WBTZ

"99.9 The Buzz" WBTZ is a Modern Rock station licensed to Plattsburgh, New York with studios in Burlington, Vermont.  The 100,000-watt signal is heard as far north as Montreal, Quebec.  They've carried an Alternative Rock format since switching from Adult Contemporary in 1996.

KUOW

94.9 KUOW (K University Of Washington--the station's license holder) is a public radio outlet in Seattle, WA.  They went on the air in 1952 at 90.5 FM and moved to the current dial position 6 years later.  KUOW is one of the highest rated NPR stations in the country.

KRBC

KRBC (K Reporter Broadcasting Company) went on the air in 1938 from Abilene, Texas.  They originally broadcast at 1420 AM before moving to 1470 AM in the late 1940s.  The frequency is currently home to News/Talk station KYYW.

KIQN

106.9 KIQN is a Country station licensed to Colorado City, Colorado.

Minster Oktoberfest / Radio Maria

Last night we took a trip up to Minster, Ohio for their annual Oktoberfest.  We put on our alpine hats, bought our jugs of beer to eat with some bratwurst and enjoyed walking around the shops and listening to the polka band playing from a gazebo in the center of town.  After scarfing down a pudding-filled cream puff and singing along to Sweet Caroline we decided two hours was enough and headed home.

I am a jackass.

On our way back to the car we walked past the studios of radio station 88.7 WHJM (With the Hearts of Jesus and Mary).  Licensed to Anna, Ohio, WHJM airs Catholic programming as part of the worldwide Radio Maria group of stations.  WHJM went on the air in June, 2006 and was almost immediately knocked off the air when lightning struck its tower.  They returned to the air in August of that year.  Radio Maria is based in Italy and broadcasts in over 60 countries through approximately 1,700 transmitters.

KCCK

88.3 KCCK is the only Jazz station in the state of Iowa.  The commercial-free, member-supported station is operated by Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids.

CFGP

CFGP went on the air in 1937 at 1200 on the AM dial.  They appeared on four different frequencies throughout the 1940s before settling in at 1050 AM in 1946.  In 1996, CFGP moved to 97.7 and became Hot Adult Contemporary "Sun FM".  They currently carry an Active Rock format.  CFGP is licensed to Grande Prairie, Alberta.

WLTU

92.1 WLTU plays Country music in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

KXXO

KXXO "Mixx 96" is an Adult Contemporary station licensed to Olympia, Washington.

KSOK

Stickers and a temporary tattoo from KSOK (KanSas OKlahoma).  1280 AM plays Classic Country and is licensed to Arkansas City, Kansas.  95.9 FM plays current Country and is licensed to Winfield, KS.

Radio Radicale

Radio Radicale emerged in the mid-1970s as the official radio station of Italy's political group Partito Radicale.  The commercial-free station is funded by the party as well as the Italian government in exchange for airing sessions of Parliament.  Despite being an official mouthpiece of the Radical Party, live debates from the Italian Senate and Chamber of Deputies are also broadcast along with party conventions from across the political spectrum.
Radio Radicale is based in Rome.

Radio Brandenburg

Antenne Brandenburg airs pop, oldies and current hit music from Potsdam, Germany.  It is part of Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), the national broadcaster for the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg.

WTOS

WTOS has carried a Rock format since the early 1970s.  Licensed to Skowhegan, Maine, Rock 105's 57,000 watts and tower location at the (W) Top Of Sugarloaf Mountain allows it to cover most of southern Maine as well as parts of New Hampshire and Quebec.  "The Mountain of Pure Rock" is now also simulcast on WTUX 101.1 FM and WTQX 96.7 FM.

Radio DePaul

A pair of sunglasses from student-run Radio DePaul in Chicago, Illinois.  The online-only outlet was voted 2010's Best College Station in the Nation from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System.  Radio DePaul Sports streams student-hosted sports talk shows as well as play-by-play of DePaul University Blue Demons basketball, volleyball, soccer and softball.

WMUA

91.1 FM WMUA broadcasts from the campus of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.  The station went on the air in 1948 as a 10-watt carrier current outlet broadcasting at 650 AM.  The move to 91.1 occurred in 1952, making WMUA one of the first non-commercial, college-run stations on FM in New England.

WJRI

News/Talk 1340 WJRI is licensed to Lenoir, North Carolina.  Programming is now also heard on translator W263CP at 100.5 FM.

WEQX

102.7 WEQX is an Alternative Rock station licensed to Manchester, Vermont.  They still broadcast from a Victorian house on Elm Street and, despite lucrative offers from corporate radio conglomerates, have remained independently owned since going on the air in November, 1984.  Their tower location on the peak of Mount Equinox provides the station's call letters as well as signal coverage to much of southern Vermont and as far away as Albany, New York and Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

WAJR

1440 AM WAJR carries a News/Talk/Sports format in Morgantown, West Virginia.  The call letters stand for (W) Agnes Jane Reeves, the original owner who put the station on the air in December, 1940.

WMBR

88.1 WMBR (Walker Memorial Basement Radio) is a student-run station at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA.  Radio at MIT goes back to the mid-1940s with carrier current station WMIT broadcasting at 800 kHz.  In 1961, an FM signal hit the air with new call letters WTBS (W Technology Broadcasting System).  Through a legal loophole, media tycoon Ted Turner "bought" the WTBS call letters for his own station in Atlanta.  The money was used to upgrade equipment and WMBR was officially launched in 1979.