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Youngstown TV Station Answers Radio Call Letters Question
There's nothing especially informative about a segment that ran on WYTV in Youngstown, Ohio this week. Just the fact that anyone asked about it is surprising. They spent three minutes on air giving the answer that many have asked: Why do some U.S. stations start with "W" while others begin with "K" - and why are there exceptions? Also what do certain call letters stand for?
Nothing they said on air will surprise many here. But just the fact it came up at all is unusual. You can watch the video segment at the link below.
TV and radio call letters: How they were given
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That station mentioned in the article, KRAP, is licenced to Washington, Mo. about 50 miles west of St. Louis. They certainly are correct about their signal being "KRAP". 500 watts day, 84 watts night.
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Just this morning while looking at this Billboard Magazine page from 1974 of air play on progressive rock stations and I saw W149 on the list. I was curious about those call letters ( and numbers) and a google search revealed that they belonged to an AM radio station in Knoxville, Tenn. I think at 1490 AM. Not sure if W149 were the official call letters but that's the way the station was listed in Billboard and also on air. Not the best scan below but you can see W149 on the list.
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It's now WITA, but back then it was WROL.