You're tuned to K-what?

[gridlockjoe]

A few years ago, when North Texas State University became the University of North Texas, we in the media were joking that the university's radio station, KNTU, would have to change its call sign to KUNT.

That didn't happen, for obvious reasons.

Well, now a TV station in Hawaii has requested and received that call sign.

The station's owners have apologized and promised to change the call sign as soon as possible.

They also received the call sign KWTF for another station...

I'm showing my age when I can remember other call letters that couldn't be assigned, such as KUSA and WUSA.

Comments

[gridlockjoe.livejournal.com]

The Denver station switched calls in 1984.

[fapiece.livejournal.com]

Are you sure about that? I would think a Denver station would begin with K.

[gridlockjoe.livejournal.com]

Yes... to KUSA.

[fapiece.livejournal.com]

Got it now. I thought you meant the station that gave up the WUSA call letters before WDVM switched to it in '86.

So now I'm totally confused. I clearly remember a Minnesota station being involved in all this, but that couldn't have been WUSA, because a Minnesota station would've had to begin with K if they picked up the call letters after '82... so I figured that must've been KUSA, but no, that's in Denver!

So what was this Minnesota station's involvement? And where was the original WUSA located? I have no idea, but the proper response is, "Just ask Joe!" :)