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1 total messages Started by john Wed, 25 Mar 1987 14:25

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Author: john
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1987 14:25

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Path: ektools!john
From: john@ektools.UUCP (John H. Hall)
Newsgroups: mod.telecom
Subject: Re: Radio call letters
Message-ID: <602@ektools.UUCP>
Date: 25 Mar 87 14:25:01 GMT
References: <172329.870323.KFL@AI.AI.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: john@ektools.UUCP (John H. Hall)
Distribution: world
Organization: Eastman Kodak, Dept. 47, Rochester NY
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In article <172329.870323.KFL@AI.AI.MIT.EDU> KFL@AI.AI.MIT.EDU ("Keith F. Lynch") writes:
>For broadcast stations, the FCC has ruled that stations East of the
>Mississippi begin with W, West of the Mississippi begin with K.  (A
>very few early stations such as KDKA break this rule.)

The rule must have been made since 1970, for that was about when Westinghouse
Broadcasting bought WRCV (?) radio and TV in Philadelphia and changed their
calls to KYW.  The K-prefix and 3-character call are both unusual in the
Philadelphia area.
-- 
John Hall, Supervisor: Software Tools Group, Software Engineering Laboratory
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, 901 Elmgrove Rd., Rochester, NY 14650,  716 726-9345
UUCP:   {allegra, seismo}!rochester!kodak!ektools!john
ARPA:   kodak!ektools!john@rochester.ARPA

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