Saturday, January 6, 2024

WHYP

"Channel 98.9" WHYP is an Alternative Rock station licensed to Corry, Pennsylvania.  The 100-watt low-power FM went on the air in January 2017.
 

Friday, January 5, 2024

WDTL

92.9 FM WDTL went on the air in March 1992 from Cleveland, Mississippi.  They were sold in 2003 and eventually went dark.  The original owner relaunched WDTL around 2014 and now broadcasts Classic Country at 105.7 FM with a city-of-license of Indianola, MS.
 

Thursday, January 4, 2024

KIBZ





KIBZ is an Active Rock station in Lincoln, Nebraska.  In 2004 they moved from 106.3 FM to 104.1 FM.
 

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

KJLH

102.3 FM KJLH is an Urban Adult Contemporary station in Los Angeles, California.  They began in 1965 when KILB was sold to an African-American businessman and flipped formats to R&B/Soul and Jazz.  The new owner, John Lamar Hill, used his initials as the call letters for the station that was licensed to Long Beach, CA at the time.  The call letters eventually came to stand for Kindness Joy Love and Happiness.  Hill owned KJLH for over 14 years before selling it to musician Stevie Wonder in 1979.  Format tweaks took place over the years developing out of competition from other Black-targeted stations including KDAY, KKBT and KPWR.  KJLH is licensed to Compton, California.

The August 22, 1983 cover of Time Magazine shows Jesse Jackson, a few weeks prior to announcing his campaign to become president of the US, in front of a KJLH microphone.

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

WSCF



91.9 FM WSCF is a Contemporary Christian station licensed to Vero Beach, Florida.  They went on the air in February 1990 and are the flagship of the Christian FM network of stations located throughout the central eastern coast of the state.



Monday, January 1, 2024

WAUG

WAUG is the student-run radio station at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.  They are an internet-only outlet but at one time broadcast on 570 AM and 97.9 FM.
 

Sunday, December 31, 2023

KCMJ




92.7 FM KCMJ was on the air in Palm Springs, California from 1984 to 1998.  Most of those years were spent as a Top-40/Hot AC station.  In the early 1990s Jimmy Kimmel worked at KCMJ and would end up recruiting Carson Daly to be his intern.  Kimmel went on to be a successful late night show host and Oscar awards emcee while Daly became a star on MTV, KROQ radio DJ, Today Show co-host and late night show host himself.
 

Mystery Sticker - J98

Anybody know the call letters and location of this "J98" sticker?  Leave a comment.
 

Friday, December 29, 2023

KBFM

KBFM was a Top-40 station beginning in the mid-1970s and licensed to Edinburg, Texas.  In 2004 they shifted to a bilingual English/Spanish Rhythmic Top-40 format and became "Wild 104".

Thursday, December 28, 2023

KVOI



KVOI is a News/Talk station licensed to Cortaro, Arizona near Tucson.  In 2009 they moved from 690 AM to 1030 AM.
 

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

KWOC


930 AM KWOC airs a News/Talk format in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.  They are now also heard on a translator at 93.3 FM.
 

KZYQ

"Star 103" was KZYQ licensed to Lake Village, Arkansas beginning in the late 1990s.  I've seen various formats listed for the station including Adult Contemporary, Oldies and Urban Contemporary.  KZYQ went off the air permanently in 2007.
 

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

WFNR

710 AM WFNR was a News/Talk station in Blacksburg, Virginia.  They stopped broadcasting in 2019 because of equipment failures at their transmitter site.  Their license was canceled by the FCC in 2022 for being off the air for three years.

Monday, December 25, 2023

WMEV





93.9 FM WMEV (Wonderful Mountain Empire of Virginia) is a Country station licensed to Marion, VA.  AM 1010 WMEV existed from its sign-on in 1948 until 2010 when it became WUKZ.
 

Sunday, December 24, 2023

WMMB


1240 AM WMMB airs a News/Talk format in Melbourne, Florida.  They are also heard on a translator at 92.7 FM and 1350 AM WMMV licensed to Cocoa on Florida's Space Coast.
 

Friday, December 22, 2023

KATF


KATF "92.9 Kat FM" is an Adult Contemporary station in Dubuque, Iowa.

Thursday, December 21, 2023

KZRA

1590 AM KZRA was on the air in Springdale/Fayetteville, Arkansas from 1994 to 2005.
 

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

WZTZ

101.1 FM WZTZ was a Country station licensed to Elba, Alabama from 1986 to 2006.  They currently simulcast the Sports format of 560 AM WOOF.
 

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

KHTK

1140 AM KHTK is a 50,000-watt Sports station in Sacramento, California.  The call letters are a holdover from a previous (K) Hot TalK format.
 

Monday, December 18, 2023

KUMR

88.5 FM KUMR was on the air from 1974 to 2007 and broadcast from the (K) University of Missouri-Rolla.  The school changed its name to the Missouri University of Science and Technology and the station flipped call letters to KMST to reflect the new name.  KMST eventually became part of the St. Louis Public Radio network before going silent in 2020.