Re: WJIB calls...

[Kevin Vahey <webway@channel1.com>]

I am a landlauber, but I do know that jib is a sailing term........

My memory indicates they wanted a nautical background similar to what
Kaiser had done earlier with KFOG in San Francisco.



On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Bob Nelson wrote:

> 
> Regarding what Bob and Donna were saying on
> yesterday's Let's Talk About Radio about
> the origin of the WJIB call letters, I thought
> that it had something to do with being owned by
> General Electric. The "J" was how the initial
> letter of "General" is pronounced; the "I" is
> how some people pronounce the initial letter of
> "Electric", and the "B" is for "Broadcasting".
> J-eneral
> I-lectric
> B-roadcasting
> 
> (Some people pronouce the first "E" in "electric"
> to rhyme with "see",but many people do say 
> "ih-lectric".)
> 
> Didn't read that anywhere; it's my own theory.
> 
> Unrelated thought--saw Rush Limbaugh being interviewed
> by Tim Russert on CNBC yesterday--did Rush lose
> weight or what? What diet plan is he on!
> 
> 
> 
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