It's all a moot point, but still fun to "what if".
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FCC Says No to Appeal for a New AM in L.A.
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K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
COL doesn't matter. All you have to do at TOH is say "KWIF Culver City-West Hollywood". The problem is with the idea of a translator; I did a quick check and the only frequency even able to be considered is 107.9, and I am not 100%certain that one could configure a translator that wouldn't interfere with the protected contours of KWVE. Maybe some site to the south with a directional antenna creating a null in the direction of Santa Ana ... but does such a site exist with sufficient elevation to get a decent signal into WeHo from the south?
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And then, of course, we have the horrible stereotype that all LGBTQ persons wanna' hear Village People all day. I'm in an area with a significant such population, and several friends have commented on the "gay station" here which is dance/rhythmic all day... saying that they find that such a stereotype; one of my acquaintances is a classical pianist and he mentions that he can't stand that music!
That assumption is sort of like thinking all Texans like country music.
What if ... KWIF
The Coachella Valley has two competing LGBTQ "rhythmic" stations. I think they try to differentiate with one offering some talk shows thrown in, and the other doing rhythmic dance oldies. But they still have the line of thinking that this is only type of music that appeals to the LGBTQ community, which of course is not true. There's also Barbara Streisand and Judy Garland! LOL. Seriously though, without taking the thread off topic, is one outperforming the other (KQPS, KGAY)? Even if they are able to reach a wider audience, can the valley really support "two" stations like these?
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
You win the prize, Doc. That's what Don was hinting at with his choice of calls.
KWTF and KUNT were calls given to some LPTV CPs a few years ago, chosen by the licensee... but rescinded about a week later when the FCC realized what pop culture thought they stood for, yet that wasnt the licensees intention
There is an urban legend the Scott Fybush debunked that the University of North Texas applied for KUNT for a college station. It really did not happen.
LOL, I guess it does. But if unavil go with kW(RF) for this big puppy!
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Well, KM Communications really got them for some TV station
KUNT? Please don't tell me they had an all female staff........wouldn't put it past some station owners.
Actually KWTF is on the air KWTF-FM 88.1 MHz - Bodega Bay, CA. So the KWTF calls ARE available for an Ancient Modulation station. The other calls... afraid not. But seems the FCC has taken a liking 😏 to KLIT-FM 93.3 MHz - Ranchitos Las Lomas, TX
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I see KWTF is selling merch on their website with their logo. T shirts, mugs, etc. I think I'll get myself a mug!
Shoot. lvoe the calls and the logo aint bad.. I ordered myself a tshirt... and with the promo code "fomo10" without quotes i found onlin for teespring, i saved 10 percent lol
Maybe they could try to get the KPOL calls. 1540 did start out as a polka station after all.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
A first, I saw that as a dubious claim, Dave.
The September 19, 1955 issue of Broadcasting does an article titled "Radio's Booming in Los Angeles". Relevant excerpt ...
Frederick Custer, manager of KPOL Los Angeles (10kw day, 1540kc), said that for a new station on the air less than three years "we have no complaints." KPOL specializes in showtunes, musical comedies and light classical music, he said.
No mention of polkas there. But I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt and I found an interview with Custer in the June 25, 1962 issue.
... in the fall of 1952 he entered radio as business manager of KPOL. At that time, KPOL was "the station that played polka music," Fred remembers.
They were also a "top ten" station briefly before going to an all-instrumental orchestral "memory music" format, which is undoubtedly what he was referring to in 1955. However, according to the article about KPOL's beginning operation in the September 29, 1952 issue:
The program schedule includes also three two-hour segments daily of polka music.
So ... a qualified yeah, because it wasn't the full-time format.
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Hey, those calls were good enough for Gene Autry. He thought that spelled “K-Lite”.
And they required the hyphen to be placed after the "K" always. On several occasions, the hyphen was removed from outside wall on Sunset, provoking considerable angst in the manager's office.
The most amusing was a staff memo about the proper use of the hyphen where someone inside the building edited "hyphen" to be "hymen", reinforcing the dark humor considerably.
Funny where the idea of West Hollywood as a COL has wound up...I only suggested it because W H is a significant part of LA's Arts and Culture district and should have some type of broadcast facility. Not to mention it can be hit with a City Grade signal from 1260's site.
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