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* ''Series/RememberWENN'': WENN is of course a pun on "when", which works in-universe, but even more so out-of-universe (as the series is unabashedly nostalgic about the "Golden Age" of radio in the 1930s-40s).
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* ''Series/RememberWENN'': WENN is is, of course course, a pun on "when", which works in-universe, but even more so out-of-universe (as the series is unabashedly nostalgic about the "Golden Age" of radio MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfRadio in the 1930s-40s).
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* ''VideoGame/RhythmHeavenFever'': "Ringside" takes place during an interview on television station KRIQ, short for Rhythm IQ, the WorkingTitle for the series.
* The hip hop radio station in the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series is called [=KRhyme=].
* The hip hop radio station in the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series is called [=KRhyme=].
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* The hip hop radio station in the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series is called [=KRhyme=].
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* Music/HardNPhirm: The music video for "Pi" opens with a spoof on WGBH as "WHNP".
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** Also used in ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E22AngelsRevenge Angels Revenge]]'' after [[CoincidentalBroadcast a radio broadcast]] recaps the previous scenes for the movie's villain:
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** Also used in ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E22AngelsRevenge Angels Revenge]]'' after as the movie's villain listens to [[CoincidentalBroadcast a radio broadcast]] recaps recapping the previous scenes for the movie's villain:scene:
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The call letters of a television or radio station in the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates can sometimes spell out funny names, often beginning with either "W" or "K" (assigned to stations east and west of the Mississippi River respectively[[note]]with a few exceptions {{grandfather|Clause}}ed in[[/note]]). This trope applies to stations in fictional media where call letters spell something humorous. If the name is a slight variation (or TakeThat) to a real station, it may overlap with WritingAroundTrademarks. May also overlap with MeaningfulName, if the call sign describes the content of the station.
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The call letters of a television or radio station in the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates can sometimes spell out funny names, often beginning with either "W" or "K" (assigned to American stations east and west of the Mississippi River respectively[[note]]with a few exceptions {{grandfather|Clause}}ed in[[/note]]). This trope applies to stations in fictional media where call letters spell something humorous. If the name is a slight variation (or TakeThat) to a real station, it may overlap with WritingAroundTrademarks. May also overlap with MeaningfulName, if the call sign describes the content of the station.
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The call letters of a television or radio station can sometimes spell out funny names, often beginning with either "W" or "K" (assigned to stations east and west of the Mississippi River respectively[[note]]with a few exceptions {{grandfather|Clause}}ed in[[/note]]). This trope applies to stations in fictional media where call letters spell something humorous. If the name is a slight variation (or TakeThat) to a real station, it may overlap with WritingAroundTrademarks. May also overlap with MeaningfulName, if the call sign describes the content of the station.
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The call letters of a television or radio station in the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates can sometimes spell out funny names, often beginning with either "W" or "K" (assigned to stations east and west of the Mississippi River respectively[[note]]with a few exceptions {{grandfather|Clause}}ed in[[/note]]). This trope applies to stations in fictional media where call letters spell something humorous. If the name is a slight variation (or TakeThat) to a real station, it may overlap with WritingAroundTrademarks. May also overlap with MeaningfulName, if the call sign describes the content of the station.
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** Also used in ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E22AngelsRevenge Angels Revenge]]'' after [[CoincidentalBroadcast a radio broadcast]] recaps the previous scenes for the movie's villain:
-->'''Mike''': You're listening to KPLOT.
-->'''Mike''': You're listening to KPLOT.
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* On ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'', Bear would sometimes listen to W-CHA-CHA. The series finale, "This is Your Life, Bear," involved him winning a contest held by them.
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* The major radio station in ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' is KBAC, which stands for 'Kurt Busiek's Astro City'; the original full title of the book.
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* The major radio station in ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' is KBAC, which stands is short for 'Kurt "Kurt Busiek's Astro City'; City", the original full title of the book.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' has [=MSNBSea=] (instead of, naturally, Creator/{{MSNBC}}).
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* In the music video for "The Vengeful One" by Music/{{Disturbed}}, the band's MetalBandMascot The Guy shuts down several parodies of real news networks, including [[Creator/{{CNN}} TNN]], [[Creator/FoxNews Kox News]] and [[Creator/{{NBC}} BSNBC]].
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* In the music video for "The Vengeful One" by Music/{{Disturbed}}, the band's MetalBandMascot The Guy shuts down several parodies of real news networks, including [[Creator/{{CNN}} TNN]], [[Creator/FoxNews TNN (CNN), Kox News]] News (Fox News) and [[Creator/{{NBC}} BSNBC]].
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** "And now, back to KRUD with all of your personal YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH STEALING MY CAR hits!"
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** "And Other episodes, such as "Krab Borg" feature KRUD.
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The call letters of a television or radio station can sometimes spell out funny names, often beginning with either "W" or "K" (assigned to stations east and west of the Mississippi River respectively[[note]]with a few exceptions {{grandfather|clause}}ed in[[/note]]). This trope applies to stations in fictional media where call letters spell something humorous. If the name is a slight variation (or TakeThat) to a real station, it may overlap with WritingAroundTrademarks. May also overlap with MeaningfulName, if the call sign describes the content of the station.
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The call letters of a television or radio station can sometimes spell out funny names, often beginning with either "W" or "K" (assigned to stations east and west of the Mississippi River respectively[[note]]with a few exceptions {{grandfather|clause}}ed {{grandfather|Clause}}ed in[[/note]]). This trope applies to stations in fictional media where call letters spell something humorous. If the name is a slight variation (or TakeThat) to a real station, it may overlap with WritingAroundTrademarks. May also overlap with MeaningfulName, if the call sign describes the content of the station.
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* On ''Series/MamasFamily'', the local TV/radio station in Raytown is KRAY, pronounced "K-Ray". This goes along with the theme naming almost every other business in town, most of which have "Ray" in their names.
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** KOMU, the NBC-affilliate owned by the University, has the acronym as it's last two letters.
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* Three radio stations are directly named after their city of license: WARE (Massachusetts), WISE (Virginia), and WACO (Texas). The last of those has a grandfathered first letter, as the dividing line was the Texas--New Mexico border before 1923.
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* In Columbia, Missouri, home of the University of Missouri, there are several stations with college-inspired call letters.
** KOMU, the NBC-affilliate owned by the University, has the acronym as it's last two letters.
** KMIZ and KZOU, the local ABC and FOX affiliates, take their call signs from Mizzou, a nickname of the school.
** KOMU, the NBC-affilliate owned by the University, has the acronym as it's last two letters.
** KMIZ and KZOU, the local ABC and FOX affiliates, take their call signs from Mizzou, a nickname of the school.
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* An unmade Creator/JimHenson environmentalist project would have been set at a TV station run by animals called WILD.
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* In ''Comicbook/{{Shazam}}'', Billy Batson is traditionally a kid reporter for WHIZ Radio, a reference to the character's first appearance in ''Whiz Comics''. His CaptainErsatz Willie Fawcett in the ''Comicbook/{{Superman}} story "Make Way for Captain Thunder!" works for WHAM-TV.
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* In ''Comicbook/{{Shazam}}'', Billy Batson is traditionally a kid reporter for WHIZ Radio, a reference to the character's first appearance in ''Whiz Comics''. His CaptainErsatz Willie Fawcett in the ''Comicbook/{{Superman}} ''Comicbook/{{Superman}}'' story "Make Way for Captain Thunder!" works for WHAM-TV.
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* In the United Kingdom, [[http://www.klfm967.co.uk 96.7 KLFM]] is ''not'' an American-themed or American-sounding radio station, [[NonIndicativeName despite the KLFM name]], but an abbreviation of ''K''ing's ''L''ynn ''FM''. It was chosen for brevity, rather than any American call-sign purposes. However, since the Bauer Media buyout of KLFM 96.7 in March 2019, the name may become an ArtifactTitle, as rumors abound that it may rebrand to Hits Radio Norfolk & Cambridgeshire, itself an OverlyLongName. (Although, legally speaking, it covers part of Norfolk and part of the English Midlands, so the station's abbreviation KLFM makes it a NonIndicativeName anyway!).
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* In the United Kingdom, [[http://www.klfm967.co.uk 96.7 KLFM]] is KLFM was ''not'' an American-themed or American-sounding radio station, [[NonIndicativeName despite the KLFM name]], but an abbreviation of ''K''ing's ''L''ynn ''FM''. It was chosen for brevity, rather than any American call-sign purposes. However, since the Bauer Media buyout of KLFM 96.7 the station in March 2019, the name may become an ArtifactTitle, as rumors abound that it may rebrand station was rebranded to Greatest Hits Radio Norfolk & Cambridgeshire, itself an OverlyLongName. (Although, legally speaking, it covers part of Norfolk and part of the English Midlands, so the station's abbreviation KLFM makes it a NonIndicativeName anyway!).West Norfolk.