[BC] Call letter curiosity

khcs@juno.com khcs
Fri May 20 00:31:33 CDT 2005


DANA noted:

>Here in Los Angeles it happened recently with KHJ.

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Si, senor.  The callsign had been changed to KKHJ.  But, when the station changed to Spanish, somebody noticed that the first two letters, when pronounced in Spanish, came out as "caca," which is slang for -- um -- excrement.  So they changed it back.


Glen Kippel
KHCS
Palm Desert, CA


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