Index of miscellaneous call letters: W
From Radio-TV Broadcast History
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Experimental calls
These calls used a system similar to amateur radio calls, but generally with an "X" as the first letter after the geographic-area number. Experimental calls issued in the very early days of broadcasting, not containing a K/W prefix, are listed separately in this location. Most of these stations were either Apex stations which later became FM stations, FM stations, or television stations.
Only those experimental-station calls are listed here that were replaced by normal broadcast station calls as the station went commercial.
W1XBS | W1XPW | W1XSL | W1XTG | W2XBS | W2XOR | W2XQR | W2XR | W2XWG | W2XWV | W3XO | W6XAI | W8XFM | W9XBY | W9XER | W9XYH |
Frequency-based FM calls
The call-letter plan adopted for FM stations in 1941 was intended to be systematic: first a K or W, then two digits representing the frequency, then one or two letters representing the location. Frequencies at the time were in the range of 43 to 49 MHz, and the two-digit frequency code was obtained by dropping the "4" and the decimal point; thus W81SP was on 48.1 MHz in Springfield, Massachusetts.
W41MM | W43B | W45BR | W45CM | W45D | W45RG | W45V | W47A | W47C | W47NV | W47NY | W47P | W47PH | W49B | W49BN | W49D | W49FW | W49PH |
W51C | W51NY | W51R | W53H | W53PH | W55M | W55NY | W57A | W57PH | W59C | W59NY |
W63C | W63NY | W63SY | W65H | W67B | W67C | W67NY | W69PH |
W71NY | W71RF | W71SB | W73PH | W75C | W75NY | W75P |
See also
3- and 4-letter K calls
KA | KB | KC | KD | KE | KF | KG | KH | KI | KJ | KK | KL | KM | KN | KO | KP | KQ | KR | KS | KT | KU | KV | KW | KX | KY | KZ
3- and 4-letter W calls
WA | WB | WC | WD | WE | WF | WG | WH | WI | WJ | WK | WL | WM | WN | WO | WP | WQ | WR | WS | WT | WU | WV | WW | WX | WY | WZ
