[BC] The way we are viewed

[Bruce Potterton]

I belive it says reserved for "Radio-Telephone"   Not Radio Station.
"Radio Telephone" is an old term for "mobile phone"  which has been
replaced with "cell phone".

Bruce Potterton
KSGN Riverside 

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In looking over the list of names that equate to prefixes in telephone
exchanges and I find the exhange "97" as being reserved for radio
station use.  I wonder what city or cities used that prefix for radio
stations.  I recall in Detroit, after several central office lockups in
step offices, Michigan Bell assigned the prefix 298-xxxx to all radio
stations in the area.  That way when they locked up the exchange, only
radio station studio lines were affected.  CKLW used to be a major
offender when they had big contests.

Paul Smith
Sarasota, FL

formerly GLenview 3-1131

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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net]On Behalf Of Mark Humphrey
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On 7/31/06, Paul Smith W4KNX <paul at amtower.com> wrote:

> Then of course you have 867-5309  Jenny's phone number...
>

Several years ago, I talked with Verizon about using 867-5309 in the 610
area code.  Our morning show guys on WPLY wanted a special phone number
(something memorable) for a "love you, hate you" comment line.

Verizon told me that number (which, IIRC, is in one of the Bethlehem, PA
exchanges) had been taken out of service because the former
subscriber had been "getting a lot of nuisance calls".   However, if
we agreed to pay FX charges, we could have it.

The company decided not to spend the  money, so I just set up a "normal"
number within our existing DID block.

BTW, you EXchange fans should check out this site:

http://ourwebhome.com/TENP/TENproject.html

Mark
(formerly in NEptune 5 of the 315 area code) _

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