Re: "frequency shorthand"

["Bill O'Neill" <billo@erols.com>]

<snip>  FM stations had
>done that for a long time, whether they wanted to not, because FM is part
>of the call letters, in most or all cases (I forget exactly how it goes.)

As I recall, there were 2 reasons for "WAAA-FM Anywhere" versus "WAAA
Anywhere".  The obvious was WAAA was the AM sister.  The other was it was
simply the way the calls were assigned or applied for.  (WZOU Boston
'became' WZOU-FM Boston and I don't recall an AM unless it was out of area.)

That leads to a third, being the changing of the rules that a station's
calls on one band are free for use by another station on the other band.

Okay, am I close?

Bill O'Neill

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