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Re: WGY (RE: radio in '22)




>Mike asked--
>
>I read somewhere that WGY in Schenectady was a sequentially issued call
>sign, and didn't stand for
>W(G)eneral Electric Schenectad(Y). Which is correct?

It's a great legend, but not true.  The calls were sequentially assigned 
like this and WGy was NOT a requested call:

WGU Chicago, IL
WGV New Orleans, LA
WGY Schenectady, NY