Friday, January 15, 2021

WCAT



"Red 102.3" WCAT plays Country music in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Radio Vaticana











Radio Vaticana is the official broadcast service of Vatican City.  They were put on the air in 1931 by the man credited with inventing radio, Guglielmo Marconi.  Programming is heard in 47 languages via short wave, medium wave, FM, satellite and the internet.  For 85 years Radio Vaticana operated independently but was absorbed into the Roman Curia in 2017 with the establishment of the Secretariat for Communications.

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

K285EQ / K269DB

"Swag 104.9" is a Hip-Hop station heard on translator K285EQ in Reno, Nevada.  They are now also heard on K228DA 93.5 FM licensed to Carson City, NV (although the sticker shows a no longer used translator 101.7 FM K269DB.)
 

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

CHAB




800 AM CHAB went on the air from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in December 1933.  They carried a Country format starting in the mid-1990s and flipped to Oldies/Classic Hits in 2002.

Monday, January 11, 2021

WRQE

WRQE "Rock 106" is a Classic Rock station licensed to Cumberland, Maryland.
 

KVBE

KVBE "Vibe 107.5" was a Rhythmic Adult Contemporary station in Fresno, California circa 2005.
 

Sunday, January 10, 2021

WDST








100.1 FM WDST is an Adult Album Alternative station licensed to WooDSTock, New York.  The independently-owned and locally-operated station went on the air in April 1980.

Friday, January 8, 2021

CKNC

CKNC "Oldies 99.7" went on the air from Simcoe, Ontario in September 2017.
 

Thursday, January 7, 2021

WGMS

WGMS was a Classical music station in Washington, DC from 1947 until 2007.  "Washington's Good Music Station" was the first FM station in the DC market.
 

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

WTOK

"Hot 102" WTOK is a CHR station in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  Listening live, all DJs and commercials were in Spanish but 100% of the songs played were English-language pop songs.
 

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Radio Tango

Radio Tango was a Rock station in Oslo, Norway.  The writing translates to "Bold Music, Great Radio."  These website postings from 2008 mention that the Norwegian Media Authority was on the verge of revoking Radio Tango's license.  This seems to have happened as there is no online presence for the station that I could find.
 

Monday, January 4, 2021

Radio Prévert

Radio Prévert broadcasts from Jacques Prévert College, a middle school in Pontvallain, France.  Student volunteers and three permanent employees operate the station which went on the air in 1983.
 

Sunday, January 3, 2021

WAQY














102.1 FM WAQY plays Classic Rock in Springfield, Massachusetts.  They were a Top-40 station known as "Wacky 102" in the 1970s, AOR in the 1980s and a full-time Classic Rock station by 1992.

Saturday, January 2, 2021

WYOB


105.5 FM WYOB (We're Your Oak Bluffs Radio Station) was a Reggae station licensed to Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.  They were operated by students at Martha's Vineyard Regional High School and broadcast from 2015 until 2018.  The main advisor of the low-power station was a former owner of legendary Urban station WKYS in Washington, DC. 

Friday, January 1, 2021

WQXE

WQXE is a Hot Adult Contemporary station licensed to Elizabethtown, Kentucky.  "Quicksie" now broadcasts at 98.3 FM.