Tuesday, January 8, 2019

WKVT




92.7 WKVT went on the air in 1980 in Brattleboro, Vermont.  They currently air a Variety Hits format known as "Bratt FM".

Monday, January 7, 2019

WGLF




Tallahassee's "Gulf 104" WGLF is the longest running FM Rock station in the state of Florida.

Sunday, January 6, 2019

WBZ








Boston, Massachusetts' AM 1030 WBZ is the oldest broadcasting station in New England.  They went on the air in September, 1921 in Springfield, MA and moved to Boston in 1931.  WBZ carries an all-News format during the day and Talk at night.  Their 50,000 watt, clear channel signal covers most of the eastern United States after daylight hours.



Saturday, January 5, 2019

KXXY


KXXY plays Country music in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

More Fans

 WCNN - North Atlanta, Georgia

 WFNZ/WBCN - Charlotte, North Carolina

 KRLD - Dallas, Texas

KREB - Huntsville/Rogers, Arkansas

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

KLCZ


88.9 KLCZ is a student-run radio station from Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho.

Monday, December 31, 2018

Coyote Countrys

KEOT - St. George, Utah

KXLY - Spokane, Washington

KYTI - Sheridan, Wyoming

KWEY - Clinton, Oklahoma

From 1991 to 2006 KWEY was located at 97.3 FM licensed to Blanchard, OK. 

Sunday, December 30, 2018

KATL



A sticker and magnets from 770 AM KATL licensed to Miles City, Montana ("The Cow Capital of the West" hence the "cattle" call letters.) 

Friday, December 28, 2018

WDTX

Detroit, Michigan's 99.5 WDTX existed from 1985 until 1988.  They started out as a Rock-based Top 40 station meant to be a radio version of MTV and later transitioned to a mainstream CHR outlet.  By late 1988 they had switched call letters to WDFX and became "The Fox."

Thursday, December 27, 2018

WMSR

1320 AM WMSR airs a News/Talk format in (W) MancheSteR, Tennessee.  They went on the air in 1957 while WMSR-FM followed five years later.  The 5,000-watt (daytime) broadcaster is currently branded as "Thunder Radio" and is also heard on two translator stations at 106.7 and 107.9 FM.

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

WSCB

89.9 FM WSCB has been operated by the students at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts since 1958.  They dropped the "Classy FM" branding and are currently known as "The Birthplace."

Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Z103s

 WLYZ - Greer/Greenville, South Carolina circa 1990.

 KZUE - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma circa 1980.

KZCR - Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Monday, December 24, 2018

WUWU



It's tough to categorize Buffalo, New York's legendary 107.7 WUWU.  In their years of existence they flirted with various formats including Progressive Rock, AOR, Alternative and even Jazz.  Some might have called them a format-free, stream of consciousness mess of a station and they may be right.  When I was listening to them circa 1982/83 they were playing a lot of alternative/new wave songs mixed with "regular" rock in an attempt to build an audience.  The set of music in the short aircheck below had them playing Billy Joel, The Clash, Led Zeppelin, Duran Duran and Scorpions.  By 1986 "The Sound Future" was gone, replaced by Classic Rock outlet WBYR "The Bear."  WUWU was licensed to Wethersfield, NY.

Sunday, December 23, 2018

WMAK


1300 AM WMAK was on the air in Nashville, Tennessee from the late 1940s until the early 1980s.  Formats during some of those years include Oldies, Disco, Top-40 and Rock.  At some point they were run by students of the Nashville Radio School and eventually changed their call letters to WLUY as "Lucky 13."


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.