WKRP (and especially Jan Smithers) being among my favorite things to watch on television while young, I have been interested in the call letters since then. They have bounced around from time to time, from station to station. It seems to me that the call letters are probably worth more than all of the other assets and the license of a stand-alone AM station combined these days. AMs are virtually unmarketable and have been since the recession started. Essentially, LPTV WLW is probably OK for now. I still have a photo of my mentor, Bob Booth, W3PS, with a huge backpack and whip antenna RPU unit doing a remote interview for WLW, holding a wired mic toward some "talent". Bob always claimed to have developed the first functional RPU for broadcast use but then again, facts got rearranged sometimes to fit Bob's view of how history should have occurred in the World of Bob. 73, Chris W3KD Christopher D. Imlay Booth, Freret, Imlay & Tepper. P.C. 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD@ARRL.ORG -----Original Message----- From: Jim Weaver K8JE <K8JE@ARRL.org> To: 'ODV' <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Thu, Apr 28, 2011 2:28 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:19889] WKRP Belly Up I just saw the news. The ever-popular WKRP (in Cincinnati) has gone belly up. The founder and owner is trying to figure a way to sell the station. I mention this only as a bit of TV broadcast nostalgia. "WKRP in Cincinnati," of course, was a very popular TV show about a bottom-feeder AM BC station in Cincinnati. The actual WKRP is a low-powered TV station that operates five digital feeds on Channel 25 (25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4 and 25.5). What next? WLW? On the good side of the ledger, I just ordered a Rohn 45, TH11 and M2 6 M beam to be ready to get back on the air when the monsoon season ends and allows the work to be done. Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 ARRL, The national association for Amateur Radio _______________________________________________ rrl-odv mailing list rrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org ttp://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv