Saturday, December 22, 2018

WRDU






106.1 WRDU was a Rock station in (W) Raleigh/DUrham, North Carolina from 1984 until 2006.  Then they flipped to Country and later Talk programming before changing call letters to WTKK in 2013.  WRDU was licensed to Wilson, NC.

Friday, December 21, 2018

Bigfoot Country

Bigfoot Country is a network of about a dozen Country music stations broadcasting to parts of central and northern Pennsylvania.

Thursday, December 20, 2018

The Brews

HD-2 channel "97.7 The Brew" is an Adult Hits station in Asheville, North Carolina.  They are also heard on WKSF's translator station W249AR.  The station says they're named for the area's large number of craft beer breweries.  Asheville has over 20 microbreweries per 100,000 residents, placing it as the third highest rate per capita of all cities in the US.



 KFBW "105.9 The Brew" is a Rock station heard in Portland, Oregon and licensed to Vancouver, Washington.  Portland comes in sixth on the most microbreweries per resident list.



KBRU "94.7 The Brew" plays Rock music in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  OKs capital doesn't appear on any national craft beer stat lists.  Get your act together, OKC.

All three of these stations are owned by iHeart Media which also owns Brew-branded outlets in Michigan, Wisconsin and West Virginia.

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.