Unused bumper sticker from 1995, sheet measures approximately 14 cm by 9.5 cm.
Front side: shaped; background: white; KLAX logo.
Back side: white.
La X 97.9 was a Spanish-language station in Los Angeles, USA. In 1992, under the direction of general manager Alfredo Rodriguez,
KSKQ (previous call letter) was turned into a Banda music station KLAX, simply called "La
Equis 97.9."
Call letter meaning: LAX is the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) code for Los Angeles International Airport. La X 97.9 became the first Spanish-language station in Los
Angeles to attain the number one rated highest station in the market.
In 2002, KLAX dropped the contemporary hits and went to the more focused regional format, and became "97.9 La Raza."
*source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLAX-FM.
Unused bumper sticker from 2000, sheet measures approximately 10 cm by 10 cm.
Front side: background: white; WCCJ logo.
Back side: white.
WCCJ played smooth jazz format in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA from 1995 to 2001, branded as "WCCJ Smooth Jazz 92.7 FM." with the tagling "Charlotte's Smooth Jazz Source." WCCJ became hip hop/R&B station Hot 92.7, with new call letters WCHH ("Charlotte's Hip-Hop").
The frequency is currently Urban Gospel "Praise Charlotte" WZPS that is owned and operated by Radio One with the tagline "Charlotte's Inspiration Station". It is simulcast on sister WQNC.
*source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPZS.
Unused bumper sticker from 2002, sheet measures approximately 11.3 cm by 10.3 cm.
Front side: shaped; background: white; WJZW logo.
Back side: white.
A smooth jazz format station, called "Smooth Jazz 105.9," debuted on September 30, 1994, in Washington, DC, USA.
In February 1997, Viacom sold 10 stations, including WJZW, to Chancellor Broadcasting. To comply with FCC limits on the amount of radio stations that can be owned by one company, Chancellor sold WJZW to ABC Radio, which was part of the Walt Disney Company, on April 14 of the same year. Citadel Broadcasting bought ABC Radio from Disney in 2007.
At 3:00 pm on February 29, 2008, Citadel Broadcasting changed the format of WJZW to oldies (True Oldies 105.9, DC's Greatest Hits). The smooth jazz format now exists on the station's HD Radio subchannel, and at SmoothJazzAmerica.com, launched by WJZW host Jay Lang on July 12, 2008.
On August 26, 2009, WJZW changed its format to classic rock (the second time the station had a classic rock format- the first time was the aforementioned WCXR-FM.) This time, the station was branded as "105.9 The Edge".
Since September 19, 2011, the station has operated as a full-time simulcast of sister station WMAL, one of the oldest surviving AM stations in the Washington, D.C. market.
*source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMAL-FM
Unused bumper sticker from 2006, sheet measures approximately 21 cm by 5.5 cm.
Front side: background: yellow; 92.5 KISS FM logo + slogan "Toledo's Real #1 Hit Music Channel."
Back side: Wendy's promotion/discount coupon.
92.5 KISS FM (WVKS) is a Clear Channel-owned station serving Toledo, Ohio, USA with a Top 40 (CHR) format; it is the most popular Toledo station in this format.
In 1988 previous call letter WMHE switched their format from Adult Contemporary to Top 40/CHR. To compete better with then rival 93Q (WRQN), the station dropped the call letters WMHE in favor of WVKS and moved to an Adult Top 40 presentation. Their slogan was "The Right Music, Right Now." The new "92.5 KISS FM" became a ratings powerhouse in Toledo (especially after WRQN left the CHR format to flip to Oldies in October 1991), consistently racking up 12+ shares in the double digits and challenging the market's longtime #1 station, country-formatted WKKO (K100).
In the mid-'90s the station was sold to Jacor Communications, and its dominance continued. WVKS left its original studio on Bancroft Street and moved downtown to the Superior Street studios of sister stations WRVF and WSPD in 1998 when Clear Channel took over operations. Shortly thereafter 92.5 KISS FM lost its individual identity and became part of Clear Channel's standard issue KISS format. In the late 1990s and early 2000s the station got more competition in the form of urban stations WJUC and WJZE in (March 2005) as well as another CHR station, Cumulus Media's WTWR-FM (Tower 98-3), which moved from Monroe, Michigan to achieve better coverage of the market; WTWR has since switched to adult contemporary music and re-focused on Monroe as "My 98-3" WMIM, leading WVKS to once again have the CHR format all to itself in Toledo. While no longer the ratings giant it was in the 1990s, 92.5 KISS FM remains among Toledo's top five most listened-to stations among all (12+) listeners.
*source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVKS
Unused bumper sticker from 2012, sheet measures approximately 19 cm by 9.5 cm.
Front side: background: white; 102.9 DRC-FM logo + slogan "Good Time Rock 'n Roll."
Back side: white.
Unused bumper sticker from 2001, sheet measures approximately 18.5 cm by 7 cm.
Front side: background: white; Oldies 102.9 DRC-FM logo.
Back side: white.
WDRC-FM, known as 102.9 DRC FM, is a radio station based in Bloomfield, Connecticut, USA, which primarily serves the Hartford market. DRC-FM broadcasts an oldies format, at a frequency of 102.9 MHz. Owned by Buckley Broadcasting, the station offers a late 1960s/early 1970s based oldies format mixing in moderate amounts of late 1970s music, a handful of 1980s songs, and a rather small helping of pre-1964 oldies—mostly during specialty shows such as that of 'Rockin' Ron Sedaille. The station has offered oldies for over 20 years but did lean classic hits during much of 2006.
WDRC-FM began broadcasting in stereo in September 1969. In 1973, the station began calling itself "Big D 103," and employed a Top 40 format. In 1977, the station flipped to album rock, with a much deeper playlist than its rivals, WCCC and WHCN. However, by 1979, the station leaned Rock/AC and than abruptly flipped back to Top 40, in early 1980. By 1984, WDRC-FM was an oldies based Adult Contemporary station but only played oldies on the weekends. Due to the positive feedback, in 1986 WDRC-FM became an oldies station full-time. At that point, the station focused on the hits of 1964 to 1969 with about four songs per hour from the 1955-63 era. The station also played about one song from the early 1970s per hour. The AM station also offered oldies until 1990. Core artists included The Beatles, The Four Seasons, Elvis Presley, Supremes, Everly Brothers, Temptations, The Hollies, Righteous Brothers, Dion, and many others. The station also had quite high ratings even being number one at least a few times.
The format continued throughout the 1990s and into the 21st Century virtually unchanged. In 2001, WDRC-FM began playing several songs from the 1970s per hour adding artists like Billy Joel, Doobie Brothers, Eagles, James Taylor, and others into the mix. At that time they were playing music from throughout the 1970s. The station also began adding about a dozen or so songs from the 1980s by oldies artists playing about one every couple hours. They also began decreasing music from the pre 1964 era.
In August 2000, WDRC-FM stopped using the "Big D 103" name and became known as Oldies 102.9 DRC-FM. The station stopped referring to themselves as oldies a short time later. They later completely eliminated all the pre 1964 oldies and added a lot of 1980s music to the mix, becoming more of a classic hits station. The station also became heavily based in the 1970s playing only a few 1960s songs per hour along with about the same amount of 1980s hits. They continued streaming more traditional oldies online to appease oldies fans.
In the winter of 2007, WDRC-FM slowly phased out most of the 1980s music, cutting that back to about one every couple hours. The station also increased the 1964 to 1969 product making those songs core hits once again on a gradual basis. The amount of 1970s music was cut back slightly to about 5 per hour. The station even brought back select songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, playing them about once every 90 minutes. By 2008, the station did begin increasing 1980s songs to about one per hour. Its HD-2 station now plays a blend of 1950s and 1960s oldies focusing on the pre-1964 era.
Currently, the main station identifies itself as "Good Time Rock 'n Roll", while occasionally throwing in the "Big D" moniker. Its music playlist is once again focused on 1960s from 1964 on, while also emphasizing 1970s hits and including a few 1980s songs. Jingles were also reintroduced in 2008. In late 2008, the station started adding reverb to the audio chain as well as improving the audio processing, thus improving the overall audio quality of the station.
*source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WDRC-FM
Unused bumper sticker from 1991, sheet measures approximately 19.3 cm by 6.3 cm.
Front side: background: sky blue; Power 95 logo.
Back side: white.
Power 95 was station identifier used by KHYI 94.9 FM in Dallas/Fort Worth, USA between April and October 1991. A name celebrated station's power increase from 33,000 Watt to 100,000 Watt signal and energetic format. On some days it could be picked up as far South as Houston and much of Southern Oklahoma.
KHYI was previously known as Y95 and had a very successful run from 1986-1991. Y95 was one of influential Top 40/CHR (Contemporary Hit Radio) mainstream format stations in the U.S. 94.9 is currently a Christian contemporary music station, 94.9 KLTY.
*source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLTY
Unused bumper sticker from 2012, sheet measures approximately 11 cm by 11 cm.
Front side: rounded corners, background: black; 538 logo
Back side: 538 website.
Unused bumper sticker from 2012, sheet measures approximately diameter 11 cm.
Front side: round; background: black; 538 dance department logo
Back side: 538 website.
538 (Dutch: vijf-drie-acht) is a Dutch commercial radio station aimed at young people. It has a broad format which includes Top 40, dance, R&B and recent hits. As of January–February 2012, the station has a daily audience reach in the 7:00–19:00 time period of 12%, putting it in first place. The regional broadcasting network from ORN Radio is on second place with 11,9%, the third place is for the public broadcaster Radio 2 with a share of 10%.
Radio 538 was founded in 1992 by a group of former Radio Veronica employees, led by Lex Harding. Transmissions began on 11 December 1992 from a villa in Bussum. The name Radio 538 is a reference to the wavelength (538 m) on which Radio Veronica was broadcast in the seventies.
Initially, from its start in 1992 until 1995, Radio 538 was available only via cable. A request to be allowed to broadcast over the air was rejected at that time. Following a media campaign during which 320,000 signatures were collected, Radio 538 got its over-the-air frequency in 1995 – or more precisely, a collection of several regional frequencies. In 2003, Radio 538 was granted a new nationwide frequency, 102 MHz (FM). Radio 538 had to pay €57 million for the new frequencies.
In 1995 Lex Harding started TMF (The Music Factory), a TV station, and Erik de Zwart became the new chairman of Radio 538. At the end of 2002 Erik de Zwart left to go to competitor Noordzee FM. Jan-Willem Brüggenwirth became the new chairman. In December 2003 Radio 538 was sold to Advent International, Lex Harding retaining 10% of the shares. In May 2005 Radio 538 was sold in its entirety to Talpa Media Holding, owned by Dutch media mogul John de Mol. In June 2007 De Mol sold the TV and radio assets of Talpa to RTL Nederland and became shareholder of RTL Nederland.
In 2011 Talpa worked together with Finnish media conglomerate Sanoma to buy the Dutch activities of SBS Broadcasting from German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Media. As part of that deal De Mol sold his shares in RTL Nederland to the RTL Group, retaining the ownership of Radio 538 and its sister stations Radio 10 Gold and SLAM!FM.
*source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/538_(radio_station)
Unused bumper sticker from 2010, sheet measures approximately 16.8 cm by 8.8 cm.
Front side: background: black; racetrack; WPLJ + text bubble: "Scott & Todd Mornings" logo.
Back side: WPLJ logo, website, Facebook fanpage, Twitter and phone number
Unused bumper sticker from 2005, sheet measures approximately 19.9 cm by 10.7 cm.
Front side: background: white; WPLJ logo, slogan.
Back side: white.
Unused bumper sticker from 1996, sheet measures approximately 17.7 cm by 7 cm.
Front side: background: black; diamond; WPLJ logo.
Back side: version 1: WPLJ logo, Scott & Todd and Rocky Allen; version 2: WPLJ logo, the 'PLJ different!
Unused bumper sticker from 1991, sheet measures approximately 16.7 cm by 7.6 cm.
Front side: background: black; Mojo Radio logo.
Back side: white.
95.5 WPLJ is a radio station in New York City owned by the broadcasting division of Cumulus Media. WPLJ currently plays an
Adult Top 40 music format, featuring Today's Best Music along with the
biggest hits of the 90's and 2000's. Kick off the listeners' mornings from 5 am to
10 am with "Scott & Todd In The Morning" starring Scott Shannon and
Todd Pettengill. Fun commentary on what's making headlines, song
parodies and Todd's famous "Phone Scams" can be heard daily, along with
News and Entertainment updates with Cooper Lawrence, Weather forecasts
from Channel 7's Meteorologist Bill Evans and Real Time traffic provided
by Joe Nolan. All day 95.5 PLJ keeps the music going and will keep the listeners
in the know on what's happening locally and nationally.
Back to February 14, 1971, WABC-FM New York were changed to WPLJ, which stood for 'White Port and Lemon Juice," an early 1950's R&B song by the Four Deuces, later covered by Frank Zappa.
WPLJ featured album-oriented rock (AOR) in the 1970's, which evolved into contemporary hit radio (CHR) by 1983. On December 17, 1987, calls were changed to WWPR ('World Wide Power Radio') and 95.5 became 'Power 95.' However, a year later, in December 21, 1988, calls were changed back to WPLJ and 'Power 95' was dropped. In 1989, WPLJ adopted the 'Mojo Radio' name and shifted to more of a Hot AC format.
Since 1991, the morning drive slot at WPLJ has been hosted by Scott Shannon and Todd Pettengill, and is known as the 'Scott and Todd Big Show'. It has about one million listeners per week
In January 1999, WPLJ abruptly moved to a Modern AC format, a variation of the Hot AC format. But, the Modern AC had peaked in 1997-98 and the station transitioned back to a Hot AC format, with its playlist consisting of songs from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.
In April 2009, WPLJ adopted a new slogan, "Scott and Todd in the Morning and Today's Best Music." A new logo was introduced in July. After years of playing 1980's music, WPLJ dropped 80's music in January 2012, and shifted their playlist towards more 1990's, 2000's and current music.
*source: WPLJ website, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPLJ.
Unused bumper sticker from 1990, sheet measures approximately 23.5 cm by 8.3 cm.
Front side: background: black; KNAC logo.
Back side: white.
KNAC is a Los Angeles, USA heavy metal FM radio station originally owned by Fred Sands that broadcast from January 8, 1986 at 105.5 MHz until February 15, 1995. However, KNAC was revived in 1998 as an internet based radio station.
The original KNAC was based in Long Beach, California and served Los Angeles and Orange counties on the FM band at a center frequency of 105.5 MHz. KNAC-FM had a variety of different formats. With a relatively weak radio signal and a small geographical area, KNAC never appeared in the Arbitron radio ratings. Outside the Los Angeles area, the station gained a huge following from heavy metal fans across the United States (via marketing and selling of t-shirts, stickers, compact discs, etc., with ads in heavy metal fan magazines). Before KNAC became popular under the heavy metal format, KNAC was branded as "The Knack."
In the late 1960s through the late 1970s, the Rock format KNAC ran was referred to as "freeform." A "freeform" radio format gives the on-air talent almost total control over what music to play, regardless of commercial concerns.
During the first half of the 1980s, KNAC ran an alternative music format. KNAC was known in the early 1980s as "Rock N Rhythm 105.5 KNAC," developed by program director and afternoon drive DJ Jimmy "The Saint" Christopher. KNAC had a reputation as a cutting-edge station that played music that would later be added to stations like KROQ-FM.
In 1984, Fred Sands purchased the radio station at a bankruptcy auction. Sands advertised in trade publications indicating his desire to hire a general manager with major market experience. Gary Price, an industry veteran, took the job and worked with Sands, who was intimately involved for the first year. With all the new improvements, Sands and Price recognized that KNAC needed a new sound as well. They selected a heavy metal format, targeting younger demographics. For the first time KNAC appeared in the Arbitron ratings and, once established, the station took in revenues of at least a million dollars per year. During the nine-year "Hard Rock" era, the KNAC program directors were Jimmy Christopher, Tom Marshall, Pam Edwards, Gregg Steele and Bryan Schock.
By early 1992, heavy metal was losing ground to the growing popularity of various "Alternative Subcultures." In trying to keep up with the times, KNAC began adding more music acts popular in the alternative music genre to its playlist rotation. While fans of the more adventurous and alternative earlier KNAC incarnation heralded a possible return to the previous format, many metal fans disliked KNAC's new sound, and the station, already in ratings trouble, saw further declines in audience shares.
In 1994, management announced that KNAC was being sold and was switching to a Spanish-language music format. Heavy metal fans began tuning in again to find that KNAC had returned to its metal format for the few last months. Once again, headbangers could hear the classic metal they had not heard in a while, like Megadeth or Saxon.
Finally, the last day, February 15, 1995, arrived. James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich of Metallica appeared as guests to show their support. The last song to be played on KNAC was Metallica's "Fade to Black". At 1:59 p.m., KNAC went off the air with a short farewell message from general manager Gary Price.
In 1998, under the guidance of record company promoter Rob Jones, Jr., a group of former KNAC staffers revived the station via Internet at KNAC.com, utilizing the relatively new technology of streaming audio. The music resembles that of the "halcyon days" of the 1980s, complete with the white-on-black KNAC logo and other on-air features.
*source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KNAC.
Unused bumper sticker from 2007, sheet measures approximately 15.2 cm by 10.6 cm.
Front side: background: white; 94X logo; + 2 small stickers; 94X logo.
Back side: Mr. Quick promotion/discount coupon.
CIRX-FM, branded as '94X' is a radio station in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada with a mainstream rock format at FM 94.3 MHz. 94X's slogan is 'Prince George Rock Station!'
The station was launched in 1983 with the call sign CIBC, and was later changed to CIRX (call letter meaning: 'Canadian Independent Radio X'). It had most of the time been Prince George's only rock station until 2003, when CKDV-FM (formerly CKPG-AM) launched with a classic rock format. By 2004, the station began moving towards an active rock/alternative rock format, but mellowed out by the late 2000s. As of 2011, due to CKDV-FM going to classic hits, CIRX-FM is the only rock station in Prince George.
*source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIRX-FM.
Unused bumper sticker from 2008, sheet measures approximately 15 cm by 10.2 cm.
Front side: oval; background: black; MOViN 92.5 logo and tagline 'Make You Feel Good.'
Back side: white.
KQMV (92.5 FM), known as "MOViN 92.5," is a Rhythmic-leaning CHR radio station serving Seattle-Tacoma area, Washington, USA. Call letters meaning: KQ MoVin'. MOViN 92.5's current slogan is "All The Hits."
KQMV signed on the air in November 1964 as KFKF-FM (and later became KBES). It flipped to Progressive Rock KZAM-FM in April 1975. The format was changed again on July 18, 1983 to Adult Contemporary as KLSY (92.5 KLSY). The station was challenged numerous times when various stations flipped to Adult Contemporary in the mid-1980s, as it was the most popular format at the time. It became the sister station of KRWM in the 1990s, which, like KLSY, also airs an adult contemporary format. From 1988 to 2004, it was home to "Murdock, Hunter and Alice", a popular live and local morning show. On February 1, 2002, at 9 AM, the station altered its format to Adult Top 40 and moniker to Mix 92-5, but retained the KLSY calls.
Ratings for "Mix" were never spectacular, most likely due to adult contemporary sister station KRWM musically overlapping "Mix", as well as morning drive time ratings failing after the departure of "MH&A" (they were replaced by Mitch Elliot and Lisa Foster, although Foster left the station in 2006).
On May 1, 2006, at 11 AM, "Mix" signed off. The station began stunting with songs with a "goodbye" or "farewell" theme, as well as playing slogans from various radio stations around the country (i.e. "The Best Songs of the 70s, 80s, 90s, and Today). At Noon, the station flipped to Rhythmic AC as "MOViN 92.5". This gave Seattle its first adult-targeted Rhythmic station in four years since the demise of KBTB (now KJR-FM) in 2002 (this format also aired on KBKS from 1996–1997). KQMV's first song as "MOViN" was The C+C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)". This is the first station that has used the "MOViN" branding, as being consulted by Alan Burns & Associates. KLSY changed call letters to KQMV on May 8, 2006, to match the new branding. Unlike KBKS' AC-leaning direction and KBTB's Rhythmic Oldies approach, KQMV featured a mix of Rhythmic Pop/Dance currents, Old School Hip Hop and R&B, Disco and Classic Dance hits in an Adult Top 40-like presentation, usually targets 25-44 females and positions itself between Rhythmic Top 40 KUBE, the aforementioned now-CHR KBKS, and non-commercial Dance Top 40 station KNHC (aka C-89.5). Over the years, KQMV slowly dropped most disco tracks and began emphasizing more currents and old-school Hip Hop, R&B, and Dance tracks from artists like Prince, Destiny's Child, and Janet Jackson.
Beginning in September 2009, the station began tightening its playlist by dropping most old-school tracks, and shifted towards an Adult-oriented Rhythmic CHR format, though not explicitly a Rhythmic AC like it had been. The amount of currents was heavily increased, though the station did retain some old-school (usually playing about 6 old-school songs per hour). As of November 18, 2010, KQMV completed its shift towards a conventional Rhythmic Contemporary direction with emphasis on current Rhythmic Pop/R&B hits.
In November 2013, Sandusky Radio sold its radio holdings in Seattle and Phoenix, Arizona to Hubbard Broadcasting.
*source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KQMV.
Unused bumper sticker from 1991, sheet measures approximately 18.7 cm by 7.5 cm.
Front side: background: black; 95ynf logo and tagline 'Tampa Bay's Home of Rock n' Roll' + 1 small sticker: 95ynf logo.
Back side: Checkers promo/discount coupon.
In 1976 the Tampa Bay automated Top 40 WLCY FM owned by Rahall Communications changed the stations call letters to WYNF, a convenient shorthand for 'Y-Ninety-Five' and branded it Y95 to become competitive with Q105 (WRBQ). Owning WYNF FM 94.9, WLCY AM 1380 and WLCY TV Channel 10 studios that were located in St. Petersburg at the Rahall Communications Center on Gandy Boulevard.
In 1978 the Rahall Communications sold WLCY TV Channel 10 so WYNF FM 94.9 moved to the old WLCY/WTSP building. Then in 1980 Rahall Communications sold WYNF FM 94.9 to Taft Broadcasting and moved to 504 Reo Street in Tampa, where there other station 1250 WDAE was located. WYNF FM 94.9 went from playing Top 40 to AOR and calling itself "The New 95". The station was later re-branded as "95ynf". Then later on Taft became Great American Broadcasting.
Then In 1985, Great American Broadcasting sold the 100,000 watt 95 WYNF to CBS Radio (Infinity Broadcasting) and relocated to 4th Street North in St. Petersburg at the Koger Executive Center... from here on the rest is rock n roll history. 95ynf dominated the Tampa bay area for AOR music. There morning show was second to none With Ron and Ron (Ron Diaz and Ron Bennington) and other on air jocks like Russ Albums, Charlie Logan, Don Capone, Scotty Phillips, Robert Reed, Nick Van Cleve and Program Director Carey Curelop and General manager Shawn Portmann at the helm. 95ynf The Home of Rock n Roll... 95ynf Tampa Bay's Rock n Roll Pirates... 95ynf Kick Ass Rock n Roll were all on-air monikers used by the station.
95ynf always ahead of the competition 97.9 WKRL, but then in the 90's corporate CBS Radio changed there game plan and forced 95ynf to go after WRBQ Q105 who at the time was playing rock and top 40 mix. This was a big mistake... The air staff and programming knew this was wrong.. but there hands were tied...Then CBS dropping the ball again with the departure of the number one morning show Ron n Ron... WKRL-FM changed its call letters to WXTB-FM and the start up of the New 98rock WXTB playing more aggressive music that focused on the core AOR audience, it was only a matter of time.
CBS Radio sold 95ynf to Cox Radio in 1993... the day the music died... Don Capone who did the last broadcast on 95ynf remembers hundreds of people in the parking lot of the radio station holding up lighters and candles in tribute... and so ends the Rock music and into warm soft & contemporary sounds of Cox Radio.
*source: http://www.95ynf.com/95ynf-history.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWRM
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