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« on: February 24, 2012, 08:22:35 AM » |
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Does anyone know the record for the number of different frequencies in the same market that have hosted the same call letters, perhaps with the same format each time?
In Norfolk, Sinclair Communications put WNIS first on 1350, moved them to 850, and now host them on 790. On each frequency, the format has been news/talk.
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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2012, 11:20:17 AM » |
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WKLB in the Boston area:
Debuted as WCLB, The Country Club, on 105.7 in Framingham. Became WKLB to avoid confusion with
WCRB radio and WCVB-TV. From 105.7, WKLB moved to
96.9 Boston (merged with WBCS, owned by Greater Media)
then
99.5 (city of license Lowell)
then they did a frequency flip with Nassau's WCRB 102.5. WCRB went to 99.5 and later was sold
to WGBH and went non-commercial classical.
So WKLB has been
105.7--Framingham MA
96.9--Boston
99.5--Lowell MA
102.5--Waltham MA
Not the same COL of course but yes same market. The format flip on 12/1/06 to their current location:
99.5: Last aired a rendition of the national anthem by Ricochet. Went into Hallelujah Chorus to debut
classical, from country
102.5: Aired a classical piece, "Rodeo" (heard on the beef, it's what's for dinner ads). Went into
Rascal Flatts, Life is a Highway. Classical to country.
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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2012, 01:14:26 PM » |
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Does anyone know the record for the number of different frequencies in the same market that have hosted the same call letters, perhaps with the same format each time? KOY Phoenix: 1390 (1929, when it changed from KFCB), 550 (1941 - not a NARBA move), 1230 (1999-present) KPHO Phoenix: 1200 (1940 sign-on), 1230 (1941-NARBA), 910 (1949-71, when it became KJJJ) We probably shouldn't count NARBA moves or the rampant frequency-shifting of the 1920s, though. |
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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2012, 01:35:11 PM » |
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WCKY Cincinnati has been on 1530, 550, 1360 and back to 1530 (plus WCKY-FM is in a different cluster near Toledo). WSAI has been back and forty between 1360 and 1530.
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« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2012, 01:43:19 PM » |
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WSCR Chicago: 820 (1992 sign-on), 1160 (1996, replacing WJJD), 670 (2000-present, replacing WMAQ)
KGME Phoenix: 1360 (1994, replacing KNNS), 550 (1999, bumping KOY to 1230), 910 (2000-present, swapped with KFYI)
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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2012, 01:55:11 PM » |
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The "WROC" calls have had two lives in Rochester: 1961-1978 on 1280 (accompanying sister station WROC-TV) and then for the last few years on 950 (the former WBBF, which picked up the WROC calls during a short branding partnership with WROC-TV, under different ownership).
The "WBBF" calls moved around from 950 (and sister station 92.5), to 98.9, to 93.3, and eventually into oblivion. They're now in use in Buffalo. Amusingly, there was a time when every station in the Entercom Rochester cluster had borne the WBBF calls at some point in its history, but then the cluster expanded.
"WEZO" was the heritage call on 101.3 here, but later lived on 990, 93.3 and 950, I think in that order.
(Hmmm....I just realized that means that of the three callsigns in town that have lived on multiple stations, all of them have been on 950 at one point or another.)
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« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2012, 05:09:41 AM » |
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...and then, there's Jacksonville |
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« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2012, 10:30:54 AM » |
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You can also find 1920s info on some stations here. |
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« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2012, 10:48:27 AM » |
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Not quite in response to the original question, but KYW must be the champ for call letters moving to different frequencies AND cities.
KYW started out in Chicago, moved to Cleveland and then to Philadelphia. Each time it was on a different frequency. I think in Chicago it was on several different frequencies as the FCC reorganized the AM dial several times in those early days of broadcasting.
And it's especially odd since K call letters are so rare east of the Mississippi.
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