Jazz mystery. (Media).KLON-FM (88.1) will be changing its calf letters in August but the new name is being kept secret. Rumors that the public radio station is interested in the call letters call letters pl.n. The identifying code letters or numbers of a radio or television transmitting station, assigned by a regulatory body. Also called call sign. KJAZ--formerly used to identify the station that recently became KSUR-AM (1260)--are untrue un·true adj. un·tru·er, un·tru·est 1. Contrary to fact; false. 2. Deviating from a standard; not straight, even, level, or exact. 3. Disloyal; unfaithful. , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. KLON Program Director Rene Engel. Someone from the Long Beach station had expressed an interest in the call letters, according to Saul Levine, owner of KSUR, but earlier this year, the KJAZ call letters were moved to a Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern station owned by Levine's Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters Inc. and are no longer available. Levine recently agreed to donate the KJAZ name to a public FM radio station but he would not reveal which one. The call letters cost Levine about $60,000. "The KLON call letters are a heritage thing in this marketplace," said Mary Beth Garber, president of the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Broadcasters Association. Engel declined to comment on the pending call letter switch. Staff reporter Claudia Peschiutta can be reached at (323) 549-5225 ext. 229, or at cpeschiutta@labusinessjournal.com. |
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