Hawaii's New TV Station Gets Call Letters Issued - KUNT

[matcom]

<snip>

THE call letters KUNT have landed at a yet-unbuilt low-power digital television station in Wailuku, Maui.

Alarmingly similar to a word the dictionary says is obscene, the call letters were among a 15-page list of new call letters issued by the Federal Communications Commission and released this week.

The same station owner also received KWTF for a station in Arizona. :rofl:

From Skokie, Ill., comes a sincere apology "to anyone that was offended," said Kevin Bae, vice president of KM Communications Inc., who requested and received KUNT and KWTF. It is "extremely embarrassing for me and my company and we will file to change those call letters immediately."

He thanked your columnist for bringing the matter to his attention and pledged to, "make sure I don't fall asleep on the job when selecting call signs again."

http://starbulletin.com/2007/07/26/business/engle.html

[kay1864]

1. More...

KCUF-FM near Aspen, Colo. got its F-word-in-reverse call letters in August of 2005 and has been on the air since December, "Keeping Colorado Uniquely Free," its Web site says. Uh, yeah.

http://www.radiofreeaspen.com/



Me, I would listen to KWTF 24 hours a day.

[matcom]

3. LOL!

:rofl:

[NewJeffCT]

2. Alarmingly similar!

LOL

They danced around that one...

[Arugula Latte]

4. They should rename all Fox stations KRAP

Or maybe KAKA

[AwakeAtLast]

5. No sex threads!

IBTL! :P

:rofl:

[ronnykmarshall]

6. Is KOCK available?

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. I'm not getting the KWTF joke.

Is it because of "what the fuck?"? Or am I missing something else? I've sounded it out, and it doesn't sound dirty in any way.

[kay1864]

8. ...

:wtf:

[DS1]

9. It's the past tense of Quief

as in Quieffed

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. I had thought of Qweef, or however one wants to spell it,

but past tense would be KWFT, not KWTF.

[DS1]

11. Yeah

but who knows


still, KWFT would be a great name

[ChoralScholar]

14. You're listening to 99.3 FM - Kaaaaaaaaaay Whatthefuuuuuck! EOM

[KamaAina]

12. We-ell, our repuke governor IS from Maui...

and she IS a female... :spank: Bad KamaAina! No poi!

[KitchenWitch]

13. KWTF?

:wtf:

BRILLIANT!

[eyepaddle]

15. I hope you enjoy this great gift to MATCOM news

:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. Amazing that this slipped past the Eff Cee Cee

Especially this Eff Cee Cee. Even if it's automated, how difficult could it be to write a database spec that filters certain acronymic combinations?

Many years ago, there was a radio station in Sacramento whose call was KRAK. That's about the closest to naughty I've ever heard.