A daily look into one of the world's largest collections of radio station bumper stickers and memorabilia.
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
WNUS
WNUS is a Country station licensed to Belpre, Ohio and serves the Parkersburg/Marietta, West Virginia market.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
WKSZ
"95.9 Kiss FM" plays Top-40 music in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Except for a brief, failed attempt as a Hot Adult Contemporary station, they have been a CHR outlet since 1995. WKSZ is licensed to De Pere, WI.
Monday, June 13, 2016
WGCX
"Praise 95.7" WGCX signed on in 2000 with a Contemporary Christian format licensed to Navarre, Florida. The station currently carries the same format although now as part of the "K-LOVE" radio network with call letters WPLV.
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Saturday, June 11, 2016
KUOM
770 AM KUOM "Radio K" is a student-run station from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Radio history at UofM goes back to 1912 when a professor began experimenting with broadcasts. KUOM is the oldest radio station in Minnesota and the oldest non-commercial station in the country. They can now be heard on 100.7 FM (licensed to Falcon Heights, MN), 104.5 FM (Minneapolis) and 106.5 KUOM (St. Louis Park). Two more of their stickers can be seen here.
Friday, June 10, 2016
KRAT
"97.7 K-Rat" was an Oldies outlet licensed to Altamont, Oregon from 1997 until 2009 when the FCC ordered it off the air. KRAT was supposedly licensed to someone named George J. Wade but he was unaware of this until he heard about it from the IRS. The station was actually being operated by Sandra Soho who hijacked Wade's identity. Soho was sentenced to 38 months in jail for fraudulently using Wade's name (among other charges) and fined half a million dollars.
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
KCBX
90.1 FM KCBX is a public radio station based in San Luis Obispo, California. They are also heard on a handful of translators allowing their programming to be heard throughout California's Central Coast. KCBX went on the air in 1975.
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
CFFR
Calgary, Alberta's 660 AM CFFR (Calgary F Family Radio) began as an Oldies station in 1984. In 2006 CFFR flipped to their current all-News format "660 News".
Monday, June 6, 2016
KQMQ
KQMQ is a Reggae/Contemporary Hawaiian station in Honolulu, Hawaii. "Da Pā'ina" (roughly translated as "large party" in Hawaiian) flipped to this format in early 2011, the same weekend as Bob Marley's birthday. The sticker bears a symbol which appears on the Kanaka Maoli ("native Hawaiian") flag which consists of a kāhili and two crossed paddles.
"Jammin 93.1" was KQMQ's branding circa 2000 when they carried a CHR format.
Sunday, June 5, 2016
Saturday, June 4, 2016
Northern Sound
Northern Sound Radio was established in 1989 with headquarters in Longford, Ireland. In 1995 their license was combined with Shannonside FM to form the first regional station in the country. Northern Sound is heard on three frequencies: 96.3 FM from Monaghan, 94.8 FM from Cavan and 97.5 FM from Carrickmacross.
Friday, June 3, 2016
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
WMTK
WMTK "106.3 The Notch" is a Classic Hits station licensed to Littleton, New Hampshire. Their name comes from the many mountain passes ("notches") in the area.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
WJR
Detroit, Michigan's WJR began in 1922 as WCX and operated at 580 AM. In 1925 they were purchased by the Jewett Radio & Phonograph Company (the JR in the call letters). They began broadcasting at 760 AM in 1941. WJR's 50,000-watt, clear-channel signal can be heard, even during the day, here in Dayton, Ohio--a distance of over 200 miles. In 2005, the station ceased to be the flagship station for the University of Michigan and began flagship duties for Michigan State. More WJR stickers can be seen here. And here.
Monday, May 30, 2016
Sunday, May 29, 2016
WRAF / WEPC
Saturday, May 28, 2016
Friday, May 27, 2016
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