Saturday, January 3, 2015

2EAR

2EAR (2 Eurobodalla Access Radio) is a volunteer-run, community radio station based in Moruya, New South Wales, Australia.  They went on the air in 1981 and serves the residents of Eurobodalla Shire on the southeastern coast of the country.

Friday, January 2, 2015

WXUS

The 1980 Broadcasting Yearbook says WXUS in Lafayette, Indiana carried a Top-40 format.  An October, 1982 copy of Billboard had a story about the station's tower and transmitter being firebombed by angry listeners after flipping from Album Oriented Rock to Adult Contemporary.  Whatever the format was, one thing is clear:  That is one stupid looking, Barbapapa-reject station mascot.


Thursday, January 1, 2015

WOW

A rendition of the "The Star Spangled Banner" ushered Omaha, Nebraska's WOAW on the air on April 2, 1923.  When the call letters became available a few years later, the then 500-watt station became WOW (Woodmen Of the World.)  This sticker dates to when they carried a Country music format along with sister station 94.1 WOW-FM.
590 AM is currently KXSP, an all-Sports ESPN affiliate while 94.1 FM is Top-40 "Channel 94.1" KQCH.

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

WLRW



"Mix 94.5" WLRW is a Hot Adult Contemporary station in Champaign, Illinois.

Monday, December 29, 2014

WHLH

"Hallelujah 95.5" WHLH plays Gospel music in Jackson, Mississippi.


Sunday, December 28, 2014

WDBO



Two stickers and a balsa wood plane from AM 580 WDBO in Orlando, Florida.  It's unclear whether WDBO's call letters were simply assigned in sequential alphabetical order (after WDBN in Bangor, Maine and before WDBP in Superior, Wisconsin) or if they were requested and stood for "Way Down By Orlando."  WDBO began broadcasting in 1924 from Rollins College in Winter Park.  By 1991 music had been phased out completely from their programming and an all-Talk format took over anchored by Rush Limbaugh.  WDBO is currently an all-Sports ESPN Radio affiliate.

Saturday, December 27, 2014

KXPC

KXPC was a Country formatted station licensed to Lebanon, Oregon.  For financial and technical reasons they went off the air in 2009.  (Watch the tower fall below!)  Four years later, new owners moved the KXPC call letters to 97.9 FM where it eventually became KLVP, one of approximately ten bazillion Contemporary Christian "K-LOVE" affiliates.

Friday, December 26, 2014

KRYD

KRYD began in 1997 with a Classic Rock format featuring an expanded 10,000 song playlist.  They were locally owned by the Varecha family whose roots went back to the mid 1960s at freeform rock station KNAC in Los Angeles.  "The Ride" flipped to Adult Hits "Jack FM" in 2013.  104.9 KRYD is licensed to Norwood, Colorado while translator K224CS at 92.7 FM is licensed to Grand Junction, CO.

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Merry Christmas (Eve)! - CKWF

CKWF "101.5 The Wolf" is a Rock station licensed to Peterborough, Ontario.

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

KKWY

KKWY was a Country music station licensed to Fox Farm, Wyoming from 1997 until 2005.  AM 1630 is currently a Regional Mexican station with the call letters KRND.

Monday, December 22, 2014

KDYL


AM 1060 KDYL in Salt Lake City, Utah carried both an Adult Standards and Oldies format...not sure which one was airing when they were using the Great Music-Great Memories" slogan.  The KDYL call letters go back to the beginning of radio in SLC when they went on the air in 1922 and they've lived on at least four different frequencies in that time.  This thread on a Utah radio message board circa 2013 says that KDYL switched to a News/Talk/Sports format operated by China Radio International. 

Sunday, December 21, 2014

CIBL



101.5 CIBL is a French-language, community radio station in Montréal, Quebec.  They began broadcasting on April 26, 1980.

Saturday, December 20, 2014

WSLQ

WSLQ is an Adult Contemporary station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia.  According to the owner's website, "Q99," at 200,000 watts, is one of the 5 most powerful stations in the country.

Friday, December 19, 2014

Radio Förderband






Radio Förderband (Radio Conveyor Belt) went on the air in the early 1980s from Bern, Switzerland.  They broadcast at 96.7 FM before moving to 104.2 FM in 1984 and eventually returned to 96.7.  Radio Förderband ceased to exist around 2001.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Radio El Mundo

Radio El Mundo (Radio Worldwide) went on the air in 1935 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  They air a variety of talk shows focusing on politics, news and finance along with pop and rock music at night.

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

WVVR


WVVR "The Beaver 100.3" is a Country music station in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

KKBT





"The Beat 92.3" KKBT was an Urban Contemporary/Hip-Hop/R&B station in Los Angeles, California.

After a signal swap in 2000, KKBT moved up the dial to 100.3 FM.  They kept the "Beat" branding until 2006 when they became "V100.3" KRBV.  The frequency is currently Classic Rock "The Sound" KSWD.

Monday, December 15, 2014

WNSN

"Sunny 101.5" WNSN is an Adult Contemporary station in South Bend, Indiana. 

Sunday, December 14, 2014

WKSJ

94.9 FM in Mobile, Alabama has used the WKSJ call letters since 1972.  They carry a Country music format.

Saturday, December 13, 2014

WGBB


1240 AM WGBB has been on the air since 1924 and was the first commercial station to broadcast from Long Island.  They currently carry Chinese-language programming on weekdays and a variety of brokered shows on weekends.  WGBB is licensed to Freeport, New York.