LibertyNT said:
Thought the FCC Didnt Allow Call Letters Like this.
Like why they canceled KWTF.
Nope. The FCC has allowed such call letters for at least 20 years. I believe the station that set the precedent was 92.7 in Arlington Heights, IL, which did a relationship talk program at night and wanted calls WSEX. The FCC initially refused to give them those calls. I don't remember if they took the FCC to court or petitioned the FCC to revisit the issue, but the eventual conclusion was that call letters were not, in and of themselves, indecent and that their license could still be revoked if they aired indecent or obscene content. The FCC assigned WFUC to a station in West Lafayette, IN shortly afterward. By the way, WSEX didn't end up keeping those calls for more than a couple years. The station flopped horribly and became WCBR in '89. I'm not sure what it is now, but I believe it's either running some form of Spanish language programming or is part of the 9 FM trimulcast. WFUC became WBAA-FM and is part of Purdue University.
I'm not sure about prior examples of KWTF, but I know the most recent example was a station in Hawaii. The FCC did not cancel those calls; the station requested they be changed after listeners complained and advertisers said they would not only refuse to advertise on the station but would also pull their advertising from its sister stations. Not wanting to lose any sponsors, the owners changed the calls.
So, I could have those call letters I've always wanted, KCUF, without having to worry about the FCC. They are not indecent. However, I'd still have problems if I played my favorite jingle, "KCUF, Spell It Backwards!!" Those calls, by the way, are presently being used by a station in El Jebel, CO, which is outside of Aspen. They say the call letters mean "Keeping Colorado Uniquely Free." As far as I know, they haven't had a single listener complaint. Most people probably don't notice.
