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- From: melissa@spanky.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Melissa Probst)
- Subject: Re: Call letters
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.171305.3792@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:13:05 GMT
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- In article <93006.233728TRM900@psuvm.psu.edu> Tony R. Marasco <TRM900@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- >If you haven't heard, one of Stern's competitors closed the gap in the
- >ratings war in L.A. Stern blames this on the FCC.
- >
- >A competitor allegedly changed call letters to sound almost like ths LA
- >call letters. Their position on the dial is relatively close, so Stern
- >feels that the ratings were incorrect because people were confused...
-
- It's true. Howard Stern is on KLSX here in L.A. and the competitor
- changed there call letters to KLAX. KLSX is on 97.1 KLAX is on 97.9.
-
- >
- >I have two comments:
- >
- >1) I work in radio and Howard is right. People have no idea to what they
- > listen. I have people argue that my station is doing something that
- > the competition is. Therefore, anything semi-vague in a poll could
- > show incorrect results.
-
- However, KLAX is a spanish radio station so I would think people would
- realize the difference.
-
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