Re: WGOD

["Jim" <aerie@mediaone.net>]

A friend of mine works at the University of North Texas in Denton.  And, in
spite of the official name of the university being the aforementioned, the
university's radio station is KNTU :)


- ----- Original Message -----
From: Cats <cats@clarityconnect.com>
To: Roy Lawrence <lawrencemedia@yahoo.com>
Cc: A. Joseph Ross <lawyer@world.std.com>; <bri@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 8:23 AM
Subject: 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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