Re: CHAT: Names of radiostations (was: Re: The young Tolkien)

taliesin the storyteller wrote:

> What's the deal with the four-letter codenames for US radio-stations?
> What happens when all possible four-letter combinations have been used,
> will everyone switch to 5 letter ones? In Yooroop (the pieces of it
> that I've been to at least), radio-stations got real names, nicknames
> and short forms/abbreviations.
I think there are something like 700 unique call-letter combinations (if
I've done my math right, I don't remember much matrix theory from high
school). East of the Mississippi River they begin with "W", and west
they begin with "K". I don't know why, but they do. Most radio stations
have some sort of catchy appellation, like "101X", or "98 Rock", two
stations from the town I grew up in. All I listen to in Austin is KMFA
89.6, the classical station, and only in the car. Even in the car, I'm
usually listening to Tool on the CD player.

> t.
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