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Are These The Most Unfortunate Call Letters In Recent Memory?
I thought Sauga 960's CKNT call letters were somewhat unfortunate. But imagine working for a community radio station located in a place called Georgetown, California. That's where you'll find my new favorite call letters: KFOK Radio. (As far as I can tell, there's no equivalent starting with a "W.")
I certainly hope they don't try to pronounce them on air!
KFOK Radio
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Peterborough used to have CKKK.
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CKNT, very tacky. Both Windsor and Penticton had a CKOK radio. CKOK Windsor eventually became the "big 8" CKLW...
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Too bad they didn't keep CKOK. Can you imagine the jingles? CKOK...The Big 8!
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CKOC can easily be C..K (I won't type the rest of it, lol)
But you know what? For a short time CKOC became CKMO.
That was an opportunity for a French station in Quebec (or any French station in Canada)
to pick up those classic calls. I am very surprised no one did.
CK aussi (french for also, or too) would have been great use of the CKOC calls, easy to snatch up!!
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...and adding to that, don't forget that call letters can have different meaning in both French and English.
CFUC could easily get away with being a French station because "le Fuc" is an animal known as a Seal in French, believe it or not!
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Radiowiz wrote:
CKOC can easily be C..K (I won't type the rest of it, lol)
But you know what? For a short time CKOC became CKMO.
That was an opportunity for a French station in Quebec (or any French station in Canada)
to pick up those classic calls. I am very surprised no one did.
CK aussi (french for also, or too) would have been great use of the CKOC calls, easy to snatch up!!
CKCO could also have its call letters rearranged that way.
In fact, The Gazette at the University of Western Ontario publishes a spoof issue every April 1, and for a number of years the ads included one for C**K-TV, using the CKCO logo of the era.
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That's no spoof! In the late 80s, CKCO brought in an American studio design company to build them fancy new digs for their 'Action News' concept (around the same time they got rid of the red blazers). The desk and set looked great but they overlooked one thing: They had a banner going around the desk that repeated the call letters. And the way it was cut off in some shots, it looked like another word over and over... They tried sticking a BBS logo in the middle of each set of letters, but eventually just ditched the whole thing.
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CKOC can easily be C..K (I won't type the rest of it, lol)
But you know what? For a short time CKOC became CKMO.
That was an opportunity for a French station in Quebec (or any French station in Canada)
to pick up those classic calls. I am very surprised no one did.
CK aussi (french for also, or too) would have been great use of the CKOC calls, easy to snatch up!!
CKCO could also have its call letters rearranged that way.
In fact, The Gazette at the University of Western Ontario publishes a spoof issue every April 1, and for a number of years the ads included one for C**K-TV, using the CKCO logo of the era.
I've always wondered why no one grabbed the CFUN call letters when they were available, 1967-73.
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I thought Sauga 960's CKNT call letters were somewhat unfortunate. But imagine working for a community radio station located in a place called Georgetown, California. That's where you'll find my new favorite call letters: KFOK Radio. (As far as I can tell, there's no equivalent starting with a "W.")
I certainly hope they don't try to pronounce them on air!
KFOK Radio
According to Radio-locator.com, this station operates at ONE!! watt.
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According to Radio-locator.com, this station operates at ONE!! watt.
Wikipedia lists them as KFOK-LP (as opposed to FM). I'm guessing the "LP" stands for "low power"?
I wonder what the typical coverage area is with one watt? Two blocks?
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Peterborough used to have CKKK.
I'm sure Peterborough still has a few of those around.
CKKK would've been quite popular in the Greater Port Perry area.