Re: [IRCA] Call letter meanings - 75 years ago

[Mike Sanburn <mikesanburn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here in Southern California during the cold war no less, we had a couple former AM station call signs that I always found humorous. 1) KIEV 870 Glendale CA  2) KGB 1360 San Diego CA. The former claims that the call sign was just assigned sequentially. I don't know what the latter stood for, but their FM still keeps that call sign on 101.5.  By the way, 1360 AM is now KLSD  %$#! 

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> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 02:28:42 -0400
> Subject: [IRCA] Call letter meanings - 75 years ago
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> There have been many lists of call letters and what they stood for, but this is from a 1935 DX News and might be more authentic than later sources.
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> WRC      Washington Radio Corporation
> WOS      Watch Our State
> WJJD     James J. Davis
> WCCO   Washburn Crosby Company
> WMMN   Mansfield M. Neely
> WAAW   Where Agriculture Accumulates Wealth
> WEBR    We Extend Buffalo's Regards
> WFAA     Working For All Alike
> WHBF     Where Historic Blackhawk Fought
> WLBL      Wisconsin, Land of Beautiful Lakes
> WOCL     We're On Chatauqua Lake
> WDOD    Wonderful Dynamo of Dixie
> WDBO    Way Down By Orlando
> KWKC     Keep Watching Kansas City
> KWWG    Kum to the World's Winter Garden
> KVOO      Voice of Oklahoma
> KPRC      Kotton, Port, Rail Center
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> Steve Francis
> Alcoa, Tennessee
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