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Re: WGOD
Ahh... good old K-U-N-T.... comes in a little fuzzy..but everyone gets
it.... :)
Jay Lent
Roy Lawrence wrote:
> Or for that matter K-U-N-T am or fm
> Roy Lawrence
> Portland, Maine
>
> --- "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@world.std.com> wrote:
> > On LTAR today, Bob answered my question about
> > whether there was a station
> > called WGOD or KGOD. He remarked that at one time,
> > that would have been
> > considered in bad taste and a station would not have
> > asked for those call
> > letters.
> >
> > I wonder whether, in times past, the FCC might have
> > refused to issue the
> > call letters. The reason I asked the question was
> > because I vaguely
> > remembered reading, back in the 1950s or early 60s,
> > of a station that
> > emphasized religious programs which asked for WGOD
> > and the FCC refused.
> > This may have been apocryphal, but I suspect that
> > the FCC might have been
> > refusing call letters in those days that it
> > considered in bad taste. I
> > suspect they wouldn't have issued calls such as WFUK
> > or even KRAP in those
> > days, though I suspect they would now.
> >
> > Come to think of it, a cousin who taught school back
> > then once told me
> > that there was another teacher whose name was Mr.
> > Krapp. The kids must
> > have loved that one!
> >
> > Hmmm. Is there a WFUK or a KRAP these days?
> >
> >
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