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Trivial Pursuits => Arts & Entertainment => Topic started by: Carlos del Vaca on August 09, 2007, 08:59:10 pm
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The FCC granted the call letters KUNT to a new radio station in Hawaii.
Also granted to the same company: KWTF for a station in Arizona.
Funny how the FCC gets all jacked up whenever someone says "Fuck" on the air, but they were apparently OK with a station saying "K-U-N-T" over and over again all day. Back in high school we joked that we were going to start a radio station "WFUK, Fuck 105"; wonder if those letters are actually out there somewhere.
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W-K-U-N-T KUNT RADIO! ALL KUNT ROCK ALL THE TIME. NOW GET READY FOR ANOTHER NON STOP BLOCK OF ROCK COMING AT YOU FROM THE KUNT! HERRRREEESS CCCRREEEEDDDD
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I'm pretty sure an NPR affiliate somewhere in NC is called "WFAG."
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Here in Massamachussettettettss, we have WROR.
Seems, innocent enough, right?
Well, the infamous New England accent makes "R" sound like "AHHH" (amount of h's on the ah appears to be a regional dialect sort of thing). A few of their DJs have the accent, some don't.
WROR in the NE accent sounds like double-u-ahhhhh-oh-ahhhhh. Some of the really bad accents make it sound like they're just saying "wahhhhhhhh-oh-ahhhhhhhh" like some sort of bizzare crying/sobbing sound.
Obviously the person who owns and named this radio station must have been aware of this, so I wonder why they chose those call letters to this day. The DJs with the accent sound ridiculous saying them (to me, who has no such accent).
It's not quite KUNT, but it came to mind.
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Also granted to the same company: KWTF for a station in Arizona.
That is beautiful.
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apparently the name of our radio station ("K-W-U-R Clayton, 90.3-- that's K-WUR, St Louis Underground Radio") is a slangish way to write "queer."
so, there's that.
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Holy crap, that's insane.
Heh, KWTF.
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Holy crap, that's insane.
Heh, KWTF.
And their sister-station: KBYE
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There's apparently a KTHX in Reno.
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The town I grew up in (one of them, at least) had a station called WHOP.
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apparently the name of our radio station ("K-W-U-R Clayton, 90.3-- that's K-WUR, St Louis Underground Radio") is a slangish way to write "queer."
We used to have a WGAY. The building (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9728699@N04/800625875/in/set-72157600689060274/) was a few blocks from me. Alas, no more.
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We used to have a WGAY. The building (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9728699@N04/800625875/in/set-72157600689060274/) was a few blocks from me. Alas, no more.
I remember that. It was like super easy listening. The kind of stuff that the DJs was WASH would hear and go, "no, that's too mellow and boring." Their ads were a great source of amusement back in 7th grade.
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In Anchorage, there's a station KFQD. I always pronounced it K-fucked.
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Growing up, we had WIOT, the classic rock station. (Except I guess it wasn't classic then?) I suppose the call numbers were supposed to invoke an image of a rock 'n' roll riot, but always made me think of Elmer Fudd. The mascot was some Wile E. Coyote looking cartoon character, which didn't help the Looney Tunes association.
We also had WVKS, KISS 92.5. It was the pop station, which provided me with my first tastes of your GnRs, your Bon Jovis, and assorted other big hair type bands. I had a 92.5 sticker on my hot pink boom box. They actually picked up the phone when you called to make a request. The sweet sounds of Madonna and Fleetwood Mac lulled me to sleep at night. High school girls would dedicate Bangles songs to their boyfriends on Love Notes, weeknights at nine. Where did you go, non-syndicated commercial radio?
Now, in another time and place, we just have boring station names. WRDU, for instance. Really? RDU? The best you can do is to name your station after the airport?
I'm just bitter because WRDU switched from classic rock to country when Clearchannel bought their competitor. Now I'm stuck with WBBB, which is such a ridiculous callsign they don't even use it on the air. It's just 96 rawk! The music is good but the DJs are all idiots.
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We had awesome radio stations in Hampton Roads - a rock station, a classic rock station, an alternative rock station, a Jack FM style station (called Bob), and two easier-listening stations that were still decent enough that you could put them on at work and not want to rip your eardrums out.
Charlotte doesn't seem to do so well. Inev, maybe you can suggest something, but we've found one rock station and one work-listening station. And the rock station is owned by Clear Channel, which apparently means "we play what we've decided are the 12 best songs out there right now, over and over and over again." I can't wait to afford XM or Sirius.
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I'm still getting used to the fact that I have more than three radio stations at my disposal. Where I lived before, there was the Christian radio station, the local low-power AM station, and then the FM NPR station that we piped in somehow from Anchorage.
Basically, the commercials really, REALLY piss me off so I don't even bother listening to the radio anymore. I want to get satellite radio.
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Basically, the commercials really, REALLY piss me off so I don't even bother listening to the radio anymore. I want to get satellite radio.
WARNING: Satellite radio has commercials too. At least, the kind we get at work does. It's like cable TV - you actually get to pay for the privilege of listening to commercials. What will they think of next?
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golfhaus--
90.3-- sometimes you can pick it up, they play old motown and stuff. it's a really weak signal, though. I first heard it because 90.3 is the frequency for KWUR, and I wanted to hear if there was anything on that frequency here.
88.9-- jazz
89.9--classical
95.7--the best classic rock station
99.7--um, they play metallica and stuff, but say that they are classic rock. I play a game with my brother where we try to guess what the stations will sound like-- 95.7 is typically "The Doors!" or "The Rolling Stones!" 99.7 is "Boston!" or "Kansas!" or somesuch. 90.3 is "some cute 60's song with low fidelity that we haven't heard!"
106.5-- horrible alternative rock station that I listen to when I hear something good scanning through (once a month or so)
107.9-- my parents like this station? too many talk shows.
90.7-- WFAE, NPR affiliate.
103.1-- my iPod-- you probably won't be able to pick it up unless you are in my car. I listen to this one the most, except for maybe 90.7. Sometimes there is some real station playing here and I get, like *jangly indie pop for 5 seconds* *BOOM, BOOM PSH, BABY I LOVE YOU SO! BOOM, BOOM PSH* *jangly indie pop again* *static* *BOOM, BOOM PSH* etc.
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106.5 is what we listen to... from your list, it seems that if you want modern rock, that's the best we've got going. Shame. The radio and the traffic are the only things I've found about CLT that I don't care for.
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WARNING: Satellite radio has commercials too. At least, the kind we get at work does. It's like cable TV - you actually get to pay for the privilege of listening to commercials. What will they think of next?
What the fuuuuuuuck! Oh god. That's just terrible. Thanks for the heads-up.
I miss my little town with no stoplights and no advertising. Sigh.
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WARNING: Satellite radio has commercials too. At least, the kind we get at work does. It's like cable TV - you actually get to pay for the privilege of listening to commercials. What will they think of next?
Do you mean those annoying "informational plugs" from the "DJs"? I have XM and I find these interruptions even more annoying than regular commercials. But they only happen on a few channels.
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Do you mean those annoying "informational plugs" from the "DJs"? I have XM and I find these interruptions even more annoying than regular commercials. But they only happen on a few channels.
I don't know if I could tell the difference between 'informational plugs' and 'commercials'.... You know, I don't listen to the music channels, so that might be different. I tried some things like comedy stations and other talk stations and they seemed to have commercials. So now I stick to the XM NPR station. Which is kind of stupid, since I could get the same thing for free on air, but I don't pay for it so I don't care.
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As far as the FCC is concerned (and I'm not sure how concerned they are about satellite radio), there are a couple of key differences between a commercial message and a non-commercial announcement.
This (http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/nature.html#ENHANCED) is an outline that is meant to draw distinctions between the two. It's possible for a creative non-comm station to still say a lot about their underwriters and donors without crossing the line.
A local non-comm station has recently started playing 30-minute infomercial type things for a pain reliever, only it's presented like an interview and I'm not sure if it makes any call to action, gives value statements, etc (I stopped listening after a minute or two). I'm sure it's legal or the management wouldn't risk their license by running it, but it definitely takes a gray area and murks it up even more.
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The talk station here has a guy who is supposedly talking about current events and economics and investments, but really, all he does is sell gold and precious metals. I notice that when things are bad: Buy GOLD! When things are good: BUY GOLD! When things are uncertain: Buy GOLD!
It's almost funny.
Also, on the weekends there are these "Health" "talk shows" that appear to be selling bee pollen and other natural health products.