Thursday, January 17, 2019

X103.9 KCXX, Riverside/San Bernardino (2006-2014)

*Some stickers of X103.9, Riverside/San Bernardino

On January 1, 1995, KAEV in Riverside/San Bernardino, California, USA became KCXX and ended its simulcast with KACE by flipping to Alternative Rock as "X103.9", with the first song played being "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails (this matched WLUM's post-1995 programming direction).2015 marked KCXX's 20th (and, as it would turn out, last) year as an Alternative Rock station.

On December 21, 2015, KCXX announced it would end its alternative format the following morning after two decades, citing falling ratings and increased Internet music services for the reasoning behind the change. On December 22, 2015, at 7 a.m., after playing "Snuff" by Slipknot, KCXX flipped to Rhythmic Hot AC as "Hot 103.9." The first song on "Hot" was "Time of Our Lives" by Pitbull. The station changed its call sign to KHTI on the same day as the flip. An automated alt-rock format continued as a separate mobile app under the former X103.9 brand, but the mobile app has been removed from app store from Google and Apple as of May 2018.


*source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KHTI

Monday, January 14, 2019

Radio 24, Switzerland (1990s-2000s)

*Some stickers of Radio 24, Switzerland

Radio 24 was founded by Roger Schawinski. Operated since November 1979, from Pizzo Groppera (Italy) broadcasted around 130 km of distance, the strongest privately operated FM station in the world, right into the Zurich area. At the time, the law did not foresee the operation of private radio stations in Switzerland. 
On 22 January 1982, the editorial team was finally relocated to Zurich and obtained a broadcasting license.

Currently Radio 24 is the second largest private radio station in Switzerland. Since 2018, CH Media, a joint venture of the NZZ-Mediengruppe and AZ Medien, is the owner of Radio 24. CH Media started operations on October 1, 2018.

source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_24

Hot 92 Jamz, Los Angeles (2002)

VERY-VERY RARE!!! Unused bumper sticker from the 2002, sheet measures approximately 19 cm by 7.5 cm. 
Front side: shaped; background: maroon chrome; Hot 92 Jamz logo.
Back side: Hot 92 Jamz Funkateers promo.


On August 9, 2001, KCMG Los Angeles changed its call letters to KHHT, re-branded as "Hot 92 Jamz" (and few years latter branded as "Hot 92.3"), and shifted to more of an urban AC format. However, KHHT was not a typical urban AC station; this station was one of the first urban AC's to play more old school/classic soul, the more mainstream-level R&B (barely-to-not playing neo-soul at all) and some rhythmic and Latino pop/R&B songs to cater to the Hispanic and Asian audiences that listen to R&B music in particular. In this way, KHHT's playlist structure was the inspiration for other urban AC markets in the western half of the U.S. such as sister stations in KISQ San Francisco, KSYU Albuquerque, and KHYL Sacramento.

*source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRRL

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

DRS Virus, Switzerland (2000s)

*Some stickers of DRS Virus, Switzerland

DRS Virus, a youth-oriented channel of the national broadcaster DRS. Schweizer Radio: Radio der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz (SR DRS) (English: Swiss Radio: Radio of the German and Romansh Switzerland) (SR GRS) is a company of SRG SSR.

SR DRS own six radio stations (DRS 1, DRS 2, DRS 3, DRS Musikwelle, DRS Virus, and DRS 4 News), which in German-speaking Switzerland has a market share of over 60 percent.

DRS Virus was launched in 1999. On 1 January 2011, Schweizer Fernsehen (SF) and Schweizer Radio DRS began the process of merging the two entities into Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). On 16 December 2012, the merger was complete, with SF and SR DSR adopting the SRF name to their television and radio stations.

KLTY, Dallas (1989 - 2007)

*Some stickers of KLTY Dallas

Call letters KLTY re-established on April 20, 1989 at 94.1 FM (calls originally established in 1985 at 94.9 FM). KLTY was even-traded for KJRT/KGDE in 2000.

KLTY was on 100.7 FM from January 2000 to December 2000, and was owned by Sunburst until it was sold to Salem. Salem swapped the Christian talk format that had been on 94.9 FM for nearly two and a half years known as "The Word", and placed the popular KLTY on a 94.9 signal while "The Word" went to 100.7. This placed the KLTY call letters back on its original frequency.

Monday, January 7, 2019

94.1 KMPS, Seattle (1989 - 2015)

*Some stickers of KMPS FM Seattle

A heritage country station in Seattle, 94.1 KMPS (previously branded as "94 Country KMPS").

KMPS has been synonymous with country music in the Pacific Northwest since 1975, when it began its life at 1300 kHz. KMPS was a CBS Radio station.

On November 17, 2017 Entercom officially closed on its purchase of CBS Radio. With that, Entercom made immediate changes at three radio stations in some of the nation’s top markets, with Alternative replacing Top 40 at stations in New York and Dallas and a Rhythmic AC format supplanting a Classic Hits station in Chicago.

While this was taking place, Entercom took heritage Country station KMPS-FM 94.1 in Seattle all-Christmas, making it the third station in the market to air all-holiday tunes (on December 2017). Now, a new station branded “94.1 The Sound.