Radio Station T-shirts (2015-2018)

*Some t-shirts of American and Aussie stations

In the photo above are some of my radio station t-shirts collection.. from 101.1 WCBS FM, 94.7 The Wave, 92.3 AMP Radio, Mix 92.9, Fresh 102.7, ABC 774 Melbourne, 94.1 KMPS and 94.5 KTI Country.

Other t-shirts: https://radiostickers.blogspot.com/2019/03/radio-station-t-shirts-2005-2015.html

iHeartRadio, USA (2019)

Unused bumper sticker from the 2019, sheet measures approximately diameter 7.5 cm. 
Front side: round; background: black; iHeartRadio logo.
Back side: white.


iHeartRadio is a free broadcast and internet radio platform owned by iHeartMedia, Inc It was founded in April 2008 as the website iheartmusic.com. As of 2017, iHeartRadio functions as a music recommender system and is the national umbrella brand for iHeartMedia's radio network aggregating its over 850 local iHeartMedia radio stations across the United States, as well as hundreds of other stations from various other media (with companies such as Cumulus Media, Cox Radio and Beasley Broadcast Group also utilizing this service). In addition, the service includes thousands of podcasts and now also offers on demand functionality and is the only service that allows listeners to save and replay songs right from live broadcast radio to their digital playlists. The on demand features require a subscription fee. iHeartRadio is available across more than 90 device platforms including online, via mobile devices, and on some video-game consoles.

iHeartRadio launched national-branded marquee events starting with the inaugural iHeartRadio Music Festival in 2011. Other major iHeartRadio events include the iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina, iHeartCountry Festival, the nationwide iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour, iHeartSummer’17 Weekend and the iHeartRadio Music Awards, which generated 165 billion social media impressions. iHeartRadio regularly hosts concerts at the iHeartRadio Theaters in Los Angeles and New York.

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

Radio Station T-shirts (2005 - 2015)

*Some t-shirts of American station and show

In the photo above are some of my radio station t-shirts collection.. from WGCI, 99.5 KISS, WPLJ, Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 show, ESPN Deportes, i93, Z100 and The Ticket SportsRadio.

Besides sticker, t-shirt is also one of the promotional items commonly used by radio station.

Some of the advantages of having custom t-shirt designs for radio stations are..

1) Walking Billboards – Billboards may sound a thing of the past in this age of digital advertising, but they are very much here. Custom t-shirt designs act as walking billboards for radio station but are a lot cheaper. T-shirts with station's logo or brand name can offer great visibility to radio station's business in a very cost-effective way.

2) Great Conversation Starters – Do you remember any time when you wore a branded t-shirt and people did not comment on it or had a discussion on the company? Possibly not! By simply wearing radio station's brand’s t-shirt, radio station can attract many people that want to talk about the station or the brand out of curiosity. This is powerful marketing! It will be easier to convey the message of radio station through these t-shirts by the way of logos and taglines.

3) Visual Impact – Visual appeal matters a lot! Visuals are processed 60,000 times faster than text by a human brain. Also, content with visuals gets 94% more total views. So, a custom t-shirt with a professional logo design and a catchy tagline will prove to be visually stimulating. The people who see radio station's branded t-shirts are likely to remember radio station's business for a long time.

4) Not Such A Costly Affair!
Radio station don’t necessarily have to have a big budget for this one. The custom t-shirts are inexpensive as compared to other marketing techniques. All station need is a blank t-shirt design and fill it up with branding elements of radio station, be it station's logo, slogan, or any other graphics.

KTRH 740 AM, Houston (1986, 1988)

Unused bumper sticker from the 1986, sheet measures approximately 25.7 cm by 7.3 cm. 
Front side: background: black, maroon, dark yellow; Houston Rockets logo and text: KTRH 740 AM "Unbeatable!".
Back side: brown; "Win Rockets Tickets" promo and "Stick It & Win" form.


KTRH 740 AM is a commercial radio station in Houston, Texas, United States. In the 1980s KTRH was the flagship radio home of the Houston Rockets. a professional basket ball team based in Houston. KTRH was also radio home of Houston Oilers (American football team) and Houston Astros (baseball team).

Unused bumper sticker from the 1988, sheet measures approximately 14 cm by 10 cm. 
Front side: shaped; background: white; basket ball shoes, Houston Rockets logo, and text: KTRH 740 AM.
Back side: "Win Rockets Tickets" with KTRH NewsRadio 740 AM promo and "Ron Carter Chevrolet" voucher.

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

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

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.

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.”