What does the K in KQED stand for?
Given my recent success with the translation of cryptic notes found in a leather jacket, I thought I give this another try and ask my readers a question that has bugged me for the longest time.
So all those radio- and TV-stations start with a “K” in their abbreviation. As in KQED, KNME, KRON, etc. I’ve asked a number of people already what the “K” stands for, but nobody could give me an answer. I would research it on wikipedia, but I have no idea how to phrase a question that would lead me to the right answer.
Anybody out there knows what it is supposed to mean? Thanks in advance …
I don’t think anybody still living knows:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010504.html
K and W were the international call signs assigned to the U.S. It’s C in Canada and X in Mexico. Generally, in the U.S. stations west of the Mississippi River were assigned K, those east of it W. There were some exceptions in the early years (WOAI in San Antonio is one).
I actually remembered that bit of trivia from some point in my past. I worked at the radio station in college, maybe I learned it there? Anyway, looked up my footnote before I saw the asnswer above.
http://www.oldradio.com/archives/general/kwtrivia.htm
http://nelson.oldradio.com/origins.html
More info here:
http://www.oldradio.com/archives/general/kwtrivia.htm
Found by googling “radio call letters” and digging around a bit.
Next, I suppose you’ll want to know why there are 360 degrees in a circle…
Wow - that’s a lot of good information in no time. Thanks to all of you who provided comments to solve this puzzle. Appreciate it!