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True and one thing about the Simpsons. The town's radio station is KBBL. Very few places east of the Mississippi River, actually the only three are in Pennsylvania ( Philly's KYW and Pittsburgh's KDKA and KQV ) have a radio station that begins with "K". In Portland and Springfield, OR it's "K".
Yes, as do a majority of call signals west of the Mississippi.
True and one thing about the Simpsons. The town's radio station is KBBL. Very few places east of the Mississippi River, actually the only three are in Pennsylvania ( Philly's KYW and Pittsburgh's KDKA and KQV ) have a radio station that begins with "K". In Portland and Springfield, OR it's "K".
Also, in one of the early episodes Homer skips church to watch football. On the East Coast football doesn't start until 1pm, long after church is over. On the west coast, that's 10am so the times line up. I am not a crackpot.
Also, in one of the early episodes Homer skips church to watch football. On the East Coast football doesn't start until 1pm, long after church is over. On the west coast, that's 10am so the times line up. I am not a crackpot.
There are both football games and church services at noon here in the Midwest.
Maybe the Presbylutheran Church the Simpsons belong to changes their time to correspond with the early game. Seems like something that Rev. Lovejoy would do, if he had an onion on his belt which was the style at the time.
It's got to be Springfield OR. There is no nuke-you-ler plant there but there is a massive paper mill that makes most of the town smell bad. That would make Eugene a stand-in for the dreaded, immoral community of Shelbyville. Where people are free to marry their relations ( That's Shelbyville, not Eugene. ).
Just another one... everything is close to the Simpson's house: a graveyard, stamp museum, a jail, the nuclear plant in one of the episodes, even the moe's tavern! funny.
I think part of the popularity dip has to do with how many shows push the envelope now. Simpsons was so groundbreaking in it's irreverence when first broadcast. Here was this totally not traditional family of father doesn't know best but it worked.
I know there was Ren and Stimpy as well as Beavis and Butthead but they were on cable so the audience wasn't as big, plus Simpson's family had redeemable qualities like heart.
But now with Southpark, Family Guy, and a multitude of others, it's not unique anymore nor is it the fresh young thing it once was.
Yes, as do a majority of call signals west of the Mississippi.
Yes but there are quite a few stations west of the Mississippi that do start with "W". Not talking about boarder cities like New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis or the Twin Cities but WBAP and WFAA in Fort Worth/Dallas, WDAF in Kansas City or WIBW out of Topeka but those calls were issued in the golden age of radio. Some books I have read over the years say the WKOA and WKLZ calls were in Denver but I don't think Colorado has ever had a station that starts with "W". As far as I know it's always been just KOA and KLZ.
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