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| TV station lands questionable call letters | |
| 2007-07-27 | |
| I knew it before I even read it... THE call letters KUNT have landed at a yet-unbuilt low-power digital television station in Wailuku, Maui. A Lifetime affiliate? One of Oprah's stations? Alarmingly similar to a word the dictionary says is obscene, It's in the dictionary? the call letters were among a 15-page list of new call letters issued by the Federal Communications Commission and released this week. The same station owner also received KWTF for a station in Arizona. From Skokie, Ill., comes a sincere apology "to anyone that was offended," said Kevin Bae, vice president of KM Communications Inc., who requested and received KUNT and KWTF. It is "extremely embarrassing for me and my company and we will file to change those call letters immediately." I'm shocked by this! Shocked, I tells ya!!!
I'm shocked by this! Shocked, I tells ya!!! The call letter snafu was a source of great mirth for Bae's attorney."I can't tell you how long he laughed at me when he learned of my gaffe," Bae said. Nice goin, Beavis... Broadcasters for generations have joked among themselves about call letters resembling off-color words or acronyms knowing the FCC would never approve their assignment -- but that was before computerization. KCUF-FM near Aspen, Colo. got its F-word-in-reverse call letters in August of 2005 and has been on the air since December, "Keeping Colorado Uniquely Free," its Web site says. Kcufin A... | |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #8 mascot? John Edwards |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-07-27 18:17 |
| #7 Bigjim: Exactly what would their station mascot be? How about Pelosi? Better yet, how about Reid? :-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-07-27 17:12 |
| #6 It is "extremely embarrassing for me and my company and we will file to change those call letters immediately." Not very bright. I'd auction it off on ebay and then go get me new call letters! |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-07-27 17:10 |
| #5 Mary the...ummmmmmmmmmm...Mollusk? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-07-27 13:12 |
| #4 How about KOCK instead?... |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-07-27 13:09 |
| #3 Exactly what would their station mascot be? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-07-27 13:07 |
| #2 rj- KOME was the station I listened to in High School. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2007-07-27 12:56 |
| #1 In the SF Bay area that had KOME and they made the most out of the pronunctiation to make it sound like an ejaculatory liquid. I remember a station ad with Chevy Chase saying "don't touch that dial, it has KOME on it." Heavy forbid if KUNT's program directors are immature. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-07-27 11:22 |