Yeah, I doubt there is a direct connection, but it almost seems to be too coincidental. The original owner of KLFF asked for KLEF but it was not available. They still called the station "Clef Radio."
Bill Bruce Portzer wrote: > Bill > > I don't know for sure, but I tend to doubt a connection to KLFF. The > station at times has used the slogan "K-Life", and maybe still does for > all I know. I suspect the call was picked to fit the slogan. > > Bruce > > Bill Harms wrote: >> I find it interesting that this station has co-opted first three of the >> four letters of a station that used to be in the Spokane area on 1590 - >> KLFF, Mead which was on the air in the 1960's. Is it a coincidence? Or >> is there a story behind this. I wrote an article about KLFF which >> appears on my web site below, and Shannon Huniwell wrote a interesting >> take on this station in the Feb 2008 PopComm. >> >> Pete Taylor wrote: >> >>> Since he is the Salem CE and is putting on the KKMO test, I E-mailed >>> Monte Passmore to tell him that some off-frequency station was >>> battering KLFE with a constant 900 cycle tone. I can hear it here all >>> day, and driving around the South Sound, it almost approaches audio >>> on the car radio. I don't have any measuring equipment so can't tell >>> if it's KLFE which is off or someone else (KTIL is the closest; KQLO >>> is possible since I get KFBK all day here in the winter). Has anyone >>> determined which 1590 station is 900 cycles low? >>> >> >>> For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org >>> >>> To Post a message: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > -- Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland Check out the Spokane Radio History Pages http://spokaneradio.philcobill.com and the Spokane Radio Tower Pages http://spokanetowers.philcobill.com _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
