From: higgins%tiss.decnet@mdcgwy.mdc.com ("TISS: :HIGGINS") 
Subject: Re: Call Letter Meanings
Originator: wdp@gagme
Organization: McDonnell Douglas
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 05:51:15 GMT

Hopefully you're not all TOO sick of this thread yet, but here
are a few call letter meanings that were missed so far. Enjoy!

AK Fairbanks                KUAC TV University of Alaska at College
AL Montgomery               WXVI XVI = 16 Roman
CA San Jose                 KLXV TV LXV = 65 Roman
CO Colorado Springs         KPIK Pikes Peak
CO Denver                   KIMN Inter-Mountain Network -- now KYGO
CO Denver                   KPOF Pillar of Fire
GA Atlanta                  WSB Welcome South, Brother
GA Toccoa                   WTFI Toccoa Falls Institute -- now WLET
IA Cedar Rapids             KCRG Cedar Rapids Gazette
IA Cedar Rapids-Waterloo    KGAN TV Gannett Newspapers
IA Davenport                WOC Wonders of Chiropractic
IA Dubuque                  KDTH Dubuque Telegraph-Herald
IA Iowa City                WSUI State University of Iowa
IA Shenandoah               KYFR Your Family Radio
IA Sioux City               KSCJ Sioux City Journal
IL Aurora                   WFVR Fox Valley Radio -- now WKKD
IL Cairo                    WKRO Cairo in Illinois is pronounced KAY row!
IL Casey                    WKZI Casey is pronounced KAY zee -- now dark
IL Chester                  KSGM Saint Genevieve MO - note rare IL `K' call
IL Lasalle                  WLPO Lasalle Peru Ottawa
IL Moline                   WQUA Quad Cities -- now WMRZ
IL Sterling                 WSDR Sterling Dixon Rock Falls
IN Evansville               WSWI Southwest Indiana
IN Valparaiso               WNWI Northwest Indiana
KS Manhattan                KSAC Kansas State Agricultural College --
                        now KKSU Kansas State University
LA Shreveport               KBCL Bossier City Louisiana
MA Cambridge-Boston         WLVI TV LVI = 56 Roman
ME Bangor                   WVII TV VII = 7 Roman
MI Ann Arbor                WPZA Pizza - owned by the Domino's Pizza guy
MN Saint Cloud              KXLI TV XLI = 41 Roman
MO Branson                  KOMC Ozark Mountain Country
MO Columbia                 KTGR Tigers (UM-Columbia team mascot)
MO Saint Louis              KNLC TV New Life Center (religious)
MS Gulfport                 WXXV TV XXV = 25 Roman
MS Tupelo                   WPMX Power Mix
MS Tupelo                   WTUP with WELO, spells TUPELO -- now dark
MT Miles City               KATL Cattle
NC Camp Lejeune             WJIK Where Jesus Is King -- now WWOL
NC Greensboro-High Point    WLXI TV LXI = 61 Roman
NE Omaha                    KCRO Christian Radio for Omaha
NY Patchogue                WYFA Where Your Friends Are -- now WLIM
OK Ardmore-Sherman-Denison  KXII TV XII = 12 Roman
ON Kitchener                CKKW Kitchener-Waterloo
TX Amarillo                 KVII TV VII = 7 Roman
TX Austin                   KLBJ Ladybird Johnson
TX Beaumont                 KLVI LVI = 56 Roman
TX Corpus Christi           KIII TV III = 3 Roman
TX McKinney                 KXVI XVI = 16 Roman
TX Waco                     KXXV TV XXV = 25 Roman
WI Sturgeon Bay             WDOR Door County Wisconsin
WY Lander-Riverton          KCWC TV Central Wyoming College

Sincerely,

Earl Higgins KA9DHA
Saint Louis MO


[Moderator's Note: Thanks Earl, keep up the great posts]
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