[BC] W-H-A-M and sequential-ness

[Barry Mishkind]

At 12:41 PM 5/20/2005, Scott Fybush wrote

>WHAM was not a sequential assignment, either.

         You may not want to state that as a fact.

>Eastman liked catchy names (like, for instance, "Kodak"), and he thought
>"WHAM" would be a nifty thing to call a radio station, and so it has been
>from July 11, 1922 until now.

         That may be true, but most of the WHAx calls
         were issued sequentially in July 1922, starting with
         WHAA on June 26, 1922, and ending with WHAZ on
         July 18th.

         The WIAx series also went in July 1922, and
         many of the WJAx series..






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