[Boatanchors] Random question..

[John Poulton]

So.. that would refer to Jesse Rosenquist, LA's dispatcher back in the
day?  I have a vague memory of Dragnet 'appearances' by Rosenquist.. :)

See:

https://www.qsl.net/n6uru/kjc625-1.htm

Thanks, Jack.. as always!!

73, John K4OZY

On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 7:16 PM Richard Dillman <richard.dillman at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 3:27 PM John Poulton <jp at cs.unc.edu> wrote:
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> A friend asked me a question about a curious little factoid from old TV
>> shows:
>>
>> In many Jack Webb TV shows from the 70's'ish, like Adam 12 and
>> Emergency, they often end transmissions with "KMA" or "KMA367" which is
>> City of LA's call sign.
>>
>> Why would individual users identify at random times?
>> Is this just made up TV usage?
>>
>> Anyone know whether this was for real?  Just idle curiosity..
>>
>
> They wouldn't.  They did this in the radio version of the Dragnet show too
> (one of the best produced radio shows ever in my opinion).  In some of the
> very early shows they used the four letter LAPD MF transmitter call sign.
> I bet you and I may be one of the very few who have noticed this!  I
> suspect they did that for the sake of what they considered authenticity.
>
> And now, for the truly obsessed, what's connection to the name "Rosenquist"
>
> RD
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