A daily look into one of the world's largest collections of radio station bumper stickers and memorabilia.
Monday, February 12, 2018
WLJC
The first Christian radio station on FM in the state of Kentucky, WLJC (Wonderful Lord Jesus Christ) went on the air in 1965. Licensed to Beattyville, WLJC now broadcasts at 102.1 FM as part of the Air1 Radio network.
Sunday, February 11, 2018
Way-FM Network
The Way-FM Network is a set of Contemporary Christian stations heard in about a dozen states. They began in 1987 with a single FM station, 88.7 WAYJ in Fort Myers, Florida. They are currently based in Colorado Springs, Colorado with programming originating from Franklin, Tennessee.
KXWA - Loveland, Colorado
KYWA - Wichita, Kansas
WAYJ/W263BI - Naples/Fort Myers, Florida
Not really sure which Way-FM station this is from. Could be WAYM in Spring Hill, Tennessee or WAYJ Fort Myers which was originally located at 88.7 FM (currently at 89.5 FM).
WAYF - West Palm Beach, Florida
K283BL - Portland, Oregon
Another defunct translator W217AN in Prospect, Tennessee.
KXWA - Loveland, Colorado
KYWA - Wichita, Kansas
WAYJ/W263BI - Naples/Fort Myers, Florida
Not really sure which Way-FM station this is from. Could be WAYM in Spring Hill, Tennessee or WAYJ Fort Myers which was originally located at 88.7 FM (currently at 89.5 FM).
WAYF - West Palm Beach, Florida
K283BL - Portland, Oregon
K239AA - A disused translator station from Fayetteville, Tennessee circa the late 1990s.
Saturday, February 10, 2018
The Steve Cochran Show
Steve Cochran is currently the morning show host on Chicago's WGN. This shirt probably dates to the 1980s or early 90s since it copies the classic Late Night with David Letterman script logo. Hard to know what station Cochran worked at when this tee was current...his Wikipedia page says he worked at 14 radio stations in 10 cities between 1981 and 2007.
Friday, February 9, 2018
SWF
The television and radio operation Südwestfunk (Southwest Broadcasting Corporation) existed from 1946 until 1998 in the German states of Rheinland-Palatinate and Baden Württemberg. SWF3 was the pop music radio station of the public broadcasting outlet and went on the air in January, 1975. The station's mascot was the Black Forest moose. SWF eventually merged with another broadcasting entity Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) to form the current Südwestrundfunk (SWR).
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Radio Rio
Google has turned up zilch about the existence of this station. Somebody wrote Argentina on the back and that's all I know. Anybody have any info on Radio Rio?
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Monday, February 5, 2018
WMVY
WMVY began in 1981 as a commercial station at 92.7 FM licensed to Tisbury, Massachusetts. In 2013, the station was sold, became a repeater of Boston's WBUR and changed call letters to WBUA. About 15 months later, WMVY re-emerged as a listener-supported, non-commercial outlet at 88.7 FM now licensed to Edgartown, MA. Their 13,000-watt signal covers most of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket with Adult Album Alternative music. As of this posting, there's a link on their website for free Blue Lobster WMVY bumper stickers via self-addressed stamped envelope.
Sunday, February 4, 2018
WJTO
730 AM WJTO (Where Jets Take Off--a reference to the the nearby Brunswick Naval Air Station) is an Adult Standards/Oldies station licensed to Bath, Maine. The top sticker dates to a previous News Talk/Sports format. Although commercially-licensed, WJTO plays no commercials and relies on listener donations to stay on the air. The sole DJ is also the station's owner, Bob Bittner, who plays music from the 1930s to the 1980s as well as the occasional political commentary and public service announcement. Bittner also owns WJIB in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Saturday, February 3, 2018
KTGR
A 1981 decal from 1580 KTGR in Columbia, Missouri back when they played Country music. They still brand themselves as "Tiger Country" (a nod to the University of Missouri's mascot) although they now carry a Sports format. Another KTGR sticker can be seen here.
Thursday, February 1, 2018
KISN
The KISN call letters existed in Salt Lake City, Utah for about 20 years, mostly as a female-leaning Adult Contemporary or Top-40 station.
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
CIHI
CIHI "Up! 93.1" is an Adult Hits station in Fredericton, New Brunswick. They went on the air in June, 2013.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
WRNJ
Sticker and shirts from 107.1 WRNJ, a Country station licensed to Belvidere, New Jersey circa the 1990s.
Monday, January 29, 2018
WODE
WODE "99.9 The Hawk" was a Classic Hits (now Classic Rock) station licensed to Easton, Pennsylvania near Allentown. The call letters are left over from the 1990s when they carried an Oldies format.
Sunday, January 28, 2018
More Moose
95.1 KMMS - Bozeman, Montana
92.3 KMOZ - Grand Junction, Colorado
106.7 WATQ - Chetek/Eau Claire, Wisconsin
ICI Radio Canada Saskatchewan
A 25th anniversary magnet from ICI Radio-Canada Saskatchewan. I believe the ICI in the name (which translates to "right now" in English) designates this to be the French-language service of Radio Canada. Less than 2% of Saskatchewan's population speaks French, so I'm surprised these stations exist at all. Is it a requirement of the publicly-funded CBC? Anybody have more info on this?
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Hogs
"105.7 The Hog" WIHG is a Classic Hits station licensed to Rockwood, Tennessee.
"AM 640 The Hog" CHOG was a CHR/Top-40 station in Toronto, Ontario from 1990 until 1995. One of Toronto's longtime nicknames "Hogtown", is attributable to the late 1870s when the William Davies Company was the largest pork producer in the British Empire.
"102.9 The Hog" WHQG is an Active Rock station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Their contest-winning mascot, "Dr. Squealgood" was named after the Motley Crue song "Dr. Feelgood".
Friday, January 26, 2018
Radio Oberland
Radio Oberland is an Adult Contemporary station broadcasting from Garmisch-Partenkirchen in southern Germany. The alpine town was the site of the 1936 Winter Olympics and is near Germany's highest mountain, Zugspitze. Radio Oberland went on the air in 1992.
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