Saturday, December 10, 2011

WFWQ

"95Q FM" WFWQ was a Top-40 station in Fort Wayne, Indiana from 1982 to 1985. 95.1 FM is currently Hot AC "Magic 95.1" WAJI.

Friday, December 9, 2011

WACO



WACO is a Country station from (where else?) but Waco, Texas. "WACO 100" is a double rarity; one of only a handful of stations that defies the "K" call letters west of the Mississippi River rule and one of only three stations whose call letters spells out their city-of-license. (The other two are in Wise, Virginia and Ware, Massachusetts.)

Thursday, December 8, 2011

KRVM






KRVM (K Radio Vocational Mechanics) is a non-commercial Adult Album Alternative station broadcasting from Sheldon High School in Eugene, Oregon. Specialty programs in the evening and weekends include Native American music, Blues, Electronica, Funk and Reggae. Eugene's first FM station went on the air in 1947 with two purposes: (1) To serve as a training ground for people looking to get qualified for technical and programming jobs and (2) To transmit educational programs to the city's public schools. They no longer do the second part but they still train high school students in the art of radio. KRVM simulcasts on a translator at 90.1 FM licensed to Florence, OR and on KSYD 92.1 FM licensed to Reedsport, OR.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

KKRZ






"Z100" KKRZ has been a Top-40 station in Portland, Oregon since 1984.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

KBSU

KBSU-FM plays Classical, Blues and Jazz and is a National Public Radio affiliate owned by Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. 91.5 KBSX is a News/Talk station in the Boise State Public Radio Network. In total, there are more than a dozen stations and translators in the network covering much of central and southern Idaho as well as parts of Nevada and Utah. KBSU AM 730 has been sold off and is now "NewsRadio" KINF.

Monday, December 5, 2011

KXGJ?

This entry started out as another mystery sticker but after Googling around I think I've determined that it's from KXGJ in Bay City, Texas (currently a Regional Mexican station.) Can anyone confirm this?

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Downtown Radio

Downtown Radio broadcasts a Hot AC format from Newtownards, Northern Ireland. They were the first commercial radio station in Ireland after going on the air in 1976 and currently exists on one AM and seven FM frequencies. Evening and weekend specialty shows include Country, Jazz, Gospel and Folk.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

100'5 Das Hitradio

100'5 Das Hitradio is a German-language pop station that went on the air in October, 1998. The contact address for "The Super Hits of the 90s and the best of today" places them in Eupen, Belgium.

Friday, December 2, 2011

KXCV / KRNW



KXCV is a 100,000-watt public radio station broadcasting from Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, MO. They carry the main offerings from National Public Radio along with Classical and Jazz shows. KRNW is a 38,000-watt repeater licensed to Chillicothe, MO and covering northwest Missouri and parts of Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.

Wanna watch their tower collapse? Skip to 1:35 in this video.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

WQLN

WQLN-FM (We Question and LearN) plays Classical and Jazz music as well as programming from National Public Radio, Public Radio International and American Public Media. Along with the main 91.3 FM frequency, WQLN repeats their signal on four translators located in northwestern Pennsylvania and one in southwestern New York. WQLN is licensed to Erie, PA.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

WXMX

"98.1 The Max" plays Rock 'n Roll in Memphis, Tennessee. They've been an AOR station since 2005 (or 1993ish if you count their prior Classic Hits format.) WXMX is licensed to Millington, TN.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

MDR1 Radio Sachsen

Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (Central German Broadcasting aka MDR) is a public radio and television broadcaster based in Leipzig, Germany. They operate six TV channels and eight radio outlets including MDR1 Radio Sachsen (Radio Saxony.) MDR also has their own symphony orchestra, radio choir and ballet.

This headphone-clad white lion must be Radio Sachsen's mascot as he also appears on the t-shirt above.

Downtown Hoyerswerda in the German state of Saxony. The statue commemorates the 236 people who perished in the tragic Bierflut (beer flood) of 1877.*

*I totally made this up.

What are these Asian noodle slurpers doing on a German radio sticker?

Monday, November 28, 2011

CFFX

A 1989 sticker from CFFX "The Fox" in Kingston, Ontario. The CFFX call letters existed from 1987 to 2007 starting as an Adult Contemporary/Gold station and later switching to Oldies. After getting approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CFFX moved from 960 AM to 104.3 FM in the summer of 2007 and became Adult Contemporary "Light 104.3" that fall. (Currently Classic Hits CKWS.) The migration of Canadian stations from AM to FM has become routine in the past few years. In fact, the Kingston market has exactly zero stations currently broadcasting on the AM dial.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

WKRH

A 1991 sticker from Classic Rock WKRH licensed to Bath, Maine. In 1995 they flipped to Religious as "Life Chaging Radio" WBCI.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

More Eagles

"Eagle 93.7" was a 70s & 80s Classic Hits station in Boston, Massachusetts from 1994 to 1999. WEGQ was licensed to Lawrence, MA. 93.7 FM currently carries a Sports format as WEEI.

"100.9 The Eagle" KXGL plays Classic Hits in Amarillo, Texas.


"92.9 The Eagle" KTGL is a Classic Rock station licensed to Beatrice, Nebraska.

Friday, November 25, 2011

KXLE



KXLE is a Country station licensed to Ellensburg, Washington. A sticker from sister station KXLE-AM can be seen here.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!

Time to give thanks, eat turkey, watch football and take a tryptophan-induced nap. Today's football matchups include the Miami Dolphins at the Dallas Cowboys, the San Francisco 49ers at the Baltimore Ravens and the undefeated Green Bay Packers at the Detroit Lions. The Lions have played at home every Thanksgiving Day since 1934.

760 AM WJR is a News/Talk station in Detroit, Michigan. On the left is the logo for the Marathon Petroleum Corporation which operates one of their six refineries in Detroit.



A magnet from 620 AM WTMJ, a News/Talk station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the flagship station of the Green Bay Packers. They've been broadcasting Packer games since 1929.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

KQBU

"Que Buena 93.3" KQBU was a Regional Mexican station licensed to Port Arthur, Texas from 2001 to 2007. "Piolín in the Morning" is Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo's hugely popular syndicated show which originates from KSCA in Los Angeles, California.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

KSCS









KSCS (K Silver Country Stereo) has been playing Country music in Dallas, Texas since 1973.

For about two years circa 2008-2009 KSCS re-branded itself as "The Big 96.3" After dropping "The Big" they went back to just their call letters and dial position and now boast "Texas' Most Country Guaranteed!" KSCS is licensed to Fort Worth, Texas.