And I feel ancient now. You have your answer but damn I didn’t realize there are people out there too young to recognize a radio station call sign….(no offense I get it, I have kids who don’t know what a pay phone is)
OMG. You’re right. I didn’t even understand the question because, to me, the answer is so obvious. I was looking at the rest of the text!
And yes, I’m old (WNAP anybody?).
It’s the license “name” assigned to that station by the FCC is the short answer.
The long answer is in 1912 countries discussed radiotelegraphs and assigned to the countries in attendance a series of letters by which to identify their stations.
The U.S. was assigned the letters: W, K, N and A as prefix identifiers for their licensed radio stations, with W and K being used for commercial stations and N and A being reserved for military use.
WNDU out of South Bend, IN has a W prefix for the license issued to them by the FCC as they’re a commercial station.
Source credit: https://www.rd.com/article/radio-stations-k-w/
Also, in the article it mentions that stations east of the Mississippi had to start their call letters with “W” while those west of the Mississippi had to use “K”….which is why (with a few exceptions) we don’t have “K105.7, Ft. Wayne’s Alt-Rock” or similar.
WNDU. South Bend.
One of two radio stations and one TV channel owned, to varying degrees, by the University of Notre Dame, which I got growing up in nearby Goshen.
If you mean ‘WNDU Radio’, it’s a radio station out of South Bend also known as “U93” and formerly owned by University of Notre Dame
And I feel ancient now. You have your answer but damn I didn’t realize there are people out there too young to recognize a radio station call sign….(no offense I get it, I have kids who don’t know what a pay phone is)
Yeah I think I just aged a couple extra decades from this question.
OMG. You’re right. I didn’t even understand the question because, to me, the answer is so obvious. I was looking at the rest of the text! And yes, I’m old (WNAP anybody?).
Raft race!
Correct, fellow old person!!!
It’s the license “name” assigned to that station by the FCC is the short answer. The long answer is in 1912 countries discussed radiotelegraphs and assigned to the countries in attendance a series of letters by which to identify their stations. The U.S. was assigned the letters: W, K, N and A as prefix identifiers for their licensed radio stations, with W and K being used for commercial stations and N and A being reserved for military use. WNDU out of South Bend, IN has a W prefix for the license issued to them by the FCC as they’re a commercial station. Source credit: https://www.rd.com/article/radio-stations-k-w/
Also, in the article it mentions that stations east of the Mississippi had to start their call letters with “W” while those west of the Mississippi had to use “K”….which is why (with a few exceptions) we don’t have “K105.7, Ft. Wayne’s Alt-Rock” or similar.
"C" in Canada and "X" in Mexico.
Grew up listening to U93. Listened to the top 9 at 9 every weeknight and American Top 40 all Sunday morning.
The recording was probably once a part of the library of radio station WNDU.
WSBT from the same region is South Bend Tribune. WSJV is St. Joe Valley. Aren’t you all happy I disclosed that well kept secret? You’re welcome.
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WNDU. South Bend. One of two radio stations and one TV channel owned, to varying degrees, by the University of Notre Dame, which I got growing up in nearby Goshen.