Letter/number nicknames, and "rounding off"...

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

I worked for one station that rounded off..

"Country Thunder Z96" (KYYZ, 96.1)

Another station near me rounded off as well "Your Classic Hits Station, Z93
WZLA" (WZLA, 92.9)

I can think of two stations in Connecticut, one that rounds off and one that
doesnt...

"97.7 WCTY"
"Kool 101" (WKNL, 100.9)

Paul Walker
www.onairdj.com


On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Bob Nelson <raccoonradio@mail.com> wrote:

> I remember when the 105.7 freq lic. to Framingham was WVBF...and I also
> remember how they used to have a nickname: "F-105"
>
> These days such nicknames are first names (Jack, Jill, Mike, Hank,
> Frank--even XM gets into the
> act with, I  kid you not, Fred, Ethel, and Lucy) or animal monikkers (The
> Fox, The Wolf,
> Bear, Froggy, etc.) But for awhile, and maybe still today in some places
> you had letter/number
> nicknames. Yeah, take one or two letters and a ref to the frequency and
> there you go:
>
> WVBF 105.7 --- F-105
>
> WMEX 1510 --- X-15
>
> Oops, now that I think of it some still are in use! "B-101" Prov, or is
> that not being used
> anymore?; Seacoast area used to have "B-95.3"
> (now the Kiss simulcast, right?)
>
> Any from the area I can't remember?
>
> also on a slight tangent, how about stations who rounded off their
> frequencies?
>
> (jingle): "Ninety-four....WCGY" (93.7 actually)
> Chopping off last digit:
> "WBZ 103(0)"
> "68(0) WRKO"
> "Radio 8" (800 AM, WCCM)
> "85(0), WHDH"
>
> and
> "Rock 94 and a half, WCOZ" (94.5)
>
> Of course some AM radios, expecially in the past, had rounded off spots on
> the dial
>
> "5.4--7--9--11-13-15" or certainly
> "54--70--90--110--130--150" ("x10 kHz")
>