When Cecil Adams is wrong

[Max_S]

@whitetho

In 2001, Unca Cece had to run an extensive correction about radio call sign practices:

Why do U.S. radio call letters start with W in the east and K in the west (revisited)? - The Straight Dope

And it seems that this correction was issued in response to potentially the first ever “Comment on Cecil’s Column” posted to this message board, here:

Cecil's Lousy Call Letter Answer (repost)

“With all deliberate speed”, Unca Cece’s promised update – brilliant as usual – finally appears in this week’s column, Why do U.S. radio call letters start with W in the east and K in the west (revisited)? I happily withdraw my earlier posted tirade. Cecil took approximately 780 days to produce this “reply in full soon” – i.e. 336 days longer than the Iranian hostage crisis (although 120 fewer than the siege of Leningrad). In contrast, he needed but 31 days to get Lee’s brassière-sizing update …

~Max