Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

The city limit sign of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, elevation 4260, photographed in July 2019. The town used to be called Hot Springs. In 1950 Ralph Edwards, host of the NBC quiz show Truth or Consequences, offered to broadcast the show's tenth anniversary from any town willing to take its name. Hot Springs held an election, renamed itself after a game show, and got the live coast-to-coast broadcast. The name has stuck ever since, though nearly everyone shortens it to T or C.