Talk:KTLK

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[edit] 3 Different KTLK-AM's?

Apparently 1150AM in Los Angeles is not the only KTLK-AM out there. KTLK-AM is also used for Clear Channel Air America stations in Santa Barbara, CA and Denver, CO. Did the FCC change their rules about assigning call letters? If this 3-way is the case, should each KTLK-AM get its own page or could all 3 of them (since they are all Clear Channel-owned Air America stations) be compounded on this page? EmiOfBrie 20:41, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] KTLK-FM

In Minneapolis, KJZI will soon become KTLK-FM (which, unlike the 3 AM stations, will NOT be an Air America affiliate...in fact, they're getting Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity). It may be best to rename this article as "KTLK-AM" to avoid confusion, and have "KTLK" take the Wiki user to a page that allows the user to select either the AM or FM versions. EmiOfBrie 20:41, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

AM stations are always the default when giving out call letters (i.e. "-AM" is never appended to the calls of an AM station. Calwatch 22:21, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

-FM or -TV suffixes were traditionally used where an old AM station is affiliated with an FM or TV station using the same call letters. More specifically, KTLK in the Twin Cities does not refer to itself as KTLK-FM, but is also known simply as KTLK, and is its own station. I agree that it is ambiguous (and probably a little old-fashioned) to favor one AM station by default and not discuss other AM stations (if they exist-an FCC search suggests they don't) or an FM station known to exist using the same call letters. See: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/statid.html