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Author Topic: SAME TV CALLS, EXCEPT ONE IS WITH A "W" AND THE OTHER WITH A "K"  (Read 1708 times)
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Re: SAME TV CALLS, EXCEPT ONE IS WITH A "W" AND THE OTHER WITH A "K"
« Reply #20 on: April 25, 2012, 11:59:13 PM »

At the risk of detouring the thread, I know of a single tower that carries both Kxxx and Wxxx under the same ownership...but that's FM and not TV.

(Don't think this challenge has been ignored Smiley )

But do you know the answer?  Wink

Not yet, but I intend to cheat.....
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Re: SAME TV CALLS, EXCEPT ONE IS WITH A "W" AND THE OTHER WITH A "K"
« Reply #21 on: April 26, 2012, 11:43:58 AM »

KTVW 33.x Phoenix AZ
WTVW 7.x Evansville IN

KPPX 51.x Tolleson AZ
WPPX 61.x Wilmington DE

KGTV 10.x San Diego CA
WGTV 8.x Athens GA

KPBS 15.x San Diego CA
WPBS 16.x  Watertown NY

KUSI 51.x San Diego CA
WUSI 16.x Olney IL

KWSB 69.x San Diego CA
WSWB 38.x Scranton PA

KTTV 11.x Los Angeles CA
WTTV 4.x Bloomington IN

KVEA 52.x Corona CA
WVEA 62.x Venice FL

KHIZ 64.x Barstow CA
WHIZ 18.x Zanesville OH

KOLO 8.x Reno NV
WOLO 8.x Columbia SC

KUTV 2.x Salt Lake City UT
WUTV 29.x Buffalo NY

KTVX 4.x Salt Lake City UT
WTVX 34.x Ft. Pierce FL

KUTF 12.x Logan UT
WUTF 66.x Marlborough MA

KUPX 16.x Provo UT
WUPX 67.x Morehead KY

And a triple play:

KHAS 5.x Hastings NE
WHAS 11.x Louisville KY
XHAS 33.x Tijuana BCN

(I don't know of any CHAS TV station in Canada)
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Re: SAME TV CALLS, EXCEPT ONE IS WITH A "W" AND THE OTHER WITH A "K"
« Reply #22 on: April 26, 2012, 11:47:48 AM »

At the risk of detouring the thread, I know of a single tower that carries both Kxxx and Wxxx under the same ownership...but that's FM and not TV.

(Don't think this challenge has been ignored Smiley )

But do you know the answer?  Wink

Not yet, but I intend to cheat.....

KXXX was in San Francisco on 99.7 from 1988-1990.
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Re: SAME TV CALLS, EXCEPT ONE IS WITH A "W" AND THE OTHER WITH A "K"
« Reply #23 on: April 26, 2012, 05:16:08 PM »

(I don't know of any CHAS TV station in Canada)

CHAS is on an FM station (100.5) in Sault Ste. Marie.



Well, Scott, I tried cheating & it didn't help..  they may be on the same tower, but they're licensed to different cities...  I was just about certain it was KUWS and WUWS but no joy there...

I found eight cases where the K and W versions of a call are licensed to cities with the same name.  In six of those eight cases, the cities are in different states.  (KELY & WELY in the Elys in Nevada & Minnesota; KROC and WROC on the Rochesters in Minnesota & New York; etc...) 

In the two cases where they're in the same state, they're on different towers.  (and indeed, one of the two stations in each case is AM) 

(anyone besides Scott know which four stations -- which two cities -- I'm talking about?)

As you might guess, in most cases where the K and W versions of the same call are in cities of the same name, the calls are mnemonic of the city.  K/WELY in Ely, K/WROChester, etc...  However, in two cases the link between the calls and the city names are very tenuous at best.  Again, anyone know which two cities I'm talking about?

Scott, I'm afraid I give up.  Scanned all my hunches, tried getting the computer to take a shot at it, no luck.
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Re: SAME TV CALLS, EXCEPT ONE IS WITH A "W" AND THE OTHER WITH A "K"
« Reply #24 on: April 26, 2012, 09:47:22 PM »

Well, Scott, I tried cheating & it didn't help..  they may be on the same tower, but they're licensed to different cities...  I was just about certain it was KUWS and WUWS but no joy there...

You were in the right neighborhood...within 200 miles or so...

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Scott, I'm afraid I give up.  Scanned all my hunches, tried getting the computer to take a shot at it, no luck.

If Doug can't get it, it's a good trivia question indeed  Cheesy

The answer is WMFG-FM Hibbing MN (106.3) and KMFG Nashwauk MN (102.9), both on a tower in Hibbing:

http://www.fybush.com/sites/2006/site-060224.html

At least when I visited, WMFG(AM) was on the same tower, too!
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Re: SAME TV CALLS, EXCEPT ONE IS WITH A "W" AND THE OTHER WITH A "K"
« Reply #25 on: April 26, 2012, 10:25:49 PM »

WLNE 6 PROVIDENCE, RI (ABC) Owned by Citadel Communications
KLNE 3 LEXINGTON, NE (PBS) Owned by Nebraska Educational Telecommunications

WCVB 5 BOSTON, MA (ABC) Owned by Hearst
KCVB-CA 3 LOGAN, UT (ION) Cache Valley Broadcasting, LLC
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Re: SAME TV CALLS, EXCEPT ONE IS WITH A "W" AND THE OTHER WITH A "K"
« Reply #26 on: April 26, 2012, 10:47:39 PM »

Scott, I'm afraid I give up.  Scanned all my hunches, tried getting the computer to take a shot at it, no luck.

The answer is WMFG-FM Hibbing MN (106.3) and KMFG Nashwauk MN (102.9), both on a tower in Hibbing:


Darn.  Close.  Kept checking Minnesota, forgot about the Iron Range.  Oh well, I'm sure people far better than me have forgotten the Iron Range.....

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Re: SAME TV CALLS, EXCEPT ONE IS WITH A "W" AND THE OTHER WITH A "K"
« Reply #27 on: April 27, 2012, 06:48:23 AM »


Guess it depends on which side of the Mississippi River you are on, (in most cases)

Did someone mention  WCET  Cincinnati  KCET  Los Angeles
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Re: SAME TV CALLS, EXCEPT ONE IS WITH A "W" AND THE OTHER WITH A "K"
« Reply #28 on: April 27, 2012, 03:57:06 PM »

Anybody mention WKTV Ch. 2 Utica, NY (NBC)
                        KKTV Ch. 11 Colorado Springs (CBS)

                        WTVA Ch. 9 Columbus-Tupelo, MS (NBC)
                        KTVA Ch. 11 Anchorage, AK (CBS)

                        WTXL Ch. 27 Tallahassee, FL (ABC)
                        KTXL Ch. 40 Sacramento, CA (Fox)

                        WXTV Ch. 41 Paterson, NJ (Telemundo)
                        KXTV Ch. 10 Sacramento, CA (ABC)
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Re: SAME TV CALLS, EXCEPT ONE IS WITH A "W" AND THE OTHER WITH A "K"
« Reply #29 on: April 29, 2012, 03:46:25 AM »

Now that the thread is back...

KTVC 36.x Roseburg OR
WTVC 9.x Chattanooga TN

KTVE 10.x El Dorado AR
WTVE 51.x Reading PA

KTVG 17.x Grand Island NE
WTVG 13.x Toledo OH

KTVM 6.x Butte MT
WTVM 9.x Columbus GA

KTVP-LP 22.x Phoenix AZ
WTVP 47.x Peoria IL

KTVQ 2.x Billings MT
WTVQ 36.x Lexington KY

KTVR 13.x La Grande OR
WTVR 6.x Richmond VA

KJTV 34.x Lubbock TX
WJTV 12.x Jackson MS

KLTV 7.x Tyler TX
WLTV 23.x Miami FL

KOTV 6.x Tulsa OK
WOTV 41.x Battle Creek MI

KRTV 3.x Great Falls MT
WRTV 6.x Indianapolis IN
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