Sir, – Tom Cooper (September 4th) states that the call sign "2RN" was allocated to the fledgling Irish radio station by London "phonetically reproducing the last words of the song Come Back to Éireann".
However sentimentally attractive this may be, it is a popular misconception. The Irish authorities had requested “2DN’” but this had already been allocated to Durban. London chose “2RN” unilaterally and with no phonetic intentions. – Yours, etc,
RICHARD PINE,
Perithia,
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Corfu,
Greece.