Thursday, November 21, 2019

KSSU


KSSU is a student-run, free form station broadcasting from California State University, Sacramento.  They operate legally but without an FCC license because they only broadcast with 3 watts of power.  They have been streaming online since 2005.

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

CFVR

"Mix 103.7" CFVR is a Hot Adult Contemporary station in Fort McMurray, Alberta.

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

K238AF

"Latino 95.5" K238AF is a Spanish CHR station licensed to Santa Rosa, California.  They relay the HD2 sub-channel signal of KSXY.

Prior to their current format they played Soft Oldies as "Vintage 95.5".

Monday, November 18, 2019

WAXQ





"Q104.3" WAXQ plays Classic Rock in New York, New York.  They've carried a Rock format since switching from Classical music in 1993.  Two slightly different WAXQ stickers can be seen here. And here.

Sunday, November 17, 2019

KADI




KADI was an Album Oriented Rock station in St. Louis, Missouri throughout the 1970s and much of the 1980s.  They were the main competitor to longtime Rock station KSHE.  KADI's call letters reflected the last name of William Cady, the owner at the time the station went on the air in 1959.

Saturday, November 16, 2019

WUMB



91.9 FM WUMB is owned by the (W) University of Massachusetts Boston and airs a mix of Folk, Americana, Roots and Blues music.  Weekend shows focus on Traditional Folk, Blues, Celtic and World music as well as syndicated programs.  WUMB broadcasts with only 160 watts and relies on a series of eight repeater stations to widen its broadcast area beyond just the city of Boston.  They went on the air in September 1982.

Friday, November 15, 2019

KUSW

Terrestrial, commercial Rock stations are a dime a dozen.  But a Rock station broadcasting on shortwave radio was something unique indeed.  From 1987 until 1990, Salt Lake City, Utah's "SuperPower" KUSW aired what would later be described as a rock-leaning Adult Album Alternative format to listeners around the world.  Besides music, KUSW also aired news and public affairs programming as well as worldwide weather conditions.  Advertisers were companies that had international presence such as Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Pizza Hut and Levis.  Sadly, KUSW was sold to the Trinity Broadcasting Network who switched to Religious programming.  To celebrate the change in ownership, TBN literally blew up the KUSW record library because, you know....devil music.

Thursday, November 14, 2019

SWR Südwestrundfunk






















SWR (Südwestrundfunk, "Southwest Broadcasting") is a public broadcasting company covering the southwest part of Germany.  It broadcasts on six radio channels as well as multiple television channels.  SWR was established in 1998 after the dissolution of predecessor organizations SDR and SWF.

SWR1 plays Pop/Rock from the 1960s through the 1980s as well as some current hits.  SWR1 operates two regional versions, one for Baden-Wurttemberg and the other for Rheinland-Pfalz.

SWR2 is Talk programming along with radio plays, spoken word features as well as Jazz and Classical music.

SWR3 plays Pop and Contemporary music targeting 14 to 39 year olds.

SWR4 plays German hits and oldies with the same two regional versions as SWR1 as well sub-local versions within each.

SWR Aktuell broadcasts News and current affairs programming.

DASDING is ad-free, youth-oriented radio hosted mostly by young people. 

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

CKMA


850 AM CKMA "Radio MAX" was an Oldies station licensed to Abbotsford, British Columbia circa the mid-to-late 1990s.

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

KBYS


88.3 KBYS is a non-commercial, community radio station broadcasting from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana.  They went on the air in May 2014.

Monday, November 11, 2019

Radio Porte Sud

Radio Port Sud broadcast from 1985 until 1996 from the city of Mulhouse in eastern France.

Sunday, November 10, 2019

WYMS






88.9 FM WYMS (We're Your Milwaukee Schools) is an Adult Album Alternative station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  They are owned by the city's public school system and originally carried a Jazz format when they went on the air in 1973.