The WKYN calls were on 1160 for a couple years. I've never heard any story where NKU was concerned about them. They changed them to WBOB when the station became 1160 BOB, not because NKU had any influence.
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The WKRP call letters are for sale. Will they live on the air in Cincinnati?
- Thread starter robmadden1
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The folks at Wiegel Broadcasting should grab these call letters and use their MeTV FM format as programming.
The WKRP call letters are for sale. Will they live on the air in Cincinnati?
A small, low-power FM station in Raleigh, N.C., is auctioning off its iconic WKRP call letters to TV, AM and FM stations.www.wvxu.org
I missed the post about money actually changing hands. What post #?
IIRC There was a WKRP in Dallas GA. when the show was airing. I checked on FCCdata and the WKRP call letters have never been in Cincinnati this century.
I don't think the FCC would allow two stations in the same area have call letters only one letter different unless they were co-owned.
IMHO The only way to move WKRP into Cincinnati would be WKRC AM picking them up or a FM in that cluster. I just don't see iHeart wasting money trying to be a fictional station from a 40 plus year old sit com that most people under 55 have never heard of.
There are many markets with stations having call signs with just one letter difference..a non-issue IMO. If another station in the same market wanted to challenge such, they'd probably need more evidence than just a similar call sign in order to substantiate there would be confusion among listeners.
Regarding a new Cincinnati FM with the WKRP calls...what about WKFS? Yeah, it's licensed to Milford rather than Cincinnati so the legal ID would be "WKRP, Milford/Cincinnati" but it's doable. WKFS is owned by Iheart as well and would be more financially able to license a new WKRP entity. WKFS is not fairing that well in the overall Nielsen ratings, trailing behind competitor WKRQ.
Regarding a new Cincinnati FM with the WKRP calls...what about WKFS? Yeah, it's licensed to Milford rather than Cincinnati so the legal ID would be "WKRP, Milford/Cincinnati" but it's doable. WKFS is owned by Iheart as well and would be more financially able to license a new WKRP entity. WKFS is not fairing that well in the overall Nielsen ratings, trailing behind competitor WKRQ.
Call letters from a nearly 50 year old tv show aren't going to suddenly make people start listening to a station.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Wow. One has to be really oblivious to how the FCC works these days to make that statement.
The FCC does not "allow" anything. Stations request calls, and if they aren't already assigned, they are approved. There's no one at the Media Bureau cross-referencing every request to see if it's similar to existing calls in the market.
If a competing station has a problem, it's their responsibility to object, and even then it's usually in a court of law and not by a FCC filing.
But, on the other hand, the following statement has the ring of truth to it:
Post #11....
WKRP call letters coming to Cincinnati — but where?
Owners of low-power WKRP-LPFM in Raleigh, N.C., have an agreement with a Cincinnati broadcaster to use the famous call letters in Greater Cincinnati.
www.wvxu.org
The call letters should have been cheap since a "non profit" sold them.Post #11....
WKRP call letters coming to Cincinnati — but where?
Owners of low-power WKRP-LPFM in Raleigh, N.C., have an agreement with a Cincinnati broadcaster to use the famous call letters in Greater Cincinnati.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
I have found no verifiable citations of the late Hugh Wilson, creator of the series, that he intended that. (But I invite you to find something other than hearsay to rebut my findings, or lack of same.)
He did say -- many times -- that the premise was based on his experience at WQXI in Atlanta.
I seem to remember the mascot of the station being a carp.
If the "windfall" from a non profit ends up in someone's pocket, the IRS might call it fraud. I would worry about the IRS.
Did the owner of KTER file a formal complaint with the FCC?
I doubt the IRS will do anything as there is no 'price' meaning only 'fair market value' will be paid. The station, a LPFM is offering this, so a check made out to the non-profit will be deposited.
I believe they did file but I was just a jock at KTER and cannot say for sure. I recall my boss saying even their letterhead looked similar.
I believe they did file but I was just a jock at KTER and cannot say for sure. I recall my boss saying even their letterhead looked similar.
The Call letters WKRP were on an AM station in North Vernon Indiana way back in those old days. Only old farts would remember the AM history or care about the TV show now.
IIRC there was a lawsuit MTM verses WKRP Dallas GA 1500 AM at the time.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
And I found the thread here on RD at the time:
WKRP in Dallas Georgia
The DVD of Season One of WKRP, the TV series that has roots here in Georgia, is available today. To see historic artifacts from WKRP in Dallas, Georgia, go to the "Legendary Stations" section at www.grhof.com . To hear audio from WKRP in Dallas, Georgia, go to the "Audio Archives" section at...
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It is noted in post #7 that the lawsuit was brought by MTM Productions, which was ruled as not having standing to file because they did not own a broadcast facility. That post was made by someone who was there at the time, so I am not inclined to research further.
Those calls have bounced around a time or two. I remember North Vernon having them for awhile. (One-time WOCH. First station I ever interviewed at).