"Steve Sobol" wrote in message
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| G.T. Tyson wrote:

| only after it was pointed out to the FCC that Mary Tyler Moore
| Productions was neither a permittee, nor a licensee. Therefore, the
| 'hold' on the calls WKRP, from the TV series "WKRP in Cincinnati", was
| null and void. None of the invited TV cast members accepted an
| invitation to the opening ceremonies where the first record was
| unintentionally played at the wrong speed.

| Another side note: Apparently one of the creators of "WKRP In
| Cincinnati" worked at WQXI in Atlanta during its Top 40 glory days and
| based the show and several characters on his memories of it.

| Leads me to wonder whether Q102 (WKRQ-FM Cincinnati) was named after the show.
| I've wondered for a long time whether the calls were based on the show or
| whether it was the other way around.

As I've always loved this show (inasmuch as it had its own Ginger/Mary Ann
debate....Bailey - Jennifer) I can tell you that the connections to Cincinatti
radio ran deep. Not only WQXI, but also WLW and WKRC. But WKRQ (the last two
letters suggesting Rock, which of course was the format then, and probably
still) was simply a variant of the AM, WKRC, and both stations were owned by
Taft (as in the President, and descendents, including Senator Robert)
Broadcasting, which it'd owned for many, many years. So in this case WKRP was,
at best, suggested by the previous knowledge of WKRC/WKRQ. I'm sure there's a
fan website out there that is more accurate and expansive than my memories of
it.
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