"Wide 107" WWID was a Top-40 station in Atlanta, Georgia from 1976 until 1983. Licensed to Gainesville, GA, the 77,000-watt outlet has also carried Adult Contemporary, Country, Oldies, and currently, Talk formats in the intervening years.
A daily look into one of the world's largest collections of radio station bumper stickers and memorabilia.
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Thursday, July 5, 2018
WPDH
Poughkeepsie, New York's 101.5 WPDH (W Poughkeepsie Dutchess Hudson Valley) started out as a Country station in the early 1970s. They switched to Rock in 1976 and have maintained that format for 40+ years.
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
WHOU
WHOU is a Classic Hits station licensed to (W) HOUlton, Maine. Not sure why this sticker--from when they were an Adult Contemporary station--says "Magik Too" instead of their actual former branding of "Magik 100." WHOU has been on the air since 1976.
Monday, July 2, 2018
WDGC
88.3 WDGC is a 250-watt, community radio station broadcasting from North High School in Downers Grove, Illinois. Radio at the school began back in the mid-1960s with WDGN, an experimental, 1-watt, carrier current station heard on 600 AM. WDGC was officially licensed in March, 1969.
Sunday, July 1, 2018
WAKY
Louisville, Kentucky's 790 WAKY was best known for being that city's Top-40 powerhouse in the 1960s and 70s. They were also able to successfully mix in a healthy amount of Country and R&B hits (especially after black-oriented WLOU went off the air each day at sunset) along with mainstream pop and rock. This sticker dates to between 1982 and 1986 when they carried an Oldies format. As of this posting, the WAKY call letters still exist in Louisville although now located at 620 AM and 103.5 FM as a Classic Hits station.
Saturday, June 30, 2018
KSBJ
89.3 FM KSBJ (K Something Better - Jesus) is a non-commercial, Contemporary Christian station in Houston, Texas. They went on the air in 1982 originally at 88.1 FM before moving to their current frequency in 1987.
Friday, June 29, 2018
Thursday, June 28, 2018
KGLT
91.9 FM KGLT broadcasts from the campus of Montana State University in Bozeman, MT. The staff of the 50-year-old, free form Variety station consists primarily of student and community volunteers and can also be heard on four translator stations.
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
KCEC
KCEC is a Regional Mexican station in Yuma, Arizona. The "La Campesina" radio network is made up of eight stations in three states with programming aimed at recent immigrants who originated from rural areas of Mexico and Central America. The president of the network is the son of labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
CFJC
CFJC "JC55" was a Country station in Kamloops, British Columbia. They moved from 550 AM to 100.1 FM in 2001 and flipped to Adult Contemporary "B100" CKBZ. The top two stickers date from the mid 1990s while the bottom decal is from 1986.
Monday, June 25, 2018
The Radio Network
A magnet and foil anniversary sticker from The Radio Network based in Green River, Wyoming. TRN consists of five stations: Soft AC KUGR 1490 AM/104.9 FM, Hot AC KYCS 95.1 FM, Country "92.1 The Freeze" KFRZ, Classic Hits "97.9 The Big Dog" KZWB and Country 104.3 KFZE.
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Radio Guaruja
Radio Guaruja broadcasts at 1550 AM from the city of Guaruja in southeastern Brazil. They first went on the air in 1946 and can now also be heard on FM and shortwave frequencies.
Saturday, June 23, 2018
WTSC
91.1 FM WTSC (W Thomas S Clarkson) is a 700-watt, student-run, free form, block-programmed station out of Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. They went on the air in 1963 when Clarkson already had two other, now defunct, radio stations--WTSC AM 540 and AM 640 WNTC (W Northern Twin College--a reference to the school's two campuses.) The Inter College Radio Network was the umbrella group running all three stations and was open to students at Clarkson as well as those from the State University of New York at Potsdam. At the time, the ICRN was the largest organization on campus boasting a membership of 160 students.
Friday, June 22, 2018
WNZR
90.9 FM WNZR broadcasts Contemporary Christian music from Mount Vernon Nazarene College in Mount Vernon, Ohio. They went on the air in February, 1986.
Thursday, June 21, 2018
WKUZ
WKUZ is a Country station licensed to Wabash, Indiana that is currently branded as "95.9 Kiss FM". They've been on the air since April, 1966.
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
WGIV
1600 AM WGIV was the first station in Charlotte, North Carolina to target an African-American audience. They were on the air from 1947 until 2003. The call letters on the above sticker appear over the Pan-African colors of green, black and red.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Monday, June 18, 2018
Sunday, June 17, 2018
WIGM
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