What were the radio stations of your youth that helped you on your music/audio journey?


I am older so my radio stations of influence were in their prime during the British invasion and many, many American singers and groups.  
The stations I listen to the most were WLS out of Chicago, KIOA out of Des Moines, KAAY out of Little Rock, Arkansas and KOMA  out of Oklahama.  When I was in the Air Froce I had a few stations near the main base I was stationed at outside of Rapid City, S.D.  
Of course systems and better and better systems and FM became the dominate source for broadcast/online music.  I did learn much of what I liked and eventually purchased through early radio listening.
I still listen to radio mainly for Jazz stations and NPR news. 

jusam
CKLW "The Big 8" out of Windsor,Ontario with a transistor radio,
upon acquiring my first fm tuner, WABX, WRIF (may have been WXYZ at the time) and later WWWW (W4) all out of Detroit. It was a great time for fm radio. WRIF and CKLW are still operating to this day.CKLW is now am800, talk and news.
WKBW Buffalo, NY. Tommy Shannon was the top DJ. They always had the top hits of the day 50's and 60's as soon as they were released.
Mostly college and/or public radio stations for me:

WRAS - Atlanta (Georgia State) 
KUT - Austin (Univ of TX)
WDET - Detroit (Wayne State)
KBAC - Santa Fe ("Radio Free Santa Fe")
WFCF - St Augustine (Flagler College)

I've seen CKLW in Detroit & Windsor, Canada mentioned frequently. Many years ago at SXSW, they showed a documentary about that station called: "Radio Revolution - The Rise and Fall of the Big 8." It was excellent and I highly recommend it (you don't have to be from Detroit to enjoy this one). Hopefully it is still in print.