Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Roosters and KROWs

KFAY "Rooster 98.3" was a 100,000-watt Country station in Fayetteville, Arkansas circa 2000.

"Rooster 107" WROO played Country music in Jacksonville, Florida from 1991 until 2005.



780 AM in Reno, Nevada changed their call letters from KCRL to KROW around 1983.  At that time they carried an MOR format but later switched to Country which lasted until around 1994.

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Toxic FM

Toxic FM is a non-commercial Modern Rock station originally formed by students at the University of St. Gallen in St. Gallen, Switzerland.  They went on the air in December, 2001.  In 2010 Toxic FM was handed over to Radio School Switzerland which operates the station as a training ground for future employees in the radio business.

Toxic FM condom packet.


The front and back of a mystery packet.  I have no idea what's inside and don't want to rip it open to find out.  Wet wipes?  The German writing on the back seems to be all about the station and not the contents.

Monday, December 17, 2018

WJVC

96.1 WJVC is Country music licensed to Center Moriches, New York.

WETA






90.9 FM WETA (Washington Educational Telecommunications Association) is a Classical music station in Washington, DC.  They are a 75,000-watt, grandfathered "superpower" station which somehow received permission to exceed the 50,000-watt maximum eight years after the limits were set.  WETA went on the air in April, 1970.  Today they are also simulcast on 89.1 FM WGMS in Hagerstown, Maryland and translator W205BL licensed to Frederick, MD.

Saturday, December 15, 2018

And Yet Still More Mixes

 KUDD - Randolph/Salt Lake City, Utah



 WCPZ - Sandusky, Ohio


 KWCA - Palo Cedro/Redding, California

KTHT - Fresno, California

Friday, December 14, 2018

KITR / KSIB

1520 AM KSIB went on the air in Creston, Iowa in 1946.  Sometime in the 1990s, sister station KITR moved frequencies from 101.7 FM to 101.3 FM and switched call letters to KSIB as well. 

Thursday, December 13, 2018

CILS

107.9 CILS is a 250-watt community radio station targeting the French speaking population of Victoria, British Columbia.  They went on the air in November, 2007.

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Bande à part


Bande à part started out as a national radio program devoted to French-language alternative music airing from Radio-Canada's studios in Moncton, New Brunswick.  It later became a website and radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio and was active from 1996 until 2013. 

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

WKZE

AM 1020 WKZE went on the air in Sharon, Connecticut in the mid-1980s.  The above sticker dates to 1993 when they apparently carried a Country format (although The Broadcasting Yearbook from that time lists their format as "Full Service Info" with specialty programming including Classical, Farm and Bluegrass.)



98.1 WKZE FM began broadcasting in February, 1993 and are licensed to Salisbury, Connecticut.  They carry an Adult Album Alternative format and proudly allow only local advertisers on their airwaves.

Monday, December 10, 2018

WMGV

"V103.3" WMGV is a 100,000-watt Hot Adult Contemporary station licensed to Newport, North Carolina.

Sunday, December 9, 2018

WSRZ

An old ringer shirt from WSRZ "Z106" in Sarasota, Florida.  They were a Top-40 station from around 1986 until 1990.  A sticker from an older incarnation of WSRZ can be seen here.  And a newer one here.

Saturday, December 8, 2018

Sticker Board #11

The 11th sticker board I made in the late 1990s.

"94 HJY" WHJY - Providence, Rhode Island
"93.5 KHY" WKHY - Lafayette, Indiana
KLSU - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
KNPR - Las Vegas, Nevada
WHCL - Clinton, New York
"Arrow 93 FM" KCBS - Los Angeles, California
"97.9 The Breeze" KBZN - Salt Lake City, Utah
WEQX - Manchester, Vermont
KOTO - Telluride, Colorado
"K105 The Mountain" WEBK - Killington, Vermont
"The Alternative AM 1570" WIUS - Bloomington, Indiana
WGR - Buffalo, New York
"103.3 The Edge" WEDG - Buffalo, New York
WCLK - Atlanta, Georgia
ICRT International Community Radio Taiwan - Taipei, Taiwan
91.1 WEGL - Auburn, Alabama
"Mix 96" WSTO - Owensboro, Kentucky
"94 HJY" WHJY - Providence, Rhode Island
WMMT - Whitesburg, Kentucky
"Young Country 93.3" KYCY - San Francisco, California
"Q107" WMQT - Ishpeming, Michigan
WFAL - Bowling Green, Ohio
WMMS - Cleveland, Ohio
WKRO - Edgewater, Florida
"Mix 94.7" KAMX - Luling, Texas
KDVS - Davis, California
"The Web 93.5" WEBX - Tuscola, Illinois
WNAW - North Adams, Massachusetts
WBOS - Brookline, Massachusetts
WBAB - Babylon, New York
KFAI - Minneapolis, Minnesota
KSOL - San Mateo, California
Radio Vatican - Vatican City, The Vatican
KOME - San Jose, California
WRSU - New Brunswick, New Jersey
"Real Rock 97.9" WCPR - Wiggins, Mississippi
"X107.5 Xtreme Radio" KXTE - Pahrump, Nevada
"Star 94.9" WSTR - Smyrna, Georgia
"Gulf 104" WGLF - Tallahassee, Florida
WKAR - East Lansing, Michigan
"Lite 97.5" WHMS - Champaign, Illinoi
"Majic 105.7" WMJI - Cleveland, Ohio
KITS - San Francisco, California
KCAL - Redlands, California
KALW - San Francisco, California
WKNC - Raleigh, North Carolina
KISW - Seattle, Washington
"The Zone@104.5" WXLE - Mechanicville, New York
"Z104.5 The Edge" KMYZ - Pryor, Oklahoma
"Sweet 98" KQKQ - Council Bluffs, Iowa
"Kick 92" KIKY - Round Rock, Texas
KGGO - Des Moines, Iowa
WNTK - New London, New Hampshire




Friday, December 7, 2018

Radio Centraal

Radio Centraal broadcasts from Noordwold in the northern Netherlands.  They've been on the air since 1981 making it one of the oldest local stations in the country.

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Hundert 6





Hundert 6 was the first private radio station in Berlin, Germany.   They were on the air from April, 1987 until January, 2006.

WWIS

99.7 FM WWIS is a Classic Country station in Black River Falls, Wisconsin.  This sticker dates to around 2001 when they carried an Adult Contemporary format.

WPEL

96.5 FM WPEL (We Proclaim Everlasting Life) is a Religious station licensed to Montrose, Pennsylvania.  They went on the air in June, 1961 and are also heard on WPEL 800 AM as well as four translators in Pennsylvania and New York.

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

WLVS



1380 AM WLVS broadcast from Lake Worth, Florida from 1986 until 2000.  The station was once owned by record producer and label owner Sam Phillips who launched (W) ELViS Presley's career in 1954.  Prior to WLVS, the station carried the call letters WLIZ who's staff was made up entirely by women.  The top sticker is designed like the flag of Finland in recognition of the many Finnish emigrees who live nearby.  In fact, the area around Lake Worth is home to the world's second-largest Finnish expatriate community.

Monday, December 3, 2018

KBCO






97.3 KBCO is an Adult Album Alternative station licensed to (K) Boulder, COlorado.  The iHeart Media-owned outlet just might be the creators of the AAA format which they've been doing since the late 1970s.  They were known for their creative programming and wide-ranging playlist (including young, unknown artists) as well being one of the first radio stations to play music from compact disc which they started doing in 1982.  KBCO was inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in December, 2018.

Sunday, December 2, 2018

WHPI

1340 AM WHPI "Whoopie Radio" was a Country station licensed to Herrin, Illinois circa the late 1970s.

Saturday, December 1, 2018

WDHR

93.1 WDHR plays Country music in Pikeville, Kentucky.