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WCBS AM radio was originally licensed to Springfield Illinois but when the CBS radio network was formed, a deal was made to change the call letters in Springfield so New York could get WCBS. The Springfield calls were changed to WCVS and until the 1980's the station logo included an asterisk over the V and a small print addition at the bottom to say 'formerly WCBS'. WTMC in Ocala Florida, the first radio station there, stood for Welcome To Marion County. Calls were changed in the nineties. WXCV FM in Crystal River, Florida calls were invented by one of the owners. Because the station was at 95 on the FM dial, roman numberals were used for 95. XC=90 V=5 WHBO AM in Tampa Bay was designed to spell out Hillsborough, the county of license. WAFC in Clewiston Florida was picked by one of the founders from the AFC switch (automatic freq control??) located on the front panel of the GE Super Radio unit. WSMD (long since gone) in Chicago was a jazz station that supposedly stood for Smack Dab in the Middle as they were in the middle of the FM dial (exact freq I dont recall, but around 98) |
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Steve Sobol wrote:
Followups set to rrb only, because I don't know how applicable this is to shortwave. Cleveland stations: WNCX -- "North Coast" WCLV -- "Cleveland" WUAB -- "United Artists Broadcasting" WKBF -- "Kaiser Broadcasting" (looong defunct) others, that I'd have to think on -- I haven't lived in Cleveland in 15 years. -- Eric F. Richards "The weird part is that I can feel productive even when I'm doomed." - Dilbert |
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Steve Sobol wrote:
Followups set to rrb only, because I don't know how applicable this is to shortwave. Could be very applicable, as in the case of HCJB "Heralding Christ Jesus' Blessings" in Ecuador. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Kristopher Chase wrote:
WCBS AM radio was originally licensed to Springfield Illinois but when the CBS radio network was formed, a deal was made to change the call letters in Springfield so New York could get WCBS. The Springfield calls were changed to WCVS and until the 1980's the station logo included an asterisk over the V and a small print addition at the bottom to say 'formerly WCBS'. WTMC in Ocala Florida, the first radio station there, stood for Welcome To Marion County. Calls were changed in the nineties. WXCV FM in Crystal River, Florida calls were invented by one of the owners. Because the station was at 95 on the FM dial, roman numberals were used for 95. XC=90 V=5 WHBO AM in Tampa Bay was designed to spell out Hillsborough, the county of license. WAFC in Clewiston Florida was picked by one of the founders from the AFC switch (automatic freq control??) located on the front panel of the GE Super Radio unit. WSMD (long since gone) in Chicago was a jazz station that supposedly stood for Smack Dab in the Middle as they were in the middle of the FM dial (exact freq I dont recall, but around 98) WLBE for Leesburg-Eustis (Florida) -- Beware of those who post from srvinet.com! Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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Kristopher Chase wrote:
WSMD (long since gone) in Chicago was a jazz station that supposedly stood for Smack Dab in the Middle as they were in the middle of the FM dial (exact freq I dont recall, but around 98) The Chicagoland Radio History web pages at (check it out for just about anything in Chicago area broadcast history) http://www.angelfire.com/nm/negativfan/callhistory.html give the answer to this question: Quoting from their pages: WSDM -- was on 97.9, "Smack Dab in the Middle" from the mid-60s to 1976, when the all-female ez/jazz station was thrown for a WLUP. Presently the call is being used in Brazil, IN. Charlie the old engineer -- To respond by Email remove never- from address |
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Eric F. Richards wrote:
Steve Sobol wrote: Followups set to rrb only, because I don't know how applicable this is to shortwave. Cleveland stations: WNCX -- "North Coast" WCLV -- "Cleveland" I forgot about those. Actually, WNCX = "North Coast eXpress to Rock and Roll" and that's how they ID'd themselves when they signed on in 1987. WUAB -- "United Artists Broadcasting" WKBF -- "Kaiser Broadcasting" (looong defunct) These, I didn't know about. others, that I'd have to think on -- I haven't lived in Cleveland in 15 years. Lessee, there are a couple more. KKJZ Long Beach, California - "K-Jazz", simulcasting on KUOR Redlands, owned by the University of Redlands. KKJZ is licensed to Cal State, Long Beach, IIRC. Apropos of WCLV, Los Angeles's classical station is KMZT 105.1, "K-Mozart." Los Angeles also has Kiss 102.7 (KIIS) and "Coast" 103.5 (KOST). -- JustThe.net - Apple Valley, CA - http://JustThe.net/ - 888.480.4NET (4638) Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / / PGP: 0xE3AE35ED "In case anyone was wondering, that big glowing globe above the Victor Valley is the sun." -Victorville _Daily Press_ on the unusually large amount of rain the Southland has gotten this winter (January 12th, 2005) |
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Steve Sobol had written:
| | No, don't be! I was just curious, because we have this discussion once every | year or two. In fact, I'll add some... Yes, it's a waste of time, but it's a *fun* waste of time! So here goes: San Francisco area: KSFO - from the airport abbreviation (KSFO) KNBR - from previous ownership by NBC (presumably NB(C) Radio) KCBS - from current (sort-of) ownership KCBC - actually in the Modesto market, owned by Crawford Broadcasting Company (CBC) KGO -- supposedly, "General (Electric) Oakland", from its original owner and city of license (also on KGO-TV) KABL - was at 960 kHz, now exiled to a suburban East Bay FM signal, meant to evoke the "cable" cars, complete with cable-car bells! KIQI - originally KIOI, after its dial position at 1010 kHz. Similarly, KIOI(FM) is at 101.3, but Clear Channel trashed the longtime "K-101" moniker for the cookie-cutter "Star 101-3" KTCT - "The Ticket" but now often simulcasts KNBR KFAX - an early 1960s effort at an all-news station, it has kept the calls (K-Facts) long after that format expired KLOK - San Jose, once called "Radio Reloj", but had those calls as an English-language station, too KOIT (AM/FM) - after the Coit Tower, a San Francisco landmark KSRO - Santa Rosa, for, well, Santa Rosa (SRO) KVTO - "Voice of the Orient", a Berkeley brokered station with programs in many Asian languages KEST - presumably "East", a San Francisco brokered station similar to KVTO KQED (FM/TV) - "QED", Latin for "that which was to be proved", the tagline of many a mathematical proof KPOO - "Poor People's Radio", a San Francisco noncommercial FM KFJC - "Foothill (Junior?) College", a South Bay station KUSF - University of San Francisco KCSM (FM/TV) - College of San Mateo KSJO - San Jose, for the city, (or now that it is "La Preciosa", has it changed calls?) KNGY - Alameda, "Energy" (dance format) KPFA - *The* original Pacifica station KYLD - "Wild" (urban format) KZBR - "The Bear" (country format) KLLC - "Alice" (20-something format) KISC - "Kiss" (R&B oldies format) KFOG - After the fog in San Francisco KITS - "Hits", remnant of a long-gone Top 20 format KSAN - historically for "San" Francisco, but now on a station licensed to San Mateo, so I guess it still works KVYN - "Vine", an FM station in Napa KRON - "Chronicle", the newspaper that was the original owner of the TV station KTSF - Television San Francisco KMTP - Minority Telecommunications Project, the owner of the station KBHK - HK for "Henry Kaiser", the industrialist who put the station on the air KFTY - Santa Rosa, for its dial position on channel 50 KTLN - Novato, for "Total Living Network" A little farther afield: KVEC - San Luis Obispo, for the Valley Electric Company (original owner) KPRL - Paso Robles, for Paso Robles Even farther afield over to Missouri and nearby: KCSP - Kansas City, "Kansas City Sports", originally was WDAF, the calls now are on FM KCMO - Kansas City, Missouri (AM or FM) KCTV - Kansas City TV, originally KCMO-TV. The calls were chosen in 1982 after Meredith spun off the radio stations and persuaded a San Angelo, Texas TV station to give up its KCTV calls KMBC - "Midland Broadcast Central", now just on TV but originally on AM KMBZ - Smart move by Bonneville when it bought KMBC(AM) in 1967 KCKN - Owned for many years by the "Kansas City Kansan" newspaper KCNW - "Kansas City News", remnant of a brief period as an all-news station affiliated with the NBC News and Information Service KSFT - "Soft", a St. Joseph station originally on FM, its original calls, KKJO were swapped with that FM station in the late 1980s when the KKJO rock format moved to FM And, no, WHB did not originally stand for the "World's Happiest Broadcasters". That slogan was retrofitted to the calls more than 30 years after WHB first took to the air. KCUR - "Kansas City University Radio", an FM station originally put on the air by the University of Kansas City, which is now a part of the University of Missouri KJHK - "Jayhawk", a student-run station at the University of Kansas KMXV - "Mix", a CHR station KUDL - "Cuddle", a soft-rock station, but that the calls originally were on an AM Top 40 station (now KCNW) KCFX - "The Fox" KBEQ - A length explanation: originally KBEY-FM, sister station of KBEA(AM), which was put on the air by real estate developer Thomas Beal (BEAl) KSHB - "Scripps Howard Broadcasting", the second owner for which channel 41 was named. The first was KBMA for the Business Men's Assurance insurance company. KQTV - The St. Joseph station was originally KFEQ-TV, when it split from KFEQ radio, the "Q" remained KTPK - For Topeka KLWN - For Lawrence KLZR - "Lazer", a Lawrence FM station KANU - "Kansas U(niversity)" Elsewhere in Missouri: KTVO - A TV station licensed to Kirksville, Mo. but which, for many years, had its main studio and offices in Ottumwa, Iowa KRCG - Richard C. Goshorn, the published the of the Jefferson City newspaper that established the TV station KMIZ - "Mizzou", after the University of Missouri in Columbia KHQA - "Hannibal-Quincy", a TV station licensed to Hannibal, Mo. but based in Quincy, Illinois KOLR - "Color", a Springfield, Mo. TV station KBIA - "Columbia", now the calls for the University of Missouri's NPR station, originally the calls for a commercial AM station KCOU - "COU", the airport abbreviation for Columbia, another university station KOPN - "Open", a Columbia station originally founded as an open-access volunteer operation KTGR - "Tiger", the mascot of the University of Missouri (original calls, KBIA!) KWOS - "Keep Watching Our State", a Jefferson City station named in commemoration of state-owned station WOS ("Watching Our State") which had its plug pulled in 1936 under mysterious circumstances The whole K[letter]MO series: KFMO Flat River KGMO Cape Girardeau KHMO Hannibal KJMO Jefferson City KMMO Marshall KSMO Salem -- and *also* KSMO-TV Kansas City (for "Kansas/Missouri") And the "Keep Tuned To" series: KTTN Trenton KTTR Rolla KTTS Springfield KWTO Springfield - "Keep Watching the Ozarks" (a radio station, never a TV station) A few from Iowa: KCOG Centerville - "Keep Calling of God", because it used paid religious programs to stay afloat during its early days KOTM Ottumwa - OTM for Ottumwa KRNT Des Moines - "RNT", the Register and Tribune, the station's former longtime owner WSUI and KSUI Iowa City - SUI for "State University of Iowa", the old name for the University of Iowa KMA Shenandoah - "MA" for Earl May, the nurseryman who put the station on the air OK, that's enough for now! -- Mark Roberts |
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I worked for Gene Autry's KMPC for 22 years call letters K McMillan Petrolum Company. Also KECA owned by ABC was K Earle C. Anthony now KABC Roger Carroll |
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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. |
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Joel Rubin wrote:
KYW doesn't stand for anything but it has an interesting migratory history, having originated in Chicago, then Philadelphia, Cleveland and back to Philadelphia. I once read that it stood for "Know Your World". Bob Radil A ?subject=KYW" E-Mail /A BobRadil(at)comcast.net BobRadil(at)aol.com BobRadil(at)yahoo.com BobRadil(at)netscape.net |
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