[Airwaves] Radio call letters: What do they mean?
 

Fred Lucite wrote:
On Fri, 1 Jul 2006 at 03:05 -0000, David Eduardo scribbled:
-Here is a link to hundreds of call letter meanings
-http://nelson.oldradio.com/origins.call-list.html

Thousands, not hundreds! That's a really big list!

And, in some cases, incredibly out-of-date.

Example: WRQC, Cleveland, Ohio. 92Q changed calls 25 years ago.

92.3 became WJMO-FM, then WZJM when bought by local owner Xen Zapis.

After a while it was bought by CBS, ran their failed "Jammin' Oldies" format
for a while, and then flipped to their "Extreme" format as WXTM.

Having moved out of Cleveland three years ago, I just went back to their
website, 923extreme.com, and have discovered that CBS has moved the old
K-Rock New York calls (WXRK) to Cleveland. Ironically, K-Rock was also on 92.3.

K-Rock is now WFNY, Free FM 92.3.

Holy crap. Looks like Opie and Anthony are back on 92.3 in NYC, too. Guess
CBS didn't learn their lesson the first time. ;)

WNOP's studios were *IN* the Ohio river! -- floating in the river,
which happens to be almost completely "owned" by the state of Ken-
tucky.

Cite, please?

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