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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 12:24 AM I found this by total accident from a yahoo search. It appears to be a list of affiliates for Loveline, my old station is still listed so I don't know how updated they are. Enjoy
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Colin |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 12:41 AM What is DMA and why is my affiliate so far down there? —Colin |
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ZT |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 12:49 AM It's the value/size of the radio market. New York is first, LA is second, etc. —ZT |
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Colin |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 12:52 AM Fuck... —Colin |
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chix0r |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 6:31 AM My station/city isn't even listed.. —chix0r |
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ZT |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 6:50 AM
Edited Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 7:48 AM Where are the two of you from? —ZT |
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chix0r |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 6:59 AM I listen to KPNT 105.7 in St. Louis, MO. —chix0r |
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Colin |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 8:35 AM That must be weird for some people in East St. Louis to hear a station with the "K" prefix, whilst knowing that everything on their side of the river should begin with a "W". —Colin |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 10:22 AM they should also mention that in detroit they play a re-run on fri and only a half of the show on sunday (which pisses me off) —obrez |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 10:55 AM chix0r -- oh cool, my family is from St. Louis, though I was born in Colorado. My dad and mom were both from "Dego Hill." Though, my moms family was german, and my dad was english and cherokee. YAH-HEY!! —ZT |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 11:59 AM
Edited Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 11:59 AM Hmmm, Seattle is #12. I thought we were #14, guess we moved up. That must be weird for some people in East St. Louis to hear a station with the "K" prefix, whilst knowing that everything on their side of the river should begin with a "W".
—Colin
Where did that come from, exactly? Why K and W, and why make the Missisippi river the border between the two? —Dark Laith |
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Colin |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 12:23 PM Where did that come from, exactly? Why K and W, and why make the Missisippi river the border between the two? Think "WKRP in Cincinnati". All radio stations east of the Mississippi are prefixed with a "W". West of the river get a "K". I would bet that at one time, half of the population was on either side of the river. So, to split the radio call letters evenly, they chose that geographical point as the dividing line. —Colin |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 12:30 PM That must be weird for some people in East St. Louis to hear a station with the "K" prefix, whilst knowing that everything on their side of the river should begin with a "W". -Colin Tell that to the folks at KDKA, lol.
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Dark Laith |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 1:12 PM All radio stations east of the Mississippi are prefixed with a "W". West of the river get a "K". I would bet that at one time, half of the population was on either side of the river. So, to split the radio call letters evenly, they chose that geographical point as the dividing line. —Colin All right, but that still doesn't explain why they picked those two letters. —Dark Laith |
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Spyrock Jonah |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 1:19 PM The designation of "W" and "K" are arbitrary and were never intended to stand for anything. Radio stations in existance before 1934 were allowed to keep their original call letters, accounting for various inconsistencies in the system. —Spyrock Jonah |
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digger |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 1:20 PM The letters "W" and "K" were assigned to the United States by the predecessor of the International Telecommunications Union. The government stations (AGI - Army Signal Corps and NOF,NSF - US Navy) were exempt from regulation, the "K" and "W" designations being reserved for commercial stations. hth. —digger |
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obrez |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 4:42 PM
Edited Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 5:00 PM W and K, west and east, were done to help first pilots navigate. (kind of like if you started hearing a lot of W's instead of K's you know you crossed the river...) —obrez |
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Dusty TheHick |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 5:14 PM
Edited Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 5:14 PM That must be weird for some people in East St. Louis to hear a station with the "K" prefix, whilst knowing that everything on their side of the river should begin with a "W".
—Colin
I'm sure they're used to it, Col. That close to the river, they probably just claim BOTH as "their" stations. Kind of like Washington/Baltimore stations are largely interchangeable to us folks in that region.
As for me...
*runs off to tune car radio to 101.1, in hopes of picking up signal from Salisbury.* —Dusty TheHick |
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Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 7:10 PM Sometimes I don't know what you are talking about. They need to update this list, too. We don't even have 100.3 playing along anymore, here in the Boston area. Now we are on 101.1 out of Manchester,NH. —oh-for |
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Monday, March 7, 2005 at 11:56 AM I am in Memphis, Tn and we lost our loveline affiliate.
The K and W designators are not a issue in city that are on the Mississippi River. Becuase of the metropolitan nature we dont look at it an being odd. It is really odd if you are in Texas which is 200 miles from the Mississippi River and you hear the W prefix.
Dallas Ft Worth has 3 W prefix stations,
WBAP AM, WFAA Channel 8, WRR FM.
Waco has WACO FM
and San Antonio has WOAI AM These stations are the oldest in the state. Also there is KQV in Pittsburgh, PA as a east coast K anamoly Just adding my jizz to the tub.......
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Monday, March 7, 2005 at 8:59 PM
Edited Monday, March 7, 2005 at 9:00 PM So, how the F do I petition to get the show back on here in Nashville? It has been gone for like 5 years and I have been downloading ever since. Ironically, it did the usual Titanic dive. Drew was here broadcasting the night before the station changed formats. I heard him say that happened again recently also. According to Adam, some DC station went Mexican. —greenhornet |
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Monday, March 7, 2005 at 10:36 PM
Edited Monday, March 7, 2005 at 10:36 PM write letters to all of the young-ish white-guy music stations asking for it. OR Start your own radio station. http://www.prometheusradio.org/ —ZT |
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Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 1:18 AM
Edited Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 1:31 AM I'm so sorry Dusty.... The correct Question is "Who is Cheryl Pollack"... The perky boobed one from the critically unacclaimed film, Pump Up The Volume. But don't worry, Dusty, you are always a winner @ TLC, I think I hear my cat coughing up your prize now. Would you like it gift wrapped? —masonjar_condition |
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Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 3:02 PM A note about the K and W call letters, originally, there was no restriction based on geography, which is why you'll see Pittsburgh with a couple call letters beginning with K. I can't recall the year (I'd wager around the 1950's) but the restriction was put in place. Any of those odd stations would have to give up their call letters if they switched owners, however. —clodhopper |
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Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 3:06 PM I'll also note that originally stations could have either three or four letters in their call sign. For example, Chicago has WGN and WLS. Again, if those stations were sold, they'd have to give up those call signs and adopt new four letter ones. Here's a nifty link about the history of W/K and such. http://www.oldradio.com/archives/general/kwtrivia.htm —clodhopper |
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