Comments on: Know It All: W’s and K’s – The History of Radio and Television Call Letters http://www.primermagazine.com/2010/field-manual/know-it-all-w%e2%80%99s-and-k%e2%80%99s-the-history-of-radio-and-television-call-letters Not Your Typical Men's Magazine. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: librarian http://www.primermagazine.com/2010/field-manual/know-it-all-w%e2%80%99s-and-k%e2%80%99s-the-history-of-radio-and-television-call-letters/comment-page-1#comment-8951 librarian Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:00:51 +0000 http://www.primermagazine.com/?p=3331#comment-8951 As far as I know (unless something has changed recently) the only call letters that spell where the station actually is are WACO (Texas) As far as I know (unless something has changed recently) the only call letters that spell where the station actually is are WACO (Texas)

]]> By: Jack http://www.primermagazine.com/2010/field-manual/know-it-all-w%e2%80%99s-and-k%e2%80%99s-the-history-of-radio-and-television-call-letters/comment-page-1#comment-6209 Jack Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:57:45 +0000 http://www.primermagazine.com/?p=3331#comment-6209 I thought maybe this article was going to be about Andrew W.K. But anyway, there are only four stations with call names that begin with a K east of the Mississippi and two of them are in Pittsburgh. I don't really understand why, but whenever people explain it to me, they used the word "grandfathered" which I assume to mean that it's been that way for so long that no one remembers why or cares. .-= Jack´s last blog ..<a href="http://jackbusch.com/google-goggles-the-world-is-your-hyperlink/" rel="nofollow">Google Goggles: The World is Your Hyperlink</a> =-. I thought maybe this article was going to be about Andrew W.K.

But anyway, there are only four stations with call names that begin with a K east of the Mississippi and two of them are in Pittsburgh. I don’t really understand why, but whenever people explain it to me, they used the word “grandfathered” which I assume to mean that it’s been that way for so long that no one remembers why or cares.
.-= Jack´s last blog ..Google Goggles: The World is Your Hyperlink =-.

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