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From: smith@ncoast.UUCP.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Submission for mod-telecom
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Date: Mon, 13-Apr-87 10:30:57 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 13 10:30:57 1987
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> Article <8703251425.AA20549@ektools.uucp> From: john@ektools.UUCP
> In article <172329.870323.KFL@AI.AI.MIT.EDU> KFL@AI.AI.MIT.EDU ("Keith F. Lynch") writes:
> >For broadcast stations, the FCC has ruled that stations East of the
> >Mississippi begin with W, West of the Mississippi begin with K.  (A
> >very few early stations such as KDKA break this rule.)
> 
> The rule must have been made since 1970, for that was about when Westinghouse
> Broadcasting bought WRCV (?) radio and TV in Philadelphia and changed their
> calls to KYW.  The K-prefix and 3-character call are both unusual in the
> Philadelphia area.
> -- 
Call sign KYW (an old sign, just like KDKA) was formerly 
in Cleveland, Oh. I have trouble remembering all of the 
details, but the call sign change was required by the FCC.
Sign KYW was moved to Philadelphia and WKYC (NBC) was moved
from Philadelphia to Cleveland, Oh.

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