Tuesday, September 13, 2022

KPFT






90.1 FM KPFT is a listener-supported, non-commercial station in Houston, Texas.  They went on the air in 1970 and broadcasts a mix of both locally produced and syndicated talk and music programs.  KPFT is part of the progressive/liberal Pacifica Radio network which also includes KPFA in Berkeley, California and KPFK in Los Angeles.  The bottom sticker is from translator station 89.5 FM K208DG licensed to Galveston, TX.
 

Monday, September 12, 2022

WAWA



1590 AM WAWA was an R&B station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from the early 1960s until the late-1980s.  Hoyt Locke aka Dr. Bop was a DJ who first brought rock and roll to the airwaves at Columbus, Ohio's WCOL in 1956 before joining WAWA in 1960.  The flamboyant scrubs and stethoscope-wearing jock was known for his playfully boastful poetic monologues and was popular with both a black and white audience.  


Sunday, September 11, 2022

Hereward Radio


Hereward Radio 225 went on the air in 1980 from the back of a former pub in Peterborough, England.  They moved to 102.7 FM around 1987 and are now part of the Heart network of stations.

Saturday, September 10, 2022

Mystery T-shirt

Anybody know what station this "105.3 Kiss FM" shirt is from?  Leave a comment.
 

Friday, September 9, 2022

CHRC

CHRC was a French-language station on the air in Quebec City, Quebec from 1926 until 2012.  Most of those years were spent as a Talk station.  When CHRC went silent it left Quebec City without any stations on the AM dial.
 

Thursday, September 8, 2022

WYSK

99.3 WYSK was an Alternative Rock station in Fredericksburg, Virginia from 2002 until 2008.
 

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

WRSF


"Dixie 105.7" WRSF has been a Country station in the Elizabeth City/Nags Head area of North Carolina since 1992.
 

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

WOKD

98.3 FM WOKD went on the air in 1977 and remained a Country station until the early 90s.  They were licensed to Arcadia, Florida.
 

Monday, September 5, 2022

WGOD

97.9 FM WGOD is a Religious station broadcasting from Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.
 

Sunday, September 4, 2022

KYMO

1080 AM and 105.3 FM KYMO are licensed to East Prairie, Missouri located in the southeast part of the state near the Mississippi River.  The AM half currently airs Classic Country (also simulcast on translator K246DB as "Shotgun Radio 97.1") while the FM plays Classic Hits.

Saturday, September 3, 2022

KSFX


103.7 FM KSFX was an Album-Oriented Rock station in San Francisco, California from 1980 to 1982.  This sticker design closely replicated that of their then sister station KLOS in Los Angeles.
 

Friday, September 2, 2022

Big Cabbage Radio

"Big Cabbage Radio" is a community radio station broadcasting in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of south-central Alaska.  It is made up of 89.5 FM KVRF licensed to Sutton, 91.5 FM KGVC licensed to Glacier View and translator 89.7 FM K209FY in Palmer.  Palmer is home to the Alaska State Fair which is famous for its record setting giant vegetables including cantaloupes, broccoli, pumpkins and cabbages.  There is a lot involved in growing world record-setting sized veggies.  The most important might be daylight which Alaska enjoys up to 20 hours a day worth in the summertime.

Thursday, September 1, 2022

KCLD



104.7 FM KCLD has been a Top-40 station in (K) St. CLouD, Minnesota since 1976.
 

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

KMJM


KMJM "Majic 108" was a CHUrban/Rhythmic Contemporary station in St. Louis, Missouri from 1979 until 1997.
 

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

CIZZ








"Z98.9" CIZZ is a 100,000-watt Classic Rock station in Red Deer, Alberta.

Monday, August 29, 2022

KXAQ

According to KXAQ's dormant Facebook page, "K101.5" plays a mix of "Classic to Contemporary, Oldies, Goodies and Newbies."  They are an 83-watt, low-power FM station licensed to Liberty, Texas near Houston.
 

Sunday, August 28, 2022

Radio 2


Irish station Radio 2 went on the air in May 1979.  The goverment-owned outlet was developed as a response to the spread of dozens of pirate radio stations in a country where private commercial radio remained illegal until 1989.  Radio 2 became "2FM" in 1988 and are now known as RTÉ 2 FM.

103 FM

A 2002 sticker from 103 FM in Recife, Brazil.  This might be the same station as "Hits 103.1" which currently broadcasts there.
 

Saturday, August 27, 2022

CJAB


CJAB "Énergie 94.5" is a Rock station licensed to Saguenay, Quebec.
 

Friday, August 26, 2022

WWRE / WWRT

105.5 FM WWRE and 104.9 FM WWRT broadcast a Classic Rock format in the Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia circa the mid-2000s.

EDIT:  A reader who lives in this market has submitted some very informative updates about what became of these frequencies.  See the comments.