WILD on 97.7, gospel on 1090

[Dan Strassberg]

Wrong--at least sort of. If WILD (AM) gets new calls, Radio One has the
option of keeping WILD-FM as the 97.7 calls or changing the calls to simply
WILD. If they want parentheses instead of the hyphen, they must apply to the
FCC to remove the -FM. The (FM) in parentheses after the first four letters
is not officially part of the call sign, and if you want to pick nits, I
don't think they would legally be able to say FM right after WILD during the
TOH legal ID. The FM preceded by a hyphen IS part of the call sign and must
be voiced during the legal ID. Regardless of which way they go--(FM)
or -FM--no AM or TV or low-power anything can get WILD calls without Radio
One's agreement. Considering that the call sign was just moved from AM, I
think they will keep the hyphen for the forseeable future, but that's just
my opinion.

This has to be the least important topic that is routinely discussed on
radio boards and mailing lists. OTOH, posting on this topic renews my
radio-geek privileges for another six months. With those privileges and
$1.60 (plus tax), I can get a small (oops, tall) coffee at Starbucks.

--
Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net
eFax 707-215-6367

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@gmail.com>
To: <brian_vita@cssinc.com>; <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: WILD on 97.7, gospel on 1090


>
> Am guessing if the AM side gets new calls, they could just call
> themselves "WILD"
> on FM...or who knows, may just keep to "WILD-FM" (yes, legally they'd
still be
> WILD-FM anyway, but they need to keep saying that so they won't be
confused
> with WILD (AM), now gospel)
>