1450 Returns to the WXVW call letters

[radiofan502]

1450 has returned to the WXVW call letters. The WXVW call letters were on 1450 until July 1997 when WAVG moved from 970 to 1450. The format remains Sports as The Sports Buzz.There's a lot of great local sports talk on 1450.

 

[The King Bee]

Smart move by WXVW to return to the heritage call letters...a lot of good local radio has come from the studio on Magnolia Ave. over the years. BTW, Did you know that WXVW and WLKY-TV signed on the same day (9-16-61)?

 

[radioville]

1450 should add Bubba The Love Sponge 6a-9a.

 

[The King Bee]

Regarding the call letter change: It would be really nice if their automation would fire the darned ID...they've missed every hour I sampled last overnight. You hear the :07 silence pad from Yahoo, but no local ID audio rolls.

Not at all good and, if not corrected, will cause WXVW problems.

 

[radioville]

Regarding the call letter change: It would be really nice if their automation would fire the darned ID...they've missed every hour I sampled last overnight. You hear the :07 silence pad from Yahoo, but no local ID audio rolls.

Not at all good and, if not corrected, will cause WXVW problems.

The only time I hear the ID is between noon-5p

 

[KyDXIn]

I wish 970 would return to the WAVG calls. I heard Joe Elliott use them one day early in his stint there.

 

[greg.hahn]

I wish 970 would return to the WAVG calls. I heard Joe Elliott use them one day early in his stint there.

I think those were the second worst call letters in the history of Louisville radio. "AVG" means average to most people.

The worst call letters ever, though, was 105.9 WHTE. It was supposed to be Hits 1059. But it was White. Or Hate. Or White Hate Radio. That's really bad!

 

[KyDXIn]

I wish 970 would return to the WAVG calls. I heard Joe Elliott use them one day early in his stint there.

I think those were the second worst call letters in the history of Louisville radio. "AVG" means average to most people.

The worst call letters ever, though, was 105.9 WHTE. It was supposed to be Hits 1059. But it was White. Or Hate. Or White Hate Radio. That's really bad!

You have to remember that when WAVE sold off the radio station in 1981, the calls had to be changed, yet they wanted to have some tie to their heritage. Wavg was chosen because the "g" looks similar to the 9 in 970. It was pretty much the only option feasible.

 

[Bengalsfan]

You have to remember that when WAVE sold off the radio station in 1981, the calls had to be changed, yet they wanted to have some tie to their heritage. Wavg was chosen because the "g" looks similar to the 9 in 970. It was pretty much the only option feasible.

They could have done like WHAS did and told the FCC to go take a flying leap and keep the call sign.

 

[radiorob2.0]

You have to remember that when WAVE sold off the radio station in 1981, the calls had to be changed, yet they wanted to have some tie to their heritage. Wavg was chosen because the "g" looks similar to the 9 in 970. It was pretty much the only option feasible.

They could have done like WHAS did and told the FCC to go take a flying leap and keep the call sign.

I don't think if was anyone telling the FCC to take a flying leap but relaxing of rules regarding call letters. Originally WHAS radio aired a disclaimer, usually overnights, that said that WHAS Radio and WHAS TV were no longer under common ownership.

 

[Kent]

They could have done like WHAS did and told the FCC to go take a flying leap and keep the call sign.

That wasn't the law when WAVE sold 970. I believe it was '87 or '88 when the FCC decided calls weren't identical if they were on separate services.

 

[greg.hahn]

They could have done like WHAS did and told the FCC to go take a flying leap and keep the call sign.

That wasn't the law when WAVE sold 970. I believe it was '87 or '88 when the FCC decided calls weren't identical if they were on separate services.

Correct.

By the way, telling the FCC to take a flying leap is not efficacious.

 

[radiofan502]

They could have done like WHAS did and told the FCC to go take a flying leap and keep the call sign.

That wasn't the law when WAVE sold 970. I believe it was '87 or '88 when the FCC decided calls weren't identical if they were on separate services.

So that means that in the late 80's,970 could have changed back to WAVE if those calls were available?
It's hard to believe,but WAVE is not used anywhere on radio: http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=WAVE&x=13&y=8&sr=Y&s=C

 

[radiorob2.0]

They could have done like WHAS did and told the FCC to go take a flying leap and keep the call sign.

That wasn't the law when WAVE sold 970. I believe it was '87 or '88 when the FCC decided calls weren't identical if they were on separate services.

So that means that in the late 80's,970 could have changed back to WAVE if those calls were available?
It's hard to believe,but WAVE is not used anywhere on radio: http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=WAVE&x=13&y=8&sr=Y&s=C

WAVE (Television) have the call letters. They can allow 970 the use of WAVE and the TV station would become WAVE-TV, but doubt that would happen.

 

[greg.hahn]

They could have done like WHAS did and told the FCC to go take a flying leap and keep the call sign.

That wasn't the law when WAVE sold 970. I believe it was '87 or '88 when the FCC decided calls weren't identical if they were on separate services.

So that means that in the late 80's,970 could have changed back to WAVE if those calls were available?
It's hard to believe,but WAVE is not used anywhere on radio: http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=WAVE&x=13&y=8&sr=Y&s=C

WAVE (Television) have the call letters. They can allow 970 the use of WAVE and the TV station would become WAVE-TV, but doubt that would happen.

Right. Because 970 couldn't just apply for them and get them- they'd have to obtain permission from WAVE-TV and no doubt that would come with a price tag.

 

[Bengalsfan]

They could have done like WHAS did and told the FCC to go take a flying leap and keep the call sign.

That wasn't the law when WAVE sold 970. I believe it was '87 or '88 when the FCC decided calls weren't identical if they were on separate services.

Wasn't it the early 80's when the Binghams sold WHAS radio and TV and the CJ-T? How did 840 get away with keeping the call letters?

 

[radiofan502]

They could have done like WHAS did and told the FCC to go take a flying leap and keep the call sign.

That wasn't the law when WAVE sold 970. I believe it was '87 or '88 when the FCC decided calls weren't identical if they were on separate services.

Wasn't it the early 80's when the Binghams sold WHAS radio and TV and the CJ-T? How did 840 get away with keeping the call letters?

WHAS,WAMZ,and The Courier Journal were sold in 1986.

 

[KyDXIn]

King Bee or anyone-

Was there a reason or connection both WXVW and WLKY-TV signed-on the same day?

Greg or anyone-

What ballpark price would a TV station charge a radio station to use the same call letters? Is there any money exchanged between WHAS TV and radio for sharing the same call letters or is it just a gentleman's agreement?

 

[The King Bee]

I don't think there were any connections between WXVW and WLKY signing on the same day. However, both teaching engineers and recent graduates from the old United Electronics Insitute and Louisville Radio School worked on both projects in the 1959-61 time frame.

My late uncle was a 1960 graduate from UEI, and helped with WLKY-TV's buildout, which was in the basement studio and offices of UEI on Park Drive in Shively, KY. He talked about how busy the school was, with both the TV and radio needs for licensed engineers back then. It wasn't unusual for TV master control operators to have First Class FCC licenses back then, with Third Class as the minimum requirement.