What do the letters in radio and TV station names stand for and who picks the letters?
yes, yes i know. i got this from the yahoo home page
2007-08-18 16:47:46 · 5 answers · asked by Sunny_One 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Radio
Those letters are the official callsigns given to stations by the region's Communication Authority (the FCC, CRTC, etc.)
Whenever a license application is approved, the party gets a list of available callsigns so they can choose, if they know what the format or branding will be, a creative callsign that could stand for something (the city where it's broadcasting from, the company that owns the station, the station's branding, and so on), or they can opt for an automatically assigned callsign
2007-08-18 21:44:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To add to what colin said (he is absolutely right) back when radio first started it was how they could tell what part of the country the stations were from, wtfx would be a certain cty, kroq another, now not so much, as the letter to station ratio is impossible.
2007-08-18 21:54:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hurray! I continually get chuffed once I see love for the conflict. Capital Radio one became killer, yet i wasn't as lots of prepared on Capital Radio 2, nonetheless a sturdy music however. My music of the day: Garageland - The conflict BA: i visit go with genius, yet Mick Jones became ideal up there with him. keep in mind, he created the main suitable tunes of the previous due 70s - early 80s. BA2: definite! BA3: properly, there is The conflict, and once I pay attention to Rancid, it on occasion feels the comparable. i think of any band this is different sufficient to play around 8 different genres on one disc has that result.
2016-12-15 19:11:20 · answer #3 · answered by keeven 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually, call signs that start with "K" are in the western part of the US. The East gets W. Canadian stations start with C, and Mexican stations generally start with XE. There are some notable exceptions. KDKA is in Pittsburgh, PA. A station owner can apply for, and usually get, any sign that's not being used as long as it doesn't spell out anything obscene.
My favorite is WACO in Waco, Texas. It is, as far as I know, the only call sign that spells the name of the city. KCMO in Kansas City, Missouri is close.
2007-08-21 04:11:22 · answer #4 · answered by jack of all trades 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there call signs
2007-08-19 09:39:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋