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Old March 1st 05, 05:16 AM
James W Anderson
 
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Darned good listing. Here are some more.

KTUC 'Tucson'.
KAIR old easy listening station. 'Drive with KAIR, Everywhere'.
KNST 'News Talk'. They tried for KNSI for 'News Sports Information'
but those had been snapped up two weeks before by a station in
Minnesota for the same format.
KGVY 'Green Valley'.
KRQQ 'Rock'. Goes by 'KRQ', often had promotions where listeners would
have to find the missing Q.
KWMT 'Mountain'. Others I've heard of include KUMT Centerville Salt
Lake. This one and the others before are all from Tucson at one time.

How about something hitting the fan?

KFNZ, KFFN, KFAN, and others.

KJQS 'Jocks', an all-Sports 'toilet' in Salt Lake. Never shows up in
the arbs.
KJQN went by 'KJQ' until recently, now it stands for 'Jack' like in
Jack-FM.
KIQN 'KIQ' News, Information and TEchnology'. Station went bankrupt
last year, now is KCPW AM, as an NPR/PRI/APM affiliate.

Stars: KSTJ, KSRR, multiple others.

KSOP. Just celebrated 50th anniversary, FM side was first country FM
in the nation. Both are still country, same owner even. Stands for
'Salt lake, Ogden,
Provo.

Magic: KBMG 'Magica 106.1' Evanston WY/Salt Lake (rimshot), supposedly
goes on with a tropical/Spanish pop hybrid tomorrow. Others. KMGX
(now KNST), KMGR, four stations in 17 years in Utah). KAMJ (now KZON).
Plenty of these to be had.

'The Zone'. KZON, KZNS, others.

Old 'Z-Rock' heavy metal format: KTZR 'Tucson's Z-Rock'. Now belongs
to Spanish hits station in Tucson.

WKRP anyone? We had a 'KRPN' that used a W before the official calls
in the early nineties. Oddly, they simulcasted KZHT for a while.
There were a few titters about the vulgar words you could also get out
of those two. But yes, broadcasters did call KZHT 'K-Zit' for a while
anyway. KZHT first appeared in 1989, and is still a CHR/Pop.