lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (04/06/84)
For those of you who follow such things, the CBS O&O here in L.A., KNXT-TV (2), changed their callsign to KCBS-TV as of last Monday (April 2) at sign-on. KNXT was one of the earlier VHF outlets here in Los Angeles -- the television service associated with KNX radio (which still exists). With the callsign change, L.A. now has KCBS, KNBC, and KABC, while New York City has WCBS, WNBC, and WABC. All six of these stations are owned and operated by their respective networks; they are not merely affiliates. Why the change was made now, after all these years, is unclear. This is the first local change in a VHF callsign in my memory (and I've lived in L.A. my entire life). I guess the CBS exec's finally decided that there was something to be said for symmetry in callsigns... --Lauren--
starner@psuvax.UUCP (Mark L. Starner) (04/07/84)
The Reason the change was made now was that only
just recently has the FCC relaxed restrictions governing
call sign changes. Before, you had to submit an application and
then wait for the FCC to approve it. Now, you still have to submit
the application, but there are no hearings or discussion about it.
If the call sign you want is not being used, you an use it.
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Mark Starner
Computer Science Department (814) 863-0392
301b Whitmore Lab {allegra,ihnp4}!psuvax!starner
The Pennsylvania State University starner@penn-state (csnet)
University Park, PA 16802 starner@psuvax1 (bitnet)jpg@sdchema.UUCP (04/11/84)
>> For those of you who follow such things, the CBS O&O here in L.A., >> KNXT-TV (2), changed their callsign to KCBS-TV as of last Monday >> (April 2) at sign-on. KNXT was one of the earlier VHF outlets here >> in Los Angeles -- the television service associated with KNX radio >> (which still exists). KNX won't change their call letters since the CBS radio affiliate in San Francisco is KCBS
daves@hp-pcd.UUCP (04/12/84)
Not only that, but WCBS in New York is on channel 2 also.... Dave Serisky [hplabs!]hp-pcd!daves