Tuesday, January 7, 2025

KJJB

KJJB 105.5 FM was a Country station in Eunice, Louisiana circa the early 1980s.
 

Monday, January 6, 2025

KENR


Houston, Texas' 1070 AM KENR started out in the late 1960s as a 5,000-watt daytimer.  Five years later they were a 24 hour operation with 10,000-watts during the day and became a hugely successful Country station through the rest of the decade.  In 1982 they shifted to a short-lived "Country Gold" format, then News/Talk as "The Radio Magazine" and finally changed call letters to KRBE in 1983. 

Sunday, January 5, 2025

Canadian CRUZes

"Cruz FM" are Rock stations owned by Harvard Media based in Regina, Saskatchewan.

CKEA - Edmonton, Alberta

CFWD - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

CHFT - Fort McMurray, Alberta

CKRI - Red Deer, Alberta
 

Saturday, January 4, 2025

WUSM


88.5 FM WUSM broadcasts from the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.  They primarily play Alternative Rock along with Americana/Roots Music, Jazz and Blues.  The 3,000-watt station went on the air in 1973.
 

Friday, January 3, 2025

WPPI

1330 AM WPPI was a Top-40 station in Carrollton, Georgia starting in mid-1970s.
 

Thursday, January 2, 2025

WMEK

980 AM WMEK was on the air in Chase City, Virginia from 1959 until the mid-2000s.  They were a Country station when this 1980s(?) sticker was printed.
 

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

The Bulls

WTBU - York Center, Maine

WIBL - Fairbury/Bloomington, Illinois

KZSN - Hutchinson/Wichita, Kansas

KWFS - Wichita Falls, Texas

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

WDWD

990 AM WDWD went on the air in 1948 from Dawson, Georgia.  92.1 FM followed a little more than twenty years later.  Both stations went silent in the mid-1990s.
 

Monday, December 30, 2024

WAVI

1380 AM WAVI was an Oldies station in Portsmouth, New Hampshire from 1985 to 1987.
 

Sunday, December 29, 2024

KVOQ AM & FM



Colorado Public Radio launched "OpenAir" KVOQ on 1340 AM in 2011.  The new music-based format played independent artists with a focus on local releases.  After an ownership change 1340 AM flipped to Sports in 2015 while "Open Air" moved to 102.3 FM and eventually became Adult Album Alternative "Indie 102.3".  KVOQ AM was licensed to Denver, Colorado and KVOQ FM is licensed to Greenwood Village, CO. 

Saturday, December 28, 2024

KRNY


1460 AM KRNY was on the air in KeaRNeY, Nebraska from 1956 until 1986.  Formats included Middle-of-the-Road in the 1960s and Top-40 in the 70s and 80s.
 

Friday, December 27, 2024

KLOO



KLOO signed on the air in Corvallis, Oregon in 1973 at 106.1 FM.  In 2001 they moved up a notch on the dial to 106.3 FM.  A sticker from their days as KFAT can be sen here.
 

Thursday, December 26, 2024

KHDR / KHRQ / KHWZ


96.9 FM KHDR and 94.9 FM KHRQ are simulcast Rock stations licensed to Lenwood and Baker, California.  "Highway Rock" is aimed primarily at travelers driving on Interstate 15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. At one time they were a trimulcast with 100.1 FM KHWZ licensed to Ludlow, CA but that station went silent in 2011.
 

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

KBBQ

1590 AM KBBQ was a Country station in Ventura, California from 1973 to 1985.
 

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

CJDV


CJDV launched in 2003 from Cambridge, Ontario as the Classic Hits station "107.5 Dave FM."  They flipped to Rock in 2009 while retaining the "Dave" branding and then shifted to Active Rock in 2016.

Monday, December 23, 2024

WZAK


93.1 FM WZAK went on the air in Cleveland, Ohio in May 1963 with an Ethnic format and programming in 17 different languages.  Some of the original owners were also franchisees of MUZAK, a provider of background music for retail stores and other public places.  They incorporated that company's name into their radio stations call letters.  After a brief format change to Beautiful Music in 1980, WZAK flipped to Urban Contemporary and then shifted slightly to Urban AC in 2000.
 

Sunday, December 22, 2024

WRUB

"Rumba 106.5" WRUB was a Spanish Contemporary Hit station in Sarasota, Florida from 2016 to 2024.

WOLT

103.3 FM WOLT plays Classic Alternative Rock in Indianapolis, Indiana.  "Alt 103.3" was a traditional Alternative station when they acquired the WOLT call letters in 2014 but has since shifted to playing songs only from the 1990s and 2000s and are now branded as "Indy 103.3"
 

Saturday, December 21, 2024

WGRF

99.3 FM WGRF was an Adult Contemporary station in Atlantic City, New Jersey from 1974 to around 1983
 

KTRO


1520 AM KTRO was a Spanish-language station licensed to Port Hueneme, California near Oxnard and Santa Barbara.  They broadcast from 1984 to 1996 and eventually flipped to News/Talk with new call letters KVTA.