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Local stations get call letters that spell dirty words

by Anna Johns, posted Jul 27th 2007 4:22PM

fccIn what can only be described as utter irony, the FCC has given two local television stations call letters that either spell out or stand for dirty words. In Maui, it's KUNT. Yes, those are the real call letters given to a low-power digital station in Wailuku, Maui. The station is still under construction so no one has seen KUNT Action News as of yet--or maybe it's KUNT On Your Side.

The other station is KWTF in Arizona. Now, this one I like. I think I'd keep it. I'd make my motto, "Hey! KWTF is happening in Arizona!"

Both stations are owned by KM Communications, which actually requested those call letters. The vice president of the company claims he (metaphorically) "fell asleep on the job" when it came to requesting call letters. Yeah, right. Either he's a dirty, dirty man or he's extremely stupid for letting some high school-age employee choose the stations' call letters.

[Via TV Tattle]

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Thomas Chura, Jr.

KWFC!!!!

August 30 2007 at 4:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Thomas Chura, Jr.

KNFW!!!

August 30 2007 at 4:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tim

True story:

In northeast Arkansas, about 15 minutes west of Memphis, TN there's a little building along the side of the Highway 64 that's been everything from a gas station to a second hand store over the past 30 years.

It's in a little bend-in-the-road 'town' named Ebony.

It apparently was once a radio station - as the call letters are still displayed on the front of the building - KUHN.

Yep, coon radio. In Ebony, Arkansas.

I have photos.

July 28 2007 at 6:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
wingdo

The KNTU call letters being changed are an urban legend. The call letters we requested as KNTU because at the time the school was known as North Texas University.

July 28 2007 at 1:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ben

The Universty of North Texas was supposed to get the call letters KUNT but someone caught it and so they got KNTU.

July 28 2007 at 3:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ryanknapper

This is just awesome.

July 28 2007 at 1:04 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ShannonTova

And KLIT in Peoria: http://tinyurl.com/2hbda5

July 28 2007 at 12:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JohnDaley

Don't forget KOCK in South Carolina and KCUF in Nashville.

July 28 2007 at 12:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tool

I like how the company (KM) acted surprised when they heard that KUNT and KWTF was considered obscene by the community.

"You mean that the phonetic word k-u-n-t is objectionable to half of our audience???? So sorry . . . didn't know that"

July 27 2007 at 10:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
VibroCount

The FCC was not involved, but I DJed at a pirate AM radio station called KCUF (Radio 69), in 1968.

July 27 2007 at 10:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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