RE: Double letters in Boston-market calls

["Paul Hopfgarten" <paul@03038.com>]

WNNW 1110 Salem NH (I forget...did the WNNW calls go to 800 when Costa
triple-switched?)

And WCCM now 1490.

Paul Hopfgarten
East Derry NH 03041
paul@03038.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of
> dan.strassberg@att.net
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 7:26 AM
> To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Subject: Double letters in Boston-market calls
>
>
>
> The most famous Boston-market call sign containing a double
> letter is WEEI (and
> in keeping with the "double" theme, it's been on two frequencies,
> 590 and 850).
> Currently, there are three others that I can think of--WTKK 96.9,
> WWZN 1510,
> and WLLH 1400. Others have been WTTK and WKKT (both on 100.7),
> WSSH (both AM
> 1510 and FM 99.5), WKKU 1510, WTTP 1060, and WWEA 740. Can anyone
> think of
> others? I maintain that WDLW 1330 and WBNW (590 and 1120) don't
> qualify because
> the Ws aren't adjacent to each other. All of the listed stations are/were
> commercial (OK, some may have been unintentionally noncommercial) but non-
> comms, if any, are welcome on this list.
>
> BTW, it appears that K is Boston's most popular double letter.
> The double K has
> appeared in three sets of calls: WKKT, WKKU, and WTKK. The double
> T (WTTK, WTTP)
> and double W (WWEA, WWZN) are tied for second with two calls each.
>
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