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What do the call letters stand for?

Apollo7979 said:
WIMC (103.9) Crawfordsville: Western Indiana's Music Connection

WCDQ (106.3) Crawfordsville: a play on Lexington, KY's then modern AC WCDA and former on-air ID as a hot AC "CD 106.3"
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Regarding WIMC: I worked at that radio group for 10 years (through ~2004). Then-GM Dick Munro, who had worked there in some capacity for a couple decades, once told me that WIMC originally stood for "Working In Montgomery County."

And regarding WCDQ: In early 2003, when corporate parent Key Broadcasting (now Forcht Broadcasting) bought WVXI (106.3), a religious station, and moved its studio to a former storage closet adjacent to the WIMC booth (which itself was once the newsroom for WCVL ("Crawfordsville") AM 1550), Dick wanted to change WVXI's calls to WPIX and brand it as "Pix 106," but WPIX was and is still a TV station in New York. Then-PD Tim Speed wanted to brand it as "Kiss 106" and even stunted with various "kiss" songs (e.g. Seal's "Kiss From a Rose"), at least while the studio was being set up in our building. I don't remember whether the "kiss" stunting ever made it on the air.

If memory serves, a station in Columbus (Indiana, probably today's "Y106") was already using the same "Kiss 106" branding at the time, caught wind of Key Broadcasting Crawfordsville's plans, and more or less said, "Umm, you need to come up with something original."

My memory could be failing, but I think the WCDQ calls were simply the next available from the FCC which had "CD" in them (having previously been used by a dark Sanford, Maine station) ... and Tim came up with the "CD 106.3" imaging after getting the calls.
 
John--you're probably correct about WIMC's call sign meaning. Dick was there for a long time, and if anyone knows about its meaning, its him. A former PD told me that it meant "Western Indiana's Music Connection."

As for the Kiss name, the station you're thinking about is WDKS in Evansville. The North Vernon 106.1 was never referred to as "Kiss."

I'm sure its possible that WCDQ was a FCC luck of the draw, but I find that rather hard to believe. The similarity between WCDA and WCDQ was obvious...no doubt because WCDA was across town from Key Broadcasting's corporate headquarters in Lexington. Bob & Sheri were on both stations. In addition, the stations both had similar logos and a similar format, though WCDQ was a true hot AC at the time of its first sign-on while WCDA was modern AC.

The real difference between the two was ownership, and Key Broadcasting wasn't notorious for spending any money on its Crawfordsville operation. To his credit, though, the PD who launched CD 106.3, Jared Allen, did a great job with programming CD 106.3 in Crawfordsville and launching Thunder 103.9 given the resources available to him and took the stations to a whole new level, which is probably why he moved to bigger and better things.

radiojohno said:
Apollo7979 said:
WIMC (103.9) Crawfordsville: Western Indiana's Music Connection

WCDQ (106.3) Crawfordsville: a play on Lexington, KY's then modern AC WCDA and former on-air ID as a hot AC "CD 106.3"
Click to expand...

Regarding WIMC: I worked at that radio group for 10 years (through ~2004). Then-GM Dick Munro, who had worked there in some capacity for a couple decades, once told me that WIMC originally stood for "Working In Montgomery County."

And regarding WCDQ: In early 2003, when corporate parent Key Broadcasting (now Forcht Broadcasting) bought WVXI (106.3), a religious station, and moved its studio to a former storage closet adjacent to the WIMC booth (which itself was once the newsroom for WCVL ("Crawfordsville") AM 1550), Dick wanted to change WVXI's calls to WPIX and brand it as "Pix 106," but WPIX was and is still a TV station in New York. Then-PD Tim Speed wanted to brand it as "Kiss 106" and even stunted with various "kiss" songs (e.g. Seal's "Kiss From a Rose"), at least while the studio was being set up in our building. I don't remember whether the "kiss" stunting ever made it on the air.

If memory serves, a station in Columbus (Indiana, probably today's "Y106") was already using the same "Kiss 106" branding at the time, caught wind of Key Broadcasting Crawfordsville's plans, and more or less said, "Umm, you need to come up with something original."

My memory could be failing, but I think the WCDQ calls were simply the next available from the FCC which had "CD" in them (having previously been used by a dark Sanford, Maine station) ... and Tim came up with the "CD 106.3" imaging after getting the calls.
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Here are a few One of which I made for my Former Pirate Mystery FM WJLC.... JOSH LOVES CASSANDRA.. those calls are dropped and I am now Mystery Radio Online only. and single....

WCBK--- Community Broadcasting Kompany-- I guess WCBC wasnt available.. or because of CBC Cananda... Keith can you confirm this..

Former KNRJ Phoenix KNRJ= Energy 92.7 and 101.1

Saint Louis KPNT...105.7 The Point

Former Chicago 99.9 WBUS... THE BUS

Knoxville Tennessee WOKI.... W..OaKrIdge

KIIS in LA CALI...Kiss FM......
 
radiojohno said:
Apollo7979 said:
WIMC (103.9) Crawfordsville: Western Indiana's Music Connection

WCDQ (106.3) Crawfordsville: a play on Lexington, KY's then modern AC WCDA and former on-air ID as a hot AC "CD 106.3"
Click to expand...

Regarding WIMC: I worked at that radio group for 10 years (through ~2004). Then-GM Dick Munro, who had worked there in some capacity for a couple decades, once told me that WIMC originally stood for "Working In Montgomery County."

If memory serves, a station in Columbus (Indiana, probably today's "Y106") was already using the same "Kiss 106" branding at the time, caught wind of Key Broadcasting Crawfordsville's plans, and more or less said, "Umm, you need to come up with something original."
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Kiss 106.7 was owned by Bill Shirk, noted Boone County resident. He heard Kiss 106 on his radio which started a polite correspondence. The use of Kiss was already on the air by then.

I think the operation in the closet started in whole with Bob and Sheri.

Who is GM this week? I knew Dave Peach was there a year ago. Still there?
 
ChiefEngineer said:
Kiss 106.7 was owned by Bill Shirk, noted Boone County resident. He heard Kiss 106 on his radio which started a polite correspondence. The use of Kiss was already on the air by then.

I think the operation in the closet started in whole with Bob and Sheri.

Who is GM this week? I knew Dave Peach was there a year ago. Still there?
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I forgot all about WBKS in Indy. Kiss 106.7 was one of my favorite Indy stations at the time outside of Hoosier Hot 96. I can still hear their jingles in my head..."Classic Soul...and Jammin' Hits...Kiss 106.7. "

Shirk certainly had some interesting stations in Indy...I wish I could have heard the old XL and WERK during their prime.

As for the Crawfordsville operation, Dave Peach is still the GM there...at least the last I heard. Nice guy.

Mark Webber, former news guy at WASK/WKOA in Lafayette, is now the PD for the group.
 
Met Dave in High School, he is a great guy which is why I am surprised he's still there. Good guys finish last at Key. They went through a bunch of GM's in a row. Steve White and his whole family were there for a month after they were canned at WXIR. Before that some really good folks left as a result of the no gain 3 months means termination rule. Wonder if they did that in when the economy trended down?

Corporate PD? Smile, laugh, choke. With the emphasis on lack of live talent that must mean Corporate computer programmer. little live talent left. That was the trend some time back.

Bill is still Bill. One of the few long running owners and operators from the past still in radio. Lebanon's radio took a step up when he came in. Still one of the best sounding things out there local.
 
BillieJoe765 said:
Actually, WKBV stands for "Wayne, Knox, Brookville." Wayne and Knox being two of the counties it covers.
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I mean no disrespect, but this is incorrect for a couple of reasons. First of all, Wayne County is nowhere near a Knox County. In Indiana, Knox County is the county where Vincennes is located...and that's on the other side of the state. In Ohio, Knox County is northeast of Columbus--over 100 miles away from Richmond.

Finally, it's been documented through various sources both online and in print that William Knox of BrookVille is the call sign meaning of the station. If you live in the Richmond area, at the public library, there's a history book about the City of Richmond that talks about WKBV. That book also touched William Knox starting the station in Brookville and WKBV's move to Connersville before settling in Richmond, though it didn't go into great detail why. I've also seen the call sign meaning of WKBV in other sources both through older radio station guides and online.
 
You are absolutely correct. I was told the meaning by a friend of mine and presumed that he was right. After looking it up last night, I was going to delete the post, but you had already posted a response. My mistake.
 
In 1965 WNWI ( North West Indiana) went on 1080 non-directional with 250 watts Daytime in Valparaiso.
Had a decent signal over a 60 mile radius, nearest 1080 was WPON Pontiac Illinois, which is now gone.
Sometime around 2003? Birach communication moved COL to Oak Lawn Ill, with a pretty big power increase.

WNWI to me now stands for " We're Not Within Indiana ". ;)

Can't guess what Birach might imagine the letters could reference now.

They'd have to announce it in Polish and other eastern european languages.
 
BillieJoe765 said:
You are absolutely correct. I was told the meaning by a friend of mine and presumed that he was right. After looking it up last night, I was going to delete the post, but you had already posted a response. My mistake.
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No worries, BilleJoe. I was also mistaken with a couple in the past after hearing the meanings from pretty trustworthy sources.

I was surprised when I learned WLW meant World's Largest Wireless. For many years, I thought it meant We Love Wattage. :)
 
Don't forget W-E-A-K, the WEAK Voice of Rainbow Valley.
(Statler Brothers "Then and Now" hilarious parody of crappy live local country radio shows)

WBNI 89.1 FM = Broadcasting Northern Indiana
WBCL 90.3 FM = Bible College
WFWI 92.3 FM = Fort Wayne, IN
WAJI 95.1 FM = Magic 95.1 or, uh Majic 95.1 or, uh, WAJI Wajjee 95.1
WBYR 98.9 FM = The Bear, or uh, The Byr, or uh, The Beer
WLDE 101.7 FM = Oldy, or uh Uldy, or uh Welldee
WRSW 107.3 FM = Warsaw, IN
WJFX 107.9 FM = The Fox, or uh, The JFX, or Whatever.

WFCV 1090 AM = FortWayne Christian Voice
WERT 1220 AM = Van WERT, Ohio
WNDE 1260 AM = "N-dy" Indianapolis
WLYV 1450 AM = Can you say "Live?"
WADM 1540 AM = Decatur, IN = Adams County

WONW 1280 AM (Defiance, OH) = W-OH-NorthWest
WIMA 1150 AM (Lima, OH) = Lima as pronounced by Elmer Fudd
Bdya-Bdya-Bdya That's All Folks!
 
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