Friday, February 23, 2024

KHTY and KMGQ



Santa Barbara, California's KHTY started as Top-40 station "Y97" beginning in 1985.  They flipped to Modern Rock in the mid-1990s and flipped again three years later to Smooth Jazz after sister station KMGQ moved their format and call letters from 106.3 FM to 97.5 FM. 
 

Thursday, February 22, 2024

97.4 Rock FM

97.4 Rock FM broadcasts from Preston in northwestern England.  Despite their name Rock FM is actually a straight-ahead Pop/CHR station.  A name change to Hits Radio Lancashire is set to take place in April of this year.

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Radio Netherlands Worldwide





Early international shortwave broadcasts from the Netherlands began as early as the 1920s with reception reports received from the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).  Radio Netherlands Worldwide transmissions began just after World War II with help from the BBC.  English broadcasts to North America ended in 2008 and a massive 70% budget cut took place in 2011.  The very last shortwave broadcast was in Spanish for a Cuban audience in 2014.  Radio Nederland Wereldomroep is now RNW Media with content aimed mostly at countries in Africa and Asia to bring about social change using digital media platforms.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

KBHW


99.5 FM KBHW is a Religious station licensed to International Falls, Minnesota.  They are also heard on about a dozen other frequencies across northern Minnesota on what is now known as the Psalm FM network. 
 

Monday, February 19, 2024

PIK

Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου (PIK) is the Greek name for the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation based in the capital city of Nicosia.  Together with two television channels, the public broadcasting service also transmits four domestic radio channels along with an external shortwave service targeted to Greek Cypriots living in the United Kingdom.  PIK's first radio broadcast took place in October 1953 with programs in Greek, Turkish and English.
 

KHTN



"Hot 104.7" KHTN is a Rhythmic Top-40 station licensed to Planada, California, part of the Merced/Modesto media market.
 

Sunday, February 18, 2024

WWXM

"Mix 97.7" WWXM is a 100,000-watt CHR station in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Friday, February 16, 2024

KTYD




99.9 FM KTYD (pronounced on-air as "K-Tide") has been a Rock station in Santa Barbara, California since the early 1970s.  Despite being bought and sold at least half a dozen times over the years, KTYD has always carried some type of Rock format.
 

Thursday, February 15, 2024

KICI


"Kick 99.1" KHCK was a Tejano station licensed to Denton, Texas near Dallas.  At one time they were simulcast on 107.9 FM KICI licensed to Corsicana, TX.
 

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

WYJS

"Spirit 106" WYJS was a Contemporary Christian station in Jackson, Mississippi circa the late 1990s/early 2000s.
 

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

KCQR

The first station to use the 94.5 FM frequency in Santa Barbara, California was "94 Rock" KCQR which signed on in April 1989.  They existed until 1995 when they flipped to Regional Mexican with new call letters KSPE.  KCQR was licensed to Ellwood, CA.
 

Monday, February 12, 2024

WVOS

95.9 FM WVOS (W Voice Of Sullivan County) is licensed to Liberty, a small village in New York's Catskill Mountains.  They flipped from Country to Classic Hits in 2007.
 

Sunday, February 11, 2024

WVKS




WVKS "92.5 Kiss FM" has been a CHR station in Toledo, Ohio since 1990.

Saturday, February 10, 2024

Musique 3

Musique 3 airs Classical music to the French-speaking areas of Brussels and Wallonia in southern Belgium.  They are heard on about a dozen FM frequencies along with DAB, satellite and internet streaming.  Musique 3 came about in 1994 with a slight name change to Musiq'3 in 2004.
 

Friday, February 9, 2024

Radio France




















Radio France is a government-owned public radio broadcaster based in Paris.  There are seven national networks offering news, cultural programming, talk and various formats of music.  Stickers from Radio France Bleu, a network of dozens of regional stations, have their own post here.