I believe it first began as an effort to keep radio call names to just 4 letters -- to keep them short, & thus easy to remember, and easy to pick out in early radio broadcasts, which often had problems with static. So many radio stations were springing up, the FCC thought they might run out of possible 4 letter combinations, so they allowed "K" as the first letter for stations west of the Mississippi, and "W" for stations east of the Mississippi. Stations' call names were assigned based on the initial broadcasting source. "Booster" towers retain the parent radio station's name.
2006-10-13 02:10:17
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answered by Yenta 3
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They do?
CFCO, CKSY, CBE are at least three that do NOT.
Perhaps you are thinking of the stations in the U.S.A.?
W - in the eastern part of the USA and K in the western portion.
Why? Just to divide up the world-wide radio frequencies?
2006-10-13 08:57:50
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answered by kent chatham 5
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It is for the geographic areas of the world that the station is located at.An example is WNBC is east coast where KNBC is west coast.
2006-10-13 09:07:56
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answered by blakree 7
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