Tuesday, June 13, 2023

WGEM

1440 AM WGEM began broadcasting in Quincy, Illinois on New Year's Day 1948.  Formats over time included Middle-of-the-Road, Adult Contemporary, News/Talk and Sports.  After losing both its main and backup transmitters, the 5,000-watt station went off the air permanently in 2022.  WGEM was an ESPN Radio affiliate and had carried Chicago Cubs baseball games since 1985.  Their call letters referred to Quincy being known as the "Gem City"

Monday, June 12, 2023

Stars

WEZN - Bridgeport, Connecticut

K246CI - Cheyenne, Wyoming

WGES - Oswego, New York

WRTS - Erie, Pennsylvania
 

Sunday, June 11, 2023

WEZF

92.9 FM in Burlington, Vermont became WEZF in 1974 to reflect their Easy Listening format.  They have since transitioned into a Soft Adult Contemporary outlet and currently a Hot AC station branded as "Star 92.9"
 

Saturday, June 10, 2023

WEWM

"Relaxing 94.1 FM" WEWM was an Adult Contemporary/Smooth Jazz station in Pentwater, Michigan circa the late 1990s.
 

Friday, June 9, 2023

WETS

89.5 FM WETS is owned and operated by (W) East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN.  The non-commercial, public station and NPR affiliate went on the air in February 1974.

Thursday, June 8, 2023

KOYN

93.9 FM KOYN is a Country station in Paris, Texas.  This late 1990s sticker is from when they were branded as "93.9 The Boss"
 

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

KWDM

88.7 FM KWDM is run by the students of Valley High School in (K) West Des Moines, Iowa.  They went on the air in 1976 with a 10-watt signal one notch up the dial at 88.9 FM.  They increased their power to 100 watts and moved to their current frequency in 1994.  Student staff are given the option to switch formats at the beginning of every school year.  Over the years that has included Free Form, Classic Rock and CHR/Top-40.  As of this posting KWDM is an Alternative/Modern Rock station branded as "88.7 The Point"

KJMO

100.1 FM KJMO was on the air in (K) Jefferson City, MissOuri from 1974 to 2003.  They were originally an Easy Listening station before flipping to Top-40 in 1978.  They were an Oldies station for most of the 1990s but flipped to Adult Contemporary as "Kiss FM" in 1998.  Lastly they went Modern Rock in 2003 and switched call letters to KBBM.  As of this posting the KJMO call letters are still in Jefferson City at 97.5 FM as a Classic Hits station.

Monday, June 5, 2023

5TCB


Based in Bordertown, Australia, 5TCB is a community radio station heard on four frequencies in the southeast corner of the state of South Australia.  This article says they went dark in 2009 after 25 years of broadcasting but they are still listed in the Australian Communications and Media Authority list of FM stations and their Facebook page appears to be recently active.
 

Sunday, June 4, 2023

WIRK



107.9 FM WIRK was a Country station in West Palm Beach, Florida.  The call letters have been in the market since 1971 but are now located at 103.1 FM, still with a Country format and now licensed to Indiantown, FL.

Saturday, June 3, 2023

WYTL

490 AM WYTL was a Country station in Oshkosh, Wisconsin from 1975 to 1984.
 

Friday, June 2, 2023

WRTA

Altoona, Pennsylvania's 1240 AM WRTA went on the air in June 1947.  They were originally owned by Roy Thompson, the RT in the station's call letters.  WRTA currently carries a News/Talk/Sports format.
 

Thursday, June 1, 2023

WZJZ

104.3 FM WZJZ was a Smooth Jazz station in Columbus, Ohio during the second half of the 1990s. 
 

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

WOKN

99.5 WOKN plays Country music in Elmira/Corning, New York.  They are also heard on translator W237AC at 102.5 FM.
 

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

WGOV

950 AM WGOV was on the air in Valdosta, Georgia from 1939 until 2013.  The call letters refer to the station's founder, Eurith D Rivers, who was Georgia's (W) GOVernor from 1937 to 1941.  WGOV was one of the first stations in the country to play R&B music with the airing of the Jack The Bellboy program beginning in 1948.
 

Monday, May 29, 2023

KPLX







99.5 FM KPLX has been a Country station in the Dallas/Ft. Worth/Arlington (K) metroPLeX since 1980. 

Sunday, May 28, 2023

KYNO




KYNO was a Top-40 station in Fresno, California first branded as simply "96 FM" and later becoming "Hot 96." 
 

Saturday, May 27, 2023

KSHA

An early 80s sticker from Adult Contemporary-formatted 104.3 FM KSHA in Redding, California.  Their call letters are a reference to Mount Shasta and the nearby Shasta-Trinity National Forest.  They are currently branded as "K-Shasta 104.3"
 

Friday, May 26, 2023

KGW




620 AM KGW broadcast from Portland, Oregon from 1922 until 1993.  They were a popular Top-40 station in the 1960s and 70s before shifting to Adult Contemporary and Talk by the late 1980s.  A series of call letter changes began in 1993 (KINK, KOTK, KEWS, KDBZ, KTLK) before becoming KPOJ in 2003.  They currently carry a Sports format.

Thursday, May 25, 2023

KCLV AM & FM / KTQM / KWKA




1240 AM KCLV went on the air in (K) CLoVis, New Mexico in February 1952.  Their FM counterpart began broadcasting in January 1970 as KMTY and took the KCLV call letters in 1981.  Both are currently co-owned with Adult Contemporary 99.9 FM KTQM and Sports formatted 680 AM KWKA.