[BC] The way we are viewed

[Robert Meuser]

I am not so sure about that radio telephone thing. CBS has the entire 
975 exchange in NYC.

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Bruce Potterton wrote:

>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 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
>[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Paul Smith W4KNX
>Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 1:20 PM
>To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
>Subject: RE: [BC] The way we are viewed
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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
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
>[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net]On Behalf Of Mark Humphrey
>Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 2:58 PM
>To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [BC] The way we are viewed
>
>
>On 7/31/06, Paul Smith W4KNX <paul at amtower.com> wrote:
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>>Then of course you have 867-5309  Jenny's phone number...
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>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:
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>http://ourwebhome.com/TENP/TENproject.html
>
>Mark
>(formerly in NEptune 5 of the 315 area code) _
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