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Also, are there any sets of calls in which the AM/FM and TV stations
are hundreds of miles apart other than for KCBS?

KCBS is in San Francisco. KCBS-TV (originally KNXT, from KNX for the
Los Angeles Evening Express) and KCBS-TV are in Los Angeles.


First, an answer to that last question. I've got one here in Utah.

KJZZ TV 14. Larry Miller, owner of the Utah Jazz, got permission from
Rio Solado Community College to use KJZZ for the TV station. The calls
were first seen in 1980 in Phoenix. KMCR 91.5 (Maricopa College Radio)
first used them.

And here's a stack more...

KBAQ 89.5 (soon moving to 89.1 in frequency swap with EMF) Phoenix.
K-Bach. Classical station. Oddly, they originally were assigned
'KBQA' when someone forgot to request calls within a certain amount of
time back in 1992.

EMF '*LV', 'LV*', and L*V' calls. Loads of these, all for 'Love' as in
K-Love. See the whole list for yourself at klove.com. Their sister
network, Air1, uses 'RI' for that name in some of their calls. But the
most interesting of these is KAER 89.3 Saint George Utah. Yes, there
is also a 'KLOV' in Winchester, OR, used to feed their translators.

University calls. Plenty abound, loads of other examples, but here's
one not obvious to some. KBYU Provo (kbyufm.org) is obvious, but did
you know they were KBRG originally for 'Brigham' because KBYU was a
ship call. KSL was once assigned KZN but that was because of the same
reason.

I was responsible for the KXCI calls in Tucson. XCI stands for 91 in
roman numerals. Station is now on 91.3 but once was on 91.7. More
info may still be on kxci.org

Othere.

KUUU 'U-92'. More for identity.
KRAR 'Rock and roll', hard rock station in Utah in late 90s. Left the
air as rock station in an expletive filled hour in late 90s, became 50s
oldies until CC got it and ran KOSY 'Cozy' on it before selling it last
year.
KHTB 'Hot 94.9, the Blaze' 'Hot 94.9 was dropped two months later.
KMDG 'Mad Dog' active rock station.
KDUT 'La Gran D' (the Big D) Utah.
KZZA. Opened last night with 'Hurban' format in Dallas. They got
'Casa' (Spanish for house) out of that one. Was KKDL up until last
night.
WEAK-LP. Obvious. LPFMs run with weak power, 100 watts at 100 feet
HAAT.
KRIM-LP 'Rim' as in Mogollon Rim in Arizona. Natural landmark
related.
KNRJ 'Energy' Dance format. energyarizonafm.com.
Various 'Edge' nicknames. KEDG, KEDJ, etc. Common alternative format
name and identity in calls.
Salt Lake's 'zoo', all stations owned by Citadel.
KUBL 93.3 K-Bull, country
KBEE 98.7 'B98.7 or 'Bee 98.7'. Based on honeybee/beehive in state
seal.
KBER 101.1 Chris Devine of 3 Point Media came up with this in the 80s.
Bear.
KKAT 860 (earlier 101.9). Cat. 'Kat Country.
and they have 'pop' now, KPQP, 'Pop-FM'.
Two 'Oasis's. KOAI Dallas, KOAS Dolan Springs/Las Vegas. Both smooth
jazz formats.
'Vegas'. KVGS, KVEG. Both rimshotters, neither is in Las Vegas
itself.
'Luck' or other similar gambling-related stuff. KLUC, KLUK, KWNR.
KSOS. 'Sounds of the Spirit' (old KILA) on 800 (defunct) in Brigham
City. Might have stood for 'S*** on a shingle' but it's not known if
the original owner that took the calls ever meant that anyway, although
its signal reached a nearby military base.
KMTI 'Manti, Utah'. The town name comes from a location mentioned in
'The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ'.
KVVA 'Viva' 107.1 Apache Junction/Phoenix. Spanish word.
KUTR 'Utah'. Two stations had it in the late 80s, early 9os, will
soon be heard again this spring when Bonneville puts 820 on the air in
Salt Lake.
KLGN 'Logan Utah'.
KVNU 'Voice of Northern Utah', station in Logan, Utah.
KEVA short for 'Evanston' Wyoming.
KUDD I doubt had anything to do with the Simpsons episode that parodied
KOME in the Bay Area. KOME had a liner that said 'Don't touch that
dial, it's got KOME all over it'. The Simpsons episode had 'KUDD', may
have been a reference to cow cuds. The KUDD calls are in Roy, Utah on
107.9 (docket 04-427 proposes move to Henefer Utah), and the D's stood
originally for 'Dianna' and 'Power D'. Station still uses Power 107.9
but has segued from CHR/Pop to hot AC lately.
KKFR 92.3 Glendale/Phoenix. K-Fire. Used for short time in mid-80s.
Now another 'Power', as a rhythmic CHR.

I'll post more later. Keep all the stories coming.