Re: Same calls since day 1

[Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com>]

some nice person wrote--
>>There's also WBCN and WERS.  WCRB-FM did become WCRB at some point.  The
>>same is true of WBOS, formerly WBOS-FM. 

But technically, the WBCN calls don't count-- they were in Boston, but not
as original call letters-- they have long since been re-cycled.   The first
station to have the WBCN calls was in Chicago-- they were requested calls,
in the mid 1920s.  They stood for "World's Best Community Newspaper".  

And speaking of requested calls, although MUCH later, I have heard several
stories with regard to WDLW-- it was supposed to stand for the owner's
girlfriend???

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