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Primarily old radio stuff...digitizing a few thousand airchecks one tape at a time.

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This week:

San Antonio | AAA/Americana KFAN “the Fan,” rhythmic top 40 KTFM “Hot 103”
Sacramento | classic rock KSEG “the Eagle”
New Orleans | hot AC WMXZ “Mix 95.7 WMIX”
Albany | top 40 WFLY “Fly 92”
Portsmouth NH | top 40 WERZ
Chico CA | top 40-rock KRFD “K100”

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August 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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#Radio This Week Back Then #76: August 10-16

D/FW: KEGL 97.1 "the Eagle" 1988, 1990, 1991
+ bonus KFJZ-FM "Z97" audio from 1980

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August 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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#Radio This Week Back Then #75
#Detroit | classic rock WLLZ 106.7 “Detroit’s Wheels” (2019)
#Allentown | rock WZZO 95.1 “Z95,” top 40 WHXT 99.9 “Hot 99.9” (1991)
Tyler/Longview | top 40-rock KKTX-FM/AM 96.1/1240 “Heart 96.1,” KPXI 100.7 “X100” (1991)

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July 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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#Radio This Week Back Then #74

Little Rock | classic hits KKPT “Point” (1994) + bonus KLPQ (1980)
Killeen | easy listening KNCT-FM (2019)
Montgomery | CHR WHHY “Y102” (1992)
Flagstaff/Prescott | easy listening KAHM (2019)
Dothan AL | CHR WKMX “KMX” (1992)
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July 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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#Radio audio, history, and musings from radio this week back then…

D/FW | modern rock KDGE “the Edge” (first day, 1989) adult hits KJKK “100.3 Jack FM” (first day, 2004)
San Francisco | country KSAN “94.9 K-San” sign-off and flip to R&B-dance KYLD “Wild” (1997)

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July 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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#Radio This Week Back Then #72: June 22-28

D/FW | dance KKDL “KDL” (2003)
#Ottawa | Modern rock CILV-FM “Live 88-5” (2008)
#Fresno | Rhythmic AC KSKS “Kiss” (1991)
Little Rock | CHR KZOU-FM/AM “Zoo 98” (1990)
#Shreveport | Rock KTUX “99X” (1994)

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June 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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#Tulsa #Radio Dial Scan June 2025
KTBT, KRQV, KWEN, KWEN-HD2, KRAV-FM, KMOD-FM, KVOO-FM, KXBL, KTSO, KJSR, KMYZ-FM, KJMM, KHTT, KTGX
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June 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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#Radio This Week Back Then #70

D/FW | rhythmic top 40 KRBV “Wild 100” first day (2001)
#Houston | modern AC KKPN “Planet” flip to regional Mexican “Estereo Latino” (1998), top 40-modern rock KRBE-FM (1995)
#Atlanta | country WKHX-FM “Kicks 101.5” (2001)

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May 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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#Radio This Week Back Then #69: May 18 1986

The top songs of the week counted down on...
CHR KZPS "Z92.5" #Dallas /Fort Worth
CHR KTKS "Kiss 106FM" Dallas/Fort Worth

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May 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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#Radio This Week Back Then May 11-17

#Philly | modern WUBA “Radio 104-5” first day (2007)
#Ottawa | CHR CFGO “Hot New Energy 1200” (1996)
#Tucson | CHR KRQQ “93.7KRQ” (1997)
#Omaha | rock CHR KXKT “the Kat” (1992)
Wichita Falls | CHR KNIN-FM “Rockin’ 92-9” (1990)

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May 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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#Radio This Week Back Then #67

#Houston | CHR KRBE-FM 104.1 (1997)
San Antonio | hot AC KSMG 105.3 “Magic 105.3” (1997)
Charleston SC | modern WAVF 96.1 “96 Wave” and AAA WALC 100.5 “100.5 the Drive” (2006)

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May 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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#Radio This Week Back Then Edition 65. Read and listen...

#Atlanta | top 40 WAPW “Power 99” (1990)
St Louis | modern rock KPNT “105.7 the Point, Everything Alternative” (2012)
#Cincinnati | top 40 WKRQ “Q102, Cincinnati’s Hit Music” (2019)

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April 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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#Radio This Week Back Then, No. 64:

#Chicago | classic rock WLUP-FM “the Loop,” modern rock WKQX “Q101” (2009)
#Savannah | hot AC WZAT “102-1 the Sound” (2018)

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April 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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#Radio audio, history, and musings from radio this week back then…

#Dallas / Fort Worth | AC KVIL-FM/AM (1991)
#Philadelphia | rhythmic CHR WIOQ “Q102, the Beat of Philadelphia” and adult R&B WDAS-FM (1997)

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April 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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#Radio This Week Back Then #62

#Nashville | CHR WYHY “Y107” (1993)
Madison | CHR WTFX “94-1 the Fox” (1991)…plus later WJJO changeover
Fort Walton Beach | CHR-rock-classic rock WWSF-FM “98 Surf FM” (1993)

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April 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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#Radio This Week Back Then, No. 59

#Dallas/Fort Worth | rhythmic CHR KRBV “Hot 100” (first day, 1999)
#Pittsburgh | CHR WBZZ “B94” (1992)
#Youngstown | rock WHOT-FM “Hot 101, the Original Rock & Roll” (1992)
#Lubbock | hot AC KRLB-FM (1996)

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March 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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#Radio This Week Back Then #58:

Columbus OH | adult hits WJKR 103.9 “Jack FM” (2017)
#Memphis | R&B WMPW 98.9 “Power 99” (2005)
#Fresno | rhythmic CHR KBOS 94.9 “B95” (1988)
#Knoxville | AAA WOKI-FM 100.3 “100.3 the River” (2005)

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March 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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#Radio This Week Back Then #57: February 23-March 1

New York | CHR WPLJ 95.5 “95-5PLJ” (1992)
San Diego | modern KFSD-FM 92.1 “92-1 Premium Radio” (2002)
Jacksonville | CHR WAPE 95.1 (2019)
Killeen/Temple | CHR KTQN 106.3 “Q106” (1988)

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February 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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This week...

Miami | soft AC WFEZ “Easy 93.1”
Frederick MD | top 40 WZYQ “Z104”
Bryan/College Station | country KAGG “Aggie 96”
Monroe | top 40 KNOE-FM “All Hits FM102”
El Dorado AR | AC KLBQ “Q99”

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February 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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#Radio This Week Back Then #55

Washington | CHR WAVA 105.1’s farewell
San Antonio | rhythmic CHR KTFM 102.7 “Hot KTFM 103,” oldies KSMG 105.3 “Magic 105FM”
Syracuse | CHR WWHT 107.9 “Hot 107.9”

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February 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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#Radio This Week Back Then, #49

#Sydney | cls rock 2MMM, CHR 2WFM
#Manchester | Gold-based AC Piccadilly
Reading | CHR 2-Ten FM
New Orleans | CHRs WQUE, WEZB, R&B WYLD-FM, rock CHR WRNO-FM, AC WLTS
#Shreveport | CHR KMBQ
Jackson | CHRs WTYX, WQMV

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January 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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KAPN 107.3/K272FK 102.3 Bryan/College Station looks like they switched networks for their classic hits format. First time I've seen a local radio station website highlight the on-air team is *not* local and rather shows what far away city each DJ broadcasts from...
December 28, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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#Radio This Week Back Then, #47

#Honolulu | rhythmic CHR KIKI-FM “I94” (1994)
Beaumont/Port Arthur | rock CHR KIOC “Power Hits K106” (1993)
Bryan/College Station | CHR KKYS “104.7 Kiss FM” (1991)

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December 21, 2024 at 1:29 AM
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Working on the next RTWBT (#46) and this week back in 2016 I was in Iceland. Re-listening to what I recorded, I'd forgotten about Gull Bylgjan 90.9 ("the Golden Wave") and it's Icelandic take on the soft oldies format. It dug way back...28-52 year old songs in 2016 for its own "wow factor." #radio
December 1, 2024 at 11:03 PM