VHSgoodiesWA 303 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 It wasn't pronounced that way until the later 1990s. Before that, the station was using the letters of their callsign like most other stations (i.e. "weekdays at 4 on K-E-P-R TV"). Ironically, sister station KIMA had a time around 1997-99 where the station was calling itself "Kima Television", "kai-ma" as if it was a word... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/22/#findComment-284802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmasters1 403 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 7 hours ago, VHSgoodiesWA said: It wasn't pronounced that way until the later 1990s. Before that, the station was using the letters of their callsign like most other stations (i.e. "weekdays at 4 on K-E-P-R TV"). Ironically, sister station KIMA had a time around 1997-99 where the station was calling itself "Kima Television", "kai-ma" as if it was a word... For the stations that have call letters that are pronounced like words, do they do it to save money, or for some other reason? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/22/#findComment-284807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey 861 Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 On 3/30/2023 at 4:23 AM, bmasters1 said: For the stations that have call letters that are pronounced like words, do they do it to save money, or for some other reason? Saving money? They probably think it's more memorable and rolls off the tongue easier. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/3540-the-worst-news-opens-of-all-time/page/22/#findComment-284902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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