Yum!
Radio Discovery was a shortwave radio station based in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. They only broadcast from 1986 until 1989.
Our ship pulling into the harbor at Amber Cove near Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
We decided to book an excursion to the 27 Waterfalls of Damajagua, about a half hour bus ride from the port. After getting fitted with life jackets and helmets, we took a brisk two mile hike up a trail of dirt paths and dry creek beds as well as a stream or two. When we got to the top, the real fun began as we made our way down a series of "cascadas" into pools of water. Sometimes you would lay on your back and slide down on the smooth rocks and other times you'd just jump. The picture above is me from the tallest jump (about 24 feet high). Clearly, I didn't follow the direction to keep my arms at my side to avoid slapping the water hard. We finished off the tour with a meal of beans, rice and chicken as well as some Ron Barceló rum and Cokes. Yum!
Radio Discovery was a shortwave radio station based in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. They only broadcast from 1986 until 1989.
Friday, March 10, 2017
WDDO
1240 AM WDDO was a Gospel station in Macon, Georgia. On July 18, 2016, Cumulus Media surrendered the station's license to the FCC and it was canceled the same day.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
KXTE
"X107.5" KXTE is an Alternative Rock station licensed to Pahrump, Nevada--part of the Las Vegas radio market.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
WCNJ
A t-shirt from 89.3 WCNJ in Hazlet, New Jersey. Couldn't find a whole lot of info about the station although it appears they carried an Oldies format at one time. Comedian Jim Florentine's Wikipedia entry says that he was a DJ there and that it was a college station but I couldn't find what school it was affiliated with. Anybody have more info about WCNJ?
Monday, March 6, 2017
Defunct JACK FMs
"106.5 Jack FM" KEND - Roswell, New Mexico
"105.9 Jack FM" KFJK - Fresno, California
"100.7 Jack FM" KFMB - San Diego, California
"105.1 Jack FM" KCJK - Garden City/Kansas City, Missouri
"105.9 Jack FM" KFJK - Fresno, California
"100.7 Jack FM" KFMB - San Diego, California
"105.1 Jack FM" KCJK - Garden City/Kansas City, Missouri
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Radio Sentrum
Radio Sentrum was a Religious station based in Trondheim, Norway. They went on the air in 1988 and, after an ownership and name change to Norea Trondheim, ceased broadcasting in 2014.
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