Friday, September 3, 2021

RNE












Radio Nacional de España officially came into existence in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War.  Their first transmitter was a gift from Germany's Third Reich and was used to broadcast news and propaganda for the Francoist dictatorship.  The modern RNE currently carries six radio channels:

Radio Nacional (generalist news/talk radio) Radio Clásica (classical music) Radio 3 (pop/rock music and youth culture radio) Radio 4 (regional broadcating in the Catalan language) Radio 5 (all-news) and Radio Exterior (international shortwave broadcasts.)
 

Thursday, September 2, 2021

CFOX



















99.3 CFOX has been a Rock station in Vancouver, British Columbia since 1979.  They've morphed over the years from AOR to Active Rock to Alternative Rock.  More CFOX stickers and a vintage t-shirt can be seen here.
 

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Radio Donau 1

Radio Donau 1 was on the air in the mid-to-late 1990s from studios in Biberach, Germany
 

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

KGST

1600 AM KGST airs a Multicultural format with programming in Spanish, Portuguese and Armenian.  They went on the air in Fresno, California in 1949.
 

Monday, August 30, 2021

WRDV / WLBS


89.3 FM WRDV (W Radio Delaware Valley) is a non-commercial, public radio station licensed to Warminster, Pennsylvania north of Philadelphia.  They are also heard on 91.7 FM WLBS licensed to Bristol, PA as well as two translators.  Music styles played by WLBS and WRDV's all-volunteer air staff includes a mix of Jazz, Big Band, Blues, Rock, Country, Soul and Polka.
 

Sunday, August 29, 2021

KEYU

KEYU "Mundo FM" was a Spanish Adult Hits station in Amarillo, Texas from 2014 to 2019.
 

Saturday, August 28, 2021

KAYD


97.5 FM KAYD was a Country station in Beaumont, Texas.  They now broadcast at 101.7 FM and are licensed to Silsbee, TX.
 

Friday, August 27, 2021

CFPW

CFPW "95.7 Sun FM" was a Hot Adult Contemporary station licensed to Powell River, British Columbia.  They flipped to Classic Hits and re-branded to "95.7 Coast FM" in 2014.
 

Thursday, August 26, 2021

WKDD





96.5 FM WKDD was on the air in Akron, Ohio from the late 1970s until 2001.  After a complex exchange of call letters, format swaps and frequency switches involving three radio companies, the WKDD calls ended up at their current position of 98.1 FM
 

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

KMTI

650 AM KMTI is a Country station licensed to (K) ManTI, Utah.
 

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

WUBS


89.7 FM WUBS is a Religious/Gospel station in South Bend, Indiana.  The locally-owned outlet went on the air in 1992.
 

Monday, August 23, 2021

WPKN





89.5 FM WPKN is a volunteer-run, non-commercial station in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  They were founded as the college station of the University of Bridgeport in 1963 but became independent of the school in the late 1980s.  The call letters stood for (W) Purple Knights Network named after the university's athletic teams mascot.
 

Sunday, August 22, 2021

WMAR

106.5 WMAR was a CHR station in Baltimore, Maryland from around 1983 to 1985.  They were one of many stations utilizing the "Hot Hits" format created by radio consultant Mike Joseph in the 1970s.
 

WHOT


1330 AM WHOT was on the air in Youngstown, Ohio from 1955 to 1990.  They were one of the first Top-40 stations in the country and was once the employer of legendary jock Dick Biondi.

Chickenman was a beloved, comedic radio show created in the mid-1960s by Dick Orkin which was eventually syndicated on 1,500 stations around the world.
 

WDMX

"Mix 100" WDMX plays Classic Hits in Parkersburg, West Virginia.