American radio station names

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Why do american radio stations have the four letter system like KLUX KLAN and so on? Is it some kind of licensing thing?

― Major Alfonso, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

see www.kcuf.org

― Siegbran Hetteson, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It's a FCC rule that requires all stations located west of the Mississippi river begin with the letter K while stations located on the east begin with the letter W.

― MICHELINE, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

And aping our southern friends Canadian stations start with C but at least out governing body has a sense of humour sometimes giving apropriate names when possible.

― Mr Noodles, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

these answers don't explain it. it's because they use a registered radio call sign as the station name. however, i don't know if that's a legal requirement in the states, or just because the first station did and the rest followed

― michael, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

My favorite radio station is KLIT (K-Lite radio!) in LA.

― Dan Perry, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

it's a legal requirement to say the call sign over the air at the appropriate times, but that doesn't restrict a station to only referring to itself by its call letters.

― Josh, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Where's the KLIT?

― Leee, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Avalon, CA.

― Dan Perry, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

hey man theres a great tune by fishbone from their first ep called "? Modern Industry" its funny and it names like 368973484 different radio stations.

― chaki, Friday, 7 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

THAT IS MY FAVORITE FISHBONE SONG!!!!!!!!!!

― Dan Perry, Saturday, 8 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

six years pass...

KLUU, 88.9 FM, Jamestown, ND, Christian Contemporary
http://klux.org/ - Catholic radio
KLAN/ - Mix-93 (the Web site seems to not want to really publicize its call letters.)

Looked for these because after I read the thread question, went "What radio station in their right mind would...."

― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 2 April 2009 16:28 (sixteen years ago)

"WGAY" was a big hit with taunting playgrounders in Suburban Washington D.C. in the 1980s (it now goes by WIHT).

― Shannon Whirry & the Bad Brains, Thursday, 2 April 2009 16:38 (sixteen years ago)

http://klux.org/ - Catholic radio

lol irony

― prins tuomas (The Reverend), Thursday, 2 April 2009 18:31 (sixteen years ago)

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