Re: [IRCA] Movie question, but not OT
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Re: [IRCA] Movie question, but not OT



There is some noir movie from the late 40s-early 50s (which I can't remember
the name of) that had a murder in it and a KPIX television truck pulled
up...a 1930s vintage paneled van.  I got a good chuckle.  I bet the people
at Channel 5 in San Francisco  would too.

Mike

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 1:18 PM, <kj8o@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Mike and Patrick,
>
> Thx guys, I figured it had to be a fictionalized call sign, but you never
> know until you ask.
>
> Maybe we should create a listing of fictional radio stations: KLVW, KBBL
> and
> so on.
>
> 73 de Joe
>
>
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:09:45 -0700, Mike Hawkins wrote
> > I checked my records today, and did not find KLVW listed in
> > California anytime since 1920.
> >
> > Mike Hawkins
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW <
> > AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I have two radio station guides from 1928 and 1929. Neither of them
> > > shows KLVW as being an active call. Of course it may have been issued
> > > after these guides were published. Maybe the movie was promoting the
> > > area's newest radio station!
> > >
> > > In 1928 San Francisco had KFRC (610), KFWI (930), KGTT (1420), KJBS
> > > (1100), KPO (680), and KYA (1230). That count doesn't include the
> > > suburbs. Oakland, San Jose, and Berkeley added another 7 stations to
> the
> > > mix.
>
> -- 73 de Joe Miller, KJ8O, Troy, MI -- Grid EN82 --
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