rockaction
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K OR W?
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K/W RADIO CALL -- WHICH ARE YOU (1 Viewer)
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rockaction
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Totally agree if communication weren't so important and that federal regulation of the airwaves wasn't important, too.#### no one cares about for $200? I voted though
But like I said, I agree. It's kind of a self-conscious, wonk-ish, radio-lovin' thing of mine and maybe some others.
Jesse Walker does great work with this sort of stuff. His book runs the gamut from anarchism to fascism's use of the airwaves, which is damn important.
And see? You voted!
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rockaction
Footballguy
So much wonky potential, so little response.
Oh, well.
WFMU rules.
Oh, well.
WFMU rules.
rockaction
Footballguy
WBCN and WCBS are great stations, Boston and NY, respectively.
WCBS keeps spinning the oldies to this day, if I'm not mistaken.
Baloney Sandwich
Footballguy
Mr. Ected
Footballguy
WBCN is no longer, although Charles Laquidera is doing some kind of broadcast from his new home in HI. His show 'The Big Mattress' was a great morning show.
Mr. Ected
Footballguy
Just because it's off the air, doesn't mean it wasn't the best.
rockaction
Footballguy
Hell, I remember WBCN. Or am I dreaming. I lived in Boston in '95. That would put it there.
El Floppo
Footballguy
wfmu sponsoring supporter for... 23 years.
grew up listening to kusf and kalx- I don't think kusf is around any more (had vietnamese news on in the AM, and then would abruptly cut over to indie/punk- loved it). kcrw can be fun. more fun when they were active on spotify.
rockaction
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
No ####. :laughs: That's really interesting.Pittsburgh has two K stations (KDKA and KQV) that I can remember. KDKA got a K because they came about in 1920 or so. That's all I remember without Googling from my Radio Broadcasting class I took as a Journalism undergrad before I switched majors a million years ago.
:shrugs:
You freaking nerds have so much more potential than I.
rockaction
Footballguy
No ####. Check this out.
http://earlyradiohistory.us/kwtrivia.htm
The original K/W boundary ran north from the Texas-New Mexico border, so at first stations along the Gulf of Mexico and northward were assigned W calls. It was only in late January, 1923 that the K/W boundary was shifted east to the current boundary of the Mississippi River. With this change, K's were assigned to most new stations west of the Mississippi, however, existing W stations located west of the Mississippi were allowed to keep their now non-standard calls.Click here for a detailed map showing the boundary change
http://earlyradiohistory.us/kwtrivia.htm
The original K/W boundary ran north from the Texas-New Mexico border, so at first stations along the Gulf of Mexico and northward were assigned W calls. It was only in late January, 1923 that the K/W boundary was shifted east to the current boundary of the Mississippi River. With this change, K's were assigned to most new stations west of the Mississippi, however, existing W stations located west of the Mississippi were allowed to keep their now non-standard calls.Click here for a detailed map showing the boundary change
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Mr. Ected
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rockaction
Footballguy
I totally agree. But I care about communication and the way the federal government regulates it.
Call letters are but a symbol of regulation of open-air waves through which we broadcast communication.
It is weird -- but us dorks think about who wields the power of broadcast and how important it is. What's crazier? There are fifty people on this board who know almost infinitely about it more than I. I'm just trying to suss them out and maybe throw me a nugget or two. Books are dry; conversation great.
it's why the Ramones would cut a song like "We Want The Airwaves" or Rage Against the Machine would come out with "Guerrilla Radio."
Who broadcasts and to whom?
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