Sunday, October 6, 2013

WLOL

After Top-40 powerhouse "99½ WLOL" dropped the format in 1991, the heritage call letters were snatched up by a series of other Minneapolis, Minnesota stations.  The above WLOL was a Classic Hits station from 1999 until 2002.  100.3 FM is now a Sports outlet branded as "KFAN" with call letters KFXN.  The WLOL calls currently reside in the city at 1330 AM (where they were also located back in the 1940s) with the Catholic programming of Relevant Radio

Saturday, October 5, 2013

WLOU

WLOU was an R&B station in (W) LOUisville, Kentucky.  In 1949 there were only four radio stations in the United States with formats that catered directly to African-Americans.  WLOU switched to a "soul" music format in 1951 and by 1954 there were at least 200 such stations.  At that time AM 1350 was white-owned and proclaimed in a Rounsaville Radio print ad to be "Louisville's only all Negro-Programmed Station!"
WLOU currently carries a Black Gospel format.

Friday, October 4, 2013

WLPA

1490 AM WLPA is an ESPN-affiliated Sports station in (W) Lancaster, PennsylvaniA.  At the time this sticker was current, WLPA likely had a Middle-of-the-Road/Hit Parade format.
Lancaster is known as the "Red Rose City" because of its link to the British town of the same name and the House of Lancaster which was involved in the Wars of the Roses.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

WLPX



WLPX was an Album Oriented Rock station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1978 to 1983.  Buy a shirt with the classic WLPX logo here.
97.3 FM is currently CHR "Radio Now" WRNW.

This official "Fanny-Gram" is a patch meant to be ironed-on to the ass end of your jeans.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

WLQB

WLQB was a Religious station in Flint, Michigan from 1976 to 1981.  The frequency is currently home to WWCK "SuperTalk 1570" and a lineup of mostly syndicated talkers including Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage and Mike Huckabee.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

College Radio Day 2013 - WICB

Today is the third annual College Radio Day which celebrates the cultural significance of student-run radio in all its forms. President Obama even got involved by writing a letter to the organizers of College Radio Day.




One of this year's participating stations is 91.7 WICB, a Modern Rock outlet operated by the students of Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York.  Specialty shows include Hip-Hop, Jazz, Funk, Punk, Reggae, Latin and local bands as well as talk shows.  They went on the air in 1949 at 88.1 FM with 10 watts of power.  In 2010 WICB was named the #1 college radio station in the country by the Princeton Review.

Monday, September 30, 2013

WLQR AM


1470 AM WLQR was a Sports station in Toledo, Ohio.  They dropped "The Ticket" and flipped to Talk in August, 2012.  It's unclear from their website if they still carry Red Wings hockey, Lions football or Tigers and Mud Hens baseball.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

WLQR FM

WLQR was a Beautiful Music station in Toledo, Ohio through most of the 1970s and 80s.  101.5 FM is currently a Soft Adult Contemporary station known as "The River" WRVF.

Saturday, September 28, 2013

WXPR


WXPR is an independent public radio station licensed to Rhinelander, Wisconsin.  They have been on the air since 1983.  Programming includes classical, blues, jazz and country music, various NPR shows as well as local news.  They are also heard on 91.9 FM WXPW in Wausau, WI and translator station 100.9 FM W265AI in Ironwood, Michigan.

Friday, September 27, 2013

WXPS

WXPS “Kix 96.7" was a short-lived Country music outlet circa 1999.  Licensed to Willsboro, New York, the station served the Burlington, Vermont market.  96.7 FM currently carries a CHR format branded as "The Planet" with call letters WXZO.

Thursday, September 26, 2013

WXQR

"Rock 105.5" WXQR is an Active Rock station licensed to Jacksonville, North Carolina.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

WXRA



WXRA was an Alternative Rock station licensed to Eden, North Carolina circa 1994.  94.5 FM has been through multiple formats since then including Country, Rhythmic Top-40 and Spanish and is currently the Talk outlet WPTI.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

WXRC

WXRC is a Classic Hits station licensed to Hickory, North Carolina.  This sticker probably dates to when they had more of an Album Oriented Rock format.  WXRC is currently branded as "95.7 The Ride."


Monday, September 23, 2013

WXRI

WXRI "91.3 Joy FM" is a Southern Gospel station licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina.


They are the flagship station of the Joy FM network which covers parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

WXRK


After New York City's WXRK flipped to Talk in 2005, the call letters were transferred to Cleveland, Ohio's WXTM which was co-owned by CBS Radio.  The new "92.3 K-Rock" flipped from Active Rock to Modern Rock and essentially mirrored the NYC "K-Rock" right down to the format, frequency and a very similar logo.  When 92.3 FM in New York flipped back to Alternative and re-took the WXRK call letters in 2007, the Cleveland "K-Rock" took the calls WKRI and a few months later changed them again to WKRK.  The Cleveland Heights, Ohio licensed station is currently a Sports station known as "92.3 The Fan."

Saturday, September 21, 2013

WXRK


WXRK was a Rock station in New York, New York from 1985 until 2005.  In those 20 years they tried variations on the format including AOR, Classic Rock, Modern Rock and Active Rock.  "K-Rock" was the flagship station of the Howard Stern Show for most of the years that WXRK was on the air.  After Stern left for Sirius satellite radio, 92.3 became a Talk station known as Free FM.  This short-lived failure lasted until 2007 when they once again became "K-Rock" with a hybrid Classic/Alternative Rock format.  The frequency is currently home to CHR "Now FM."

This sticker commemorates The Who's June 27, 1989 show at Madison Square Garden as well as three subsequent shows at Giants Stadium in New Jersey.

Friday, September 20, 2013

WXRL

Licensed to the Buffalo, New York suburb of Lancaster, WXRL plays Classic Country along with some Polka music on the weekends.  The station is owned and operated by Ramblin' Lou Schriver (the RL in the call letters) a country music performer who bought WXRL in 1970. 

Thursday, September 19, 2013

WXRR

WXRR plays Classic Rock in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

WXRT






93.1 FM in Chicago, Illinois has carried the WXRT call letters since 1964.  In 1972 they aired ethnic and foreign language shows during the day and Freeform Rock at night which was expanded to 24 hours a day four years later.  Later format tweaks included New Wave and Alternative Rock before settling on their current Adult Album Alternative programming.  The Poplar Creek concert listings on the back of the decal dates it to 1981 and it was one of the first stickers I ever obtained for my collection.  WXRT's diamond can still be seen in their current logo in the banner below.  Earlier designs had it sitting in the negative space above the X.



Tuesday, September 17, 2013

WXRV

WXRV "92.5 The River" carries an Adult Album Alternative format in Andover, Massachusetts. The independently-owned outlet is simulcast on three additional stations covering parts of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.