From: barry@jab.tucson.az.us (Barry Mishkind)
Subject: Re: **SUMMARY** Call Letter Meanings
Originator: wdp@gagme
Organization: Just Another Bbs. Tucson, AZ
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 07:36:17 GMT


If I havent' sent these on to you ...

KABL  Oakland , CA      "Cable" [cable cars...]
KFLG  Flagstaff         FLaG
KFLR  Phoenix           F)amily L)ife R)adio
KFOG  San Francisco     ....where else???? 
KGVY  Green Valley      G)reen V)alleY
KJYK  Tucson            "K-JOY"
KMEO  Phoenix           "Cameo" radio
KNST  Tucson            N)ews S)ports T)alk  [format]
KOIL  Omaha             OIL (owned by Mona Oil Co.)
KOTN  Pine Bluff, AR    "Cotton"
KPGE  Page              PaGE
KPHO  Phoenix           PHO)enix
KQTL  Sahuarita         "Que Tal?" [What's up, in spanish]
KQYT  Tucson            "Quiet"
KRDS  Tolleson          "CARDS"
KSTM  Apache Junction   STorM   ["quiet storm" format]
KSVA  Sierra Vista      S)ierra V)ista A)rizona
KTAR  Phoenix           K)eep T)aking the A)rizona R)epublican 
                                [Newspaper of original owner]
KTBA  Tuba City         TuBA
KTNT  Tacoma            T)acoma N)ews T)ribune 
KTUC  Tucson            TUC)son

KUPD  Tempe             "Cupid" 
KVOI  Tucson            V)oice O)f I)nspiration [religous} 
KVOO  Tulsa             V)oice O)f O)klahoma
KVOR  Colorado Springs  V)oice O)f the R)ockies 
KVOY  Yuma,AZ           V)oice O)f Y)uma
                (there are bunches of these) 
KVVA  Phoenix           "VIVA" [spanish]
KXCI  Tucson            XCI=91 in Roman numerals, station is 91.7

WACO  Texas             WACO, Texas [exact match to city]
WARE  Mass.             WARE, Mass. [exact match to city]

WCFL  Chicago           C)hicago F)ederation of L)abor
WEEI  Boston            E)dison E)lectrical I)institute
WMAL  Washington        M). A). L)eese (owner/optician)
WMT   Waterloo, IA      W)aterloo M)orning T)ribune
WOW   Omaha             W)oodman O)f the W)orld (an insurance co.)
WQXR  New York          ... orginially W2XR, experimental... the 
                                "2" became a "Q".
WSPD  Toledo            "Speedeen" a brand of gasoline


No Longer Here or there...

KCBH (FM)  Los Angeles       C)ity of B)everly H)ills
 > KIIS-FM ??? 
KECA  Los Angeles       E)arl C) A)nthony [original owner]
 > KFI
KHOS  Tucson            "K-HOSS" [horse]
KHYT  South Tucson      "K-HIT"
KAFF  Flagstaff         FlagstAFF  [rhyme]
 > KFLG
KFXX  Tucson            "K-FOX"  (released from a ship in the 
                                pacific to the station)
KMGX  Tucson            "Magic"

KOPO  Tucson            O)ld P)ueblO [city nickname]
KVOA  Tucson            V)oice O)f A)rizona [still used by TV 
                                in Tucson]  
KXIV  Phoenix           XIV is Roman numeral for 14 [station on 
                                1400]


I think they are gone....

KCLS  Flagstaff         C)harles L) S)aunders  [former owner]
KEOS  Flagstaff         E) O) S)mith [former owner]
KVNA  Flagstaff         V)oice of N)orthern A)rizona 


Suspected

KNNN  Window Rock       N)avajo N)ation N)????? 
KFEL  Denver            K)an't F)ind E)nough L)ikker
  >KIMN                           [according to Broadcasting 
                                        Magazine, this is from 
                                        the original owner Gene O'Fallen)

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