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July 23, 2009 at 12:12 pm
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Great research Craig!
The pot reference is funny, but not entirely accurate. KBOO was named for something more innocent and far less subversive: Halloween.
“Its call letters, K-“BOO” were chosen because the incorporation papers were signed on Halloween.”