{"id":5230,"date":"2012-06-28T17:32:57","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T21:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=5230"},"modified":"2023-04-29T08:34:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T12:34:24","slug":"bumper-stickers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2012\/06\/bumper-stickers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bumper Stickers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I found this box of bumper stickers at a transmitter site the other day. And you might say “A box of bumper stickers, wow.” which would be nearly identical to the reaction I had. But then I started looking through them and realized that many were from the eighties and early nineties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is sort of like a way-back radio promotions time machine.\u00a0 On the back of most of these bumper stickers, there is some type of offer; 10% off, $2.00 off, etc from different local businesses.\u00a0 You remember those things; tire repair shops, miniature golf, non-chain restaurants, and fast food places, retail stores that aren’t Walmart, and so on.\u00a0 There were several that had bumper sticker spotting contests, including one, where if the bumper sticker was spotted covering another radio station’s bumper sticker, they would stop you on the spot and give you $1,500.00.\u00a0 Now that is exciting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I picked a few of the more interesting examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Radio Station bumper stickers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Being an engineer and coming upon new, unknown data, I decided to quantify it.  Therefore I made a spreadsheet of all the different radio stations and any other information I could find on the back of the bumper sticker:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Call Sign or Identifier<\/td>Frequency<\/td>Location<\/td>Date<\/td><\/tr>
92 MOO<\/td>92 FM<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
94.9 ZHT<\/td>94.9 Mhz<\/td>Colorado<\/td>1998<\/td><\/tr>
B.Rock<\/td>97.7 MHz<\/td>?<\/td>?<\/td><\/tr>
B96<\/td>96 FM<\/td>Chicago, IL<\/td>1990<\/td><\/tr>
CFX-95<\/td>95 FM<\/td>Central Michigan<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
FM 96<\/td>96 FM<\/td>Montreal, QC<\/td>1985<\/td><\/tr>
Groove 103.1<\/td>103.1 MHz<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KAKS KISS 108<\/td>108 FM<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KATD<\/td>95.3 FM<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KAT-FM<\/td>92.9 MHz<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KATT<\/td>100.5 MHz<\/td>Oklahoma City, OK<\/td>1988<\/td><\/tr>
KBBY<\/td>95 FM<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KBOO<\/td>90.7 MHz<\/td>Portland, OR<\/td>1986<\/td><\/tr>
KBPI<\/td>105.9 MHz<\/td>Colorado<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KCFO<\/td>102 FM<\/td>??<\/td>1984<\/td><\/tr>
KCFX<\/td>101 FM<\/td>Overland Park, KS<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KDKA<\/td>1020 KHz<\/td>Pittsburgh, PA<\/td>1986<\/td><\/tr>
KEDG<\/td>103.5 MHz<\/td>Kern County?<\/td>1993<\/td><\/tr>
KENO AM Stereo<\/td>1460 KHz<\/td>Las Vegas, NV<\/td>1988<\/td><\/tr>
KEGL<\/td>97.1 MHz<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KFMG<\/td>107.9 MHz<\/td>San Diego<\/td>1983<\/td><\/tr>
KGBX<\/td>1260 AM<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KHIP<\/td>93.5 MHz<\/td>San Francisco, CA<\/td>Early 80\u2019s<\/td><\/tr>
KHTR<\/td>103 FM<\/td>St. Louis, MO<\/td>1983<\/td><\/tr>
KIIS<\/td>102.7 MHz<\/td>Los Angeles, CA<\/td>1988<\/td><\/tr>
KISS 108 FM<\/td>108 FM<\/td>Medford, MA<\/td>1992<\/td><\/tr>
KLBS<\/td>1330 KHz<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KLZX<\/td>93 FM<\/td>??<\/td>1989<\/td><\/tr>
KMEL<\/td>106.1 MHz<\/td>CA?<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KMEL<\/td>106 FM<\/td>CA?<\/td>1990<\/td><\/tr>
KMET<\/td>94.7 MHz<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KMGX<\/td>104 FM<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KMJI<\/td>100 FM<\/td>Englewood, CO<\/td>1986<\/td><\/tr>
KNCI<\/td>98.5 MHz<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KOMP<\/td>92.3 MHz<\/td>Las Vegas, NV<\/td>1986<\/td><\/tr>
KOUL<\/td>103.7 Mhz<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KPXI<\/td>100.7 MHz<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KRKO<\/td>1380 KHz<\/td>??<\/td>1990<\/td><\/tr>
K-Rock<\/td>1310 AM Stereo<\/td>Albuquerque, NM<\/td>1989<\/td><\/tr>
KRQR<\/td>97.3 MHz<\/td>San Francisco, CA<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KSHE<\/td>95 FM<\/td>St. Louis, MO<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KSHE<\/td>95 ?<\/td>St. Louis, MO<\/td>1995<\/td><\/tr>
KTAR<\/td>620 KHz<\/td>Phoenix, AZ<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KTYD<\/td>99.9 MHz<\/td>??<\/td>1984<\/td><\/tr>
KUFO<\/td>98 FM<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KVIL<\/td>103.7 MHz<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KXOJ<\/td>100.9 MHz<\/td>??<\/td>2000<\/td><\/tr>
KXXX<\/td>105.3 MHz<\/td>Dane County?<\/td>1990<\/td><\/tr>
KYMS<\/td>106.3 FM<\/td>CA ??<\/td>1986<\/td><\/tr>
KYNK<\/td>1430 AM<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KYST Radio Alegria<\/td>920 KHz<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KZOK<\/td>102.5 FM<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KZST<\/td>100 FM<\/td>Santa Rosa, CA<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
KZZP<\/td>104.7 MHz<\/td>??<\/td>1989<\/td><\/tr>
Pirate Radio<\/td>100.3 MHz<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
Pirate Radio 100.3<\/td>100.3 MHz<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
Power 104<\/td>104 FM<\/td>Huntsville, AL<\/td>1986<\/td><\/tr>
Power 106 FM<\/td>106 FM<\/td>Los Angeles, CA<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
Q-105 & 1380 AM<\/td>105 FM\/1380 AM<\/td>Tampa, FL<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
Q-106.5<\/td>106.5 Mhz<\/td>St. Louis, MO<\/td>1989<\/td><\/tr>
Q-94<\/td>94 FM<\/td>Cookeville, TN<\/td>1983<\/td><\/tr>
Rock 103<\/td>103 FM<\/td>Memphis, TN<\/td>1984<\/td><\/tr>
Rock 105<\/td>105.9MHz<\/td>Nashville, TN<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
Rock 107<\/td>107 FM<\/td>PA<\/td>1983<\/td><\/tr>
Top 106 FM<\/td>106 FM<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
TV-69<\/td>Channel 69<\/td>Gainesville, FL<\/td>1986<\/td><\/tr>
WAAF<\/td>107 FM<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WAIL<\/td>99.5 FM<\/td>Key West, FL<\/td>1987<\/td><\/tr>
WALK<\/td>97.5 Mhz<\/td>Long Island, NY<\/td>1992<\/td><\/tr>
WAPE<\/td>95 FM<\/td>Orlando<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WAZY 96 \u00bd<\/td>96.5 MHz<\/td>??<\/td>1990<\/td><\/tr>
WBAP<\/td>820 Khz<\/td>Dallas, TX<\/td>1986<\/td><\/tr>
WBFG<\/td>97.7 MHz<\/td>Effingham, IL<\/td>1987<\/td><\/tr>
WBT<\/td>1110 KHz<\/td>Charlotte, NC<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WCBW<\/td>105 FM<\/td>St Louis, MO<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WCCC<\/td>106.9 Mhz<\/td>Hartford, CT<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WCKX<\/td>106.3 MHz<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WCNX<\/td>1150 KHz<\/td>Middletown, CT<\/td>1984<\/td><\/tr>
WCUZ<\/td>101.3 FM\/1230 AM<\/td>Greenville, SC<\/td>1987<\/td><\/tr>
WDVE<\/td>102.5 MHz<\/td>Pittsburgh, PA<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WGN<\/td>720 KHz<\/td>Chicago, IL<\/td>1986<\/td><\/tr>
WHHU Y-102<\/td>102 FM<\/td>??<\/td>1988<\/td><\/tr>
WHLY<\/td>106 FM<\/td>Orlando, FL<\/td>1986<\/td><\/tr>
WHTZ Z-100<\/td>100 FM<\/td>New York, NY<\/td>Early 90\u2019s<\/td><\/tr>
WIYY<\/td>98 FM<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WIZN<\/td>106.7 Mhz<\/td>Burlington, VT<\/td>1990<\/td><\/tr>
WJMX<\/td>106 FM<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WJZM<\/td>1400 AM<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WKLH<\/td>96 FM<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WKVT<\/td>92.7 Mhz<\/td>Vermont<\/td>1992<\/td><\/tr>
WLIZ<\/td>98.7 Mhz<\/td>Detroit, MI<\/td>1985<\/td><\/tr>
WLLZ<\/td>98.7 FM<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WMAS<\/td>95 FM<\/td>Springfield, MA<\/td>1990<\/td><\/tr>
WMAS<\/td>1450 AM<\/td>Springfield, MA<\/td>1990<\/td><\/tr>
WMJQ<\/td>102 FM<\/td>Gainesville, FL<\/td>1993<\/td><\/tr>
WMLI<\/td>96.3 Mhz<\/td>Dane County ?<\/td>1989<\/td><\/tr>
WMMQ<\/td>92.7 MHz<\/td>Lansing, MI<\/td>1985<\/td><\/tr>
WMMS<\/td>100.7 MHz<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WNEW<\/td>102.7 FM<\/td>New York, NY<\/td>1989<\/td><\/tr>
WNFI I-100<\/td>100 FM<\/td>Ormond Beach, FL<\/td>1984<\/td><\/tr>
WOVR<\/td>103 FM<\/td> <\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WPSC<\/td>88.7 (TV-6)<\/td>Wayne, NJ<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WQUT<\/td>101 FM<\/td>??<\/td>1986<\/td><\/tr>
WQXM<\/td>98 FM<\/td>Tampa, FL<\/td>1983<\/td><\/tr>
WRKT<\/td>104 FM\/1300 AM<\/td>Broward co, FL<\/td>1984<\/td><\/tr>
WRO<\/td>95 FM<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WRQK<\/td>107 FM<\/td> <\/td>1986<\/td><\/tr>
WRRO<\/td>1440 KHz<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WRSI<\/td>95.3 FM<\/td>Greenfield, MA<\/td>1985<\/td><\/tr>
WRX<\/td>103.7 Mhz<\/td>??<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
WSHO SHO Radio<\/td>98.3\/103.5 FM<\/td>Schenectady, NY<\/td>1989<\/td><\/tr>
XX FM 95<\/td>95 MHz<\/td>Honolulu, HI<\/td>1986<\/td><\/tr>
Y-95<\/td>95 FM<\/td>St. Louis, MO<\/td>1988<\/td><\/tr>
Z-100<\/td>100 FM<\/td>New York, NY<\/td>??<\/td><\/tr>
Zeta 94.9<\/td>94.9 FM<\/td>??<\/td>1987<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, if anyone is interested in any of these, contact me off line.  There were some other, generic stickers like “Good times, Great Oldies” that did not have any identifying information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I found this box of bumper stickers at a transmitter site the other day. And you might say “A box of bumper stickers, wow.” which would be nearly identical to the reaction I had. But then I started looking through them and realized that many were from the eighties and early nineties. It is sort … Continue reading Bumper Stickers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[156,248],"class_list":["post-5230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-off-topic","tag-promotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5230"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11583,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230\/revisions\/11583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}