Why doesnt this radio station follow the pattern?

Question

ok so in this question it explains that their is a reason for the W's or K's in front of the initials of a radio station:

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buuuttt, there is a radio station were i live called "BOB FM"
whats up with that?

it's not 93.7

its 106.5

Answer 1

Bob and Jack are just standard formatting terms for radio. It is just a type of programming. There are several Bob FMs and Jacks. Not just the one people are talking about.

Your Bob FM really does have call letters that begin with either a K or a W depending where you live. If you will listen for about 10 mins either side of the top of the hour, you will hear their actual call letters. The FCC mandates it is at the first natural break closest to the top of the hour.

Answer 2

We have a "Jack FM" in Seattle. But it does have an actuall call sign that begins with a "K". They simply hardly ever mention it on the air, some stations do that, and I notice that more and more stations are doing that, but all licensed stations on the FM or AM bandwiths are supposed to have a call sign, "W" for east of the Mississippi or a "K" for west of the Mississippi, BUT some older stations were "grandfathered" in that they existed with different call letters before the law came into effect, so they'll be the exceptions, but they are very, very few in number.

Answer 3

Some time in the last 5-6 years, the FCC began allowing stations more freedom in identifying themselves as long as they consistantly used the same logo and sometime during each day connected the two. So now we have TV stations with NBC5 and FOX4 in Dallas and radio stations like The Wolf and Classic 101. All of these stations have a call sign that starts with a K or W but they may not make much use of it on the air or in advertising. I suspect part of it was the nuisance of radio stations changing hands and the new owners showing up want KWOW or WFXY or more obscene choices.

Answer 4

Sometimes remembering the call letters of a radio station can be difficult if they not spell something easy to remember, or have some other way of standing out. Because of this, some radio stations will come up with catchy nicknames so that people will remember them better. Radio stations are allowed to call themselves whatever they want as long as they periodically identify themselves by their call letters as well. For example, in Los Angeles there is STAR-FM, whose call letters are KYSR. Since they are part of the STAR network, it is easier to call themselves STAR, than KYSR. People remember STAR much better than KYSR. Likewise, it is easier to remember BOB-FM rather than the call letters WPYA.

Answer 5

If you go to Bob FM website it is called 93.7 WPYA.

Answer 6

the actual call letters of BOB-fm are WPYA.