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W as in radio stations. What does that W stand for?<p><b>W</b> not <img src=http://www07.homepage.villanova.edu/sean.keith/images/bush-monkey.jpg width=300 height=250>
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carguy
06-09-2003, 07:09 PM
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/statid.html
McNabbShouldDie
06-09-2003, 07:09 PM
click here (http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/C/htmlC/callsigns/callsigns.htm)
That explains it thoroughly.
The paragraph you're probably looking for is this one though:
The first U.S. radio stations were allowed to select their own call letters beginning with either a W or a K. Also, early radio stations could select either a three-letter or a four-letter combination. Later, around 1928, the Federal Radio Commission formalized rules which required that all stations use four-letter combinations. Further, those stations east of the Mississippi were required to use an initial W while those stations west of the Mississippi were required to use an initial K.
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FUNKMAN
06-09-2003, 07:12 PM
Wadio
that's how tweety would say it...
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HordeKing1
06-10-2003, 01:15 AM
"W" stands for "I Wish the FCC would disband and stop their archaic nonsensical fines for saying "naughty" words."
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Wadio
that's how tweety would say it...
Or Barbara Walters.
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BrianTheBailBondsman
06-11-2003, 03:29 PM
those stations east of the Mississippi were required to use an initial W while those stations west of the Mississippi were required to use an initial K.
Then where was WKXW ?
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