Sunday, November 7, 2010

WKFM

"K96" WKFM is a Country station licensed to Huron, Ohio.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

WDAE



Tampa's WDAE (Wonderful Days And Evenings) is credited as the first radio station to be licensed in the state of Florida having gone on the air at 833 AM in May, 1922. They carried a Top-40 format when the top sticker came out in the 1970s or early 1980s. Lieutenant Al Ford was a popular traffic reporter for WDAE (and later WSUN.) He passed away in 2008.

1250 AM is now News/Talk "Impact Radio" WHNZ. The WDAE call letters live on at 620 AM in Tampa at "The Sports Animal."


Friday, November 5, 2010

KUBB

KUBB is a Country station licensed to Mariposa, California.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

KOMA

KOMA-AM was a Country station in OklahOMA City, Oklahoma from 1980 to 1985 when they switched to Beautiful Music. 1520 AM is now News/Talk KOKC.

KOMA-FM carries a Classic Hits format.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

KGOR


KGOR is a 110,000-watt Classic Hits station from Omaha, Nebraska. They were a more traditional Oldies station when I got the above sticker in 2000. KGOR now uses the branding "Superhits 99.9"

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

CHUM-FM

An adhesive cloth patch from CHUM FM in Toronto commemorating three Canadian dates on Styx's Paradise Theatre Tour. CHUM FM switched from Classical to Progressive Rock in 1968 and still played Rock when this sticker came out in 1981. CHUM-FM is currently a Hot Adult Contemporary station.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Mystery Sticker #14

What station is this "Power 97" sticker from?

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Mystery Sticker #13

I have no idea what station this sticker is from. Do you?

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Candy!

Halloween's not til tomorrow but Beggar's Night was tonight in our neighborhood. Here's TheBoy in his homemade Wedgehead costume and this year's candy haul.


"Candy 101" KNDE broadcast from Reno, Nevada in the early to mid-1990s. I have no idea what their format was as most Google searches lead to the currently operating Top-40 station "Candy 95.1" from College Station, Texas which also uses the KNDE call letters. 100.9 FM is licensed to Sparks, NV and is now an Alternative Rock station KRZQ.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Radio Antigoon


Radio Antigoon began broadcasting from Antwerp, Belgium in 1980 and lasted until 2004. Not sure what format they carried but I did find an extremely thorough site dedicated to Flemish local radio with tons of logos including more from Radio Antigoon here.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

WTIX


WTIX was a highly successful Top-40 station in New Orleans, Louisiana from the 1950s through the 1970s. A few WTIX pictures, surveys, airchecks and other New Orleans radio history can be found here. 690 AM currently carries a Talk format as WIST.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

WMMZ

WMMZ "Z102" was a Top-40 station licensed to Meridian, Mississippi. 102.1 FM is now WALT FM, a Talk station that simulcasts its sister station WALT AM 910.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

WHST

WHST is one of 6 stations and translators in the Northern Christian Radio network. Most of their stations now use the branding "The Promise FM." WHST is licensed to Tawas City, Michigan.

Monday, October 25, 2010

WBLC

WBLC is a Religious station from Lenoir City, Tennessee near Knoxville.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

KSTJ

KSTJ "Star 102.7" was an 80s-based AC station licensed to Boulder City, Nevada. 102.7 FM now carries a Country format as KCYE "The Coyote."

Thursday, October 21, 2010

KMGL

KMGL is an Adult Contemporary station from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

KDWA

KDWA is a News/Talk station from Hastings, Minnesota.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

WRKG

WRKG was an Adult Standards station licensed to Lorain, Ohio in the mid-1980s. They later changed formats to Country Gospel during the day and Hispanic at night. 1380 AM carried those call letters from 1984 to 1997. They are currently WDLW "Kool Kat Oldies."

Monday, October 18, 2010

British Broadcasting Corporation

On this date in 1922 the British Broadcasting Corporation was formed by a group of six telecommunications companies. The BBC was the world's first national broadcasting organization and made their first transmission in November 1922 from station 2LO in London.

This series of small triangular stickers were used to help listeners mark the dial locations of various BBC stations in their local market. Click the sticker for a close-up view.

Here's a set specifically for BBC Radio 4.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

WLKI


A shirt and sticker from WLKI in Angola, Indiana. They went on the air in 1974 and carry an Adult Contemporary format.