Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Van Hoy, who shares the following item from WFAA:
GAINESVILLE, Texas — A North Texas radio station that the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles determined had call letters that were too “vulgar” to put on a personalized license plate finally has those formerly vulgar letters proudly affixed to its one station vehicle.
It’s a victory thanks to a Gainesville-area lawmaker who decided a bit of common sense was in order.
Late last year KGAF station manager Steve Eberhart started the process, applying to have KGAF on a personalized license plate for their company van. The station has been a fixture in Gainesville since 1947. But in a modern world that sometimes communicates in OMGs, LOLs, IDKs and IMHOs, the state told him that KGAF might mean something, too.
“Well, I’ve been told that it’s an acronym or a slang for social media for ‘can’t give a (expletive),” Eberhart said. “But certainly we never intended that,” he told me several weeks ago. “I can assure you the people in 1947 did not intend for it to mean that!”[…]
Click here for the full story at WFAA.
That is a riot, Dan! Thank you for sharing. I’m glad someone finally came to their senses and gave Steve his plate!