Re: [IRCA] Three letter calls
I believe the KWG call signs are still good / on the air with Catholic programming. Funny that here in Ca and Az we have GY stations with three letter call signs (KXO, KOY,...) Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 21:21:31 -0700 From: st...@rocketmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com CC: st...@rocketmail.com Subject: [IRCA] Three letter calls I think someone already mentioned that KGY 1240 Olympia, WA, is another three letter call on a local channel. I heard them in Spokane (300 miles away) for the first time only about a year ago. Doesn't KWG 1230 Stockton, CA, still exist? I've never heard them but I'd love to. My local KTRW 630 Opportunity, WA (suburb of Spokane) uses the slogan KTW I think as a reference to the old KTW 1250 Seattle. KTRW runs conservative talk and some religious programming. I actually worked for them back in the late 70s/early 80's when they were KZUN, initially running MOR (middle of the road) music and then went CW to compliment their then FM sister KZUN-FM 96.1, which had gone CW. 630 changed calls to KGGR while I was still there and took on an oldies format. This was in 1982 and I left in 1983 to work at KXLY 920 and KXLY-TV. 630 has been through numerous call changes and ownership changes since then. The KTRW calls were originally, in this market at least, on 970, which is now KTTO Sacred Heart (Catholic) radio. That was in 1988 when the station changed format to traditional country and used the slogan True Country. Prior to that, 970 was KZZU and simulcast then sister station KZZU-FM 92.9 with Top 40 music. KZZU(FM) is still Top 40. 96.1 FM here is back to CW, after at least a couple format changes over the years, with the call letters KIXZ and uses the slogan Kicks 96. Stan Weisbeck Spokane, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Three letter calls
Yes KWG is good. I just got a current sticker in the mail from them. Phil Bytheway IRCA Bookstore Seattle WA Drake R-7 / KIWA Loop - Original Message From: Mike Sanburn mikesanb...@hotmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Fri, April 1, 2011 11:09:05 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Three letter calls I believe the KWG call signs are still good / on the air with Catholic programming. Funny that here in Ca and Az we have GY stations with three letter call signs (KXO, KOY,...) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Three letter calls
Stan, KGY 1240 is a regular on groundwave here. Fair signal days KWG I got QSL'd back in the late 60s when they were Top 40. I have a local on 1230 and I don't hear Stockton as often. In the old days KVAS (then) was not 24 hours. I well remember another 3 call letter station for years in Spokane, the old KHQ 590. I think the TV is still KHQ isn't it? Same is true for KGW TV Portland. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Three letter calls
I was lucky enough to log KHQ 590 here before they switched call signs. They later became K-LiSteN and KAQQ etc...ms From: mwd...@webtv.net Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 23:21:08 -0700 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Three letter calls Stan, KGY 1240 is a regular on groundwave here. Fair signal days KWG I got QSL'd back in the late 60s when they were Top 40. I have a local on 1230 and I don't hear Stockton as often. In the old days KVAS (then) was not 24 hours. I well remember another 3 call letter station for years in Spokane, the old KHQ 590. I think the TV is still KHQ isn't it? Same is true for KGW TV Portland. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Three letter calls
Yes, I have all of their call signs QSL'd. The KHQ card was a beautiful color card of a picture of their site. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Three letter calls
I remember that card. I always liked the stations that had the picture postcard veries, like KCOK 1270 Tulare CA, or the old 1100 AM in Grand Junction CO(Was that KREX???) From: mwd...@webtv.net Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 09:58:43 -0700 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Three letter calls Yes, I have all of their call signs QSL'd. The KHQ card was a beautiful color card of a picture of their site. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Three letter calls
Mike, Yes, KREX. I believe I have one of those cards too. A lot of great cards in the past with pictures of the stations. Of course stations never changed call letters much in those days and the old station could have the card for decades. I got a lot of really old ones when I started DXing back in the 60s.Some dating back to the 30s and 40s. Even in the 80s, once in a while a station would send me a very old card from the past. Last week I got a nice new full color card from KCVR Lodi CA. They have a new QSL card. Those are getting rare these days. I can see why a lot of stations don't get cards, even if they could afford them, as the station may change calls the next day! KCVR has had those calls for many years. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Three letter calls
Maybe we should try to arrange a DX test with KCVR next season!! I know that they ran one in 1976 I believeStill all SS probably but likely the engineer speaks EE.(One Curtis might ACTUALLY be able to hear.) From: mwd...@webtv.net Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 10:38:12 -0700 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Three letter calls Mike, Yes, KREX. I believe I have one of those cards too. A lot of great cards in the past with pictures of the stations. Of course stations never changed call letters much in those days and the old station could have the card for decades. I got a lot of really old ones when I started DXing back in the 60s.Some dating back to the 30s and 40s. Even in the 80s, once in a while a station would send me a very old card from the past. Last week I got a nice new full color card from KCVR Lodi CA. They have a new QSL card. Those are getting rare these days. I can see why a lot of stations don't get cards, even if they could afford them, as the station may change calls the next day! KCVR has had those calls for many years. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Three letter calls on TV
To confirm for Pat Martin, the KHQ calls do live on on Channel 6 here in Spokane. I guess I should say digital Channel 6 because they actually broadcast on RF Channel 15. I was sad when 590 dropped the KHQ calls back in the early 80's. They were still co-owned with KHQ-TV, but the owners put their radio stations up for sale and they sold pretty quickly. KHQ-FM 98.1 became KISC (Kiss FM) and still has those calls and slogan with a soft rock format. 590 became KLSN with the slogan Listen 5-90, but they later became KAQQ, and then several years ago, at least, they dropped the adult contemporary music format, becoming conservative talk, and took on their current calls of KQNT. I, like Pat Martin, wish that heritage stations would keep their three letter calls, and just change slogans if they change formats. I think it's still true, though, if radio and TV stations split ownership, they can't keep the same calls, except with special permission. I know KING-FM 98.1 Seattle, got special permission to keep its calls when it was sold off from KING-TV. I wish 1090 Seattle was still KING! Stan Weisbeck Spokane, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Three letter calls on TV
Stan, I have tried to QSL every 3 call letter station I have heard to date since I started in 1965 and I think I have 100% of what I heard QSL'd for 3 call stations, but there are a lot of 3 call signs in the Midwest East I haven't heard. One comes to mind WOL-1450 and I really doubt I will ever hear that one from the West Coast. Salem BCing tried to get the old KOL and KMO calls back, but all they could do is to get KKOL and KKMO. I don't see the sense in the FCC giving back the old calls again, as they did that in the early 80s, just to find most if not all changed back. KRE-1400 was a good example. The old KRE calls were there long before I was at the dials. By the time I started, they were KPAT. But once they changed back, I relogged 1400 and got the QSL. Within a few weeks, 1400 had changed again. I guess many corporate heads don't care about station history. You are right, a new slogan would work fine with a new format. They only have to give calls once an hour and the slogan could be given over and over in that hour, so people would think they were listening to a new station with new slogans the format. Calls are more important in the U.S. than they are in many other countries, like Latin America. Slogans have always been big there. 73 Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Three letter calls
I think someone already mentioned that KGY 1240 Olympia, WA, is another three letter call on a local channel. I heard them in Spokane (300 miles away) for the first time only about a year ago. Doesn't KWG 1230 Stockton, CA, still exist? I've never heard them but I'd love to. My local KTRW 630 Opportunity, WA (suburb of Spokane) uses the slogan KTW I think as a reference to the old KTW 1250 Seattle. KTRW runs conservative talk and some religious programming. I actually worked for them back in the late 70s/early 80's when they were KZUN, initially running MOR (middle of the road) music and then went CW to compliment their then FM sister KZUN-FM 96.1, which had gone CW. 630 changed calls to KGGR while I was still there and took on an oldies format. This was in 1982 and I left in 1983 to work at KXLY 920 and KXLY-TV. 630 has been through numerous call changes and ownership changes since then. The KTRW calls were originally, in this market at least, on 970, which is now KTTO Sacred Heart (Catholic) radio. That was in 1988 when the station changed format to traditional country and used the slogan True Country. Prior to that, 970 was KZZU and simulcast then sister station KZZU-FM 92.9 with Top 40 music. KZZU(FM) is still Top 40. 96.1 FM here is back to CW, after at least a couple format changes over the years, with the call letters KIXZ and uses the slogan Kicks 96. Stan Weisbeck Spokane, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Three letter calls
If you listen to KTTO, just cough when they do an ID...it will sound just like KWG. Same goes for the old KYA. It also is Sacred Heart radio. Original programming is a thing of the past unless you're a college station. Mike Hawkins On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Stan Weisbeck st...@rocketmail.com wrote: I think someone already mentioned that KGY 1240 Olympia, WA, is another three letter call on a local channel. I heard them in Spokane (300 miles away) for the first time only about a year ago. Doesn't KWG 1230 Stockton, CA, still exist? I've never heard them but I'd love to. My local KTRW 630 Opportunity, WA (suburb of Spokane) uses the slogan KTW I think as a reference to the old KTW 1250 Seattle. KTRW runs conservative talk and some religious programming. I actually worked for them back in the late 70s/early 80's when they were KZUN, initially running MOR (middle of the road) music and then went CW to compliment their then FM sister KZUN-FM 96.1, which had gone CW. 630 changed calls to KGGR while I was still there and took on an oldies format. This was in 1982 and I left in 1983 to work at KXLY 920 and KXLY-TV. 630 has been through numerous call changes and ownership changes since then. The KTRW calls were originally, in this market at least, on 970, which is now KTTO Sacred Heart (Catholic) radio. That was in 1988 when the station changed format to traditional country and used the slogan True Country. Prior to that, 970 was KZZU and simulcast then sister station KZZU-FM 92.9 with Top 40 music. KZZU(FM) is still Top 40. 96.1 FM here is back to CW, after at least a couple format changes over the years, with the call letters KIXZ and uses the slogan Kicks 96. Stan Weisbeck Spokane, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Three letter calls
You could start with -- Al Gore -- who invented the internet and the 1996 re-write of the Communications Act -- that reqiures the FCC to auction off all broadcast channels. I've heard that Al is busy saving the world and selling his book. But what's to stop an FM station - from buying a three leter call sign ?? KOL-FM -- KHJ - FM - KJR - FM.. Why not sell off any call with a Z or a Q. Or any call with a K or W. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
