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The station's advertised channel number follows the call letters. In most cases, this is their virtual channel ( PSIP ) number. Stations listed in boldface are owned and operated by CBS through its subsidiary CBS News and Stations (excluding independent stations owned by the group, unless the station simulcasts a co-owned CBS O&O station via a ...
This is a list of full-service television stations in the United States having call signs which begin with the letter W. Stations licensed to transmit under low-power specifications—ex., WOCV-CD, W16DQ-D and WIFR-LD—have not been included.
The CBS television network is a television network based in the United States made up of 15 owned-and-operated stations and nearly 228 network affiliates. [1] Stations are listed in alphabetical order by city of license. A blue background indicates an affiliate originating as a digital subchannel.
KTLA, KFWB, KTTV, KNX — you know the call letters of local radio and TV stations and probably have a jingle or two stuck in your head. But where did this broadcasting alphabet soup originate?
In order to eliminate this confusion, the FCC announced that, effective November 1, 1943, the 45 existing commercial FM stations would change to standard call letters. At the same time, the "-FM" suffix was introduced, which meant that FM stations could use the same base call letters as an existing AM station if they added "-FM" to their call.
In 1975, American General sold channel 5 to the Hobby family of Houston (owners of KPRC-AM-TV and the now-defunct Houston Post), who changed the station's call letters to the current WTVF on December 1. The call letter change was brought on due to an FCC rule in place at the time forbidding TV and radio stations in the same city from sharing ...
As FCC rules in effect at the time prohibited two stations to share call letters unless commonly-owned, and the radio station was keeping the KBLU call letters, Chapman requested the call sign KYEL-TV (for Yuma and El Centro). The call sign was found to be in use, but it was on a ship which had not been in service since 1803. [18]
Australian radio titles are a mix of common name and call sign. Almost all FM stations are common name titled, and so are a number of AM stations. Call signs are mostly used as FM titles when the station branding is indistinct (e.g. "88.9 FM" 2YOU). Most television station articles tend to be titled by call sign, but many need disambiguation as ...