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Call signs in the United States. Call signs in the United States are identifiers assigned to radio and television stations, which are issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and, in the case of most government stations, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). They consist of from 3 to 9 letters and ...
The call sign format for radio and television call signs follows a number of conventions. All call signs begin with a prefix assigned by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). For example, the United States has been assigned the following prefixes: AAA – ALZ, K, N, W. For a complete list, see international call sign allocations .
In the United States, all radio and television broadcasting stations that are licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are assigned official, distinct call signs. Organized broadcasting began in the U.S. in the early 1920s on the AM band — FM and television did not exist yet.
An amateur operator's call sign is composed of a prefix, a separating numeral and a suffix. The prefix can be composed of letters or numbers, the separating numeral is between 0 and 9, and a suffix is from one to four characters, usually letters. [ 5] Examples of call signs and their constituent parts are as follows:
This is a list of FM radio stations in the United States having call signs beginning with the letters KD through KF. Low-power FM radio stations, those with designations such as KDDE-LP, have not been included in this list.
List of AM radio stations in the United States by call sign (initial letters KA–KF) ... This is a list of AM radio stations in the United States having call signs ...
A directory of radio station call signs is called a callbook. Callbooks were originally bound books that resembled a telephone directory and contains the name and addressees of licensed radio stations in a given jurisdiction (country). Modern Electrics published the first callbook in the United States in 1909. [5]
List of FM radio stations in the United States by call sign (initial letters WK–WM) List of FM radio stations in the United States by call sign (initial letters WN–WP) List of FM radio stations in the United States by call sign (initial letters WQ–WS) List of FM radio stations in the United States by call sign (initial letters WT–WV)