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Call signs in Canada are official identifiers issued to the country's radio and television stations. Assignments for broadcasting stations are made by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), while amateur stations receive their call signs from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (previously Industry Canada).
The rules governing call signs for stations in the United States are set out in the FCC rules, 47 C.F.R. chapter I. Specific rules for each particular service are set out in the part of the rules dealing with that service. A general overview of call sign formats is found at 47 CFR 2.302.
This is a list of television stations in Canada licensed to broadcast by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), all having call signs which begin with the letter C. A blue background indicates a station that continues to broadcast exclusively via an analogue transmission in lieu of a conversion to digital ...
Call sign titled. Canadian call signs are in the CB range (for CBC stations) and the CF, CH–CK range for almost all other stations. FM and television stations are suffixed -FM and -DT (analogue TV used -TV), except for CBC stations in the analogue era; boosters are suffixed by number.
In South America call signs have been a traditional way of identifying radio and TV stations. Some stations still broadcast their call signs a few times a day, but this practice is becoming very rare. Argentinian broadcast call signs consist of two or three letters followed by multiple numbers, the second and third letters indicating region.
At a liquor store in British Columbia, Canada, a sign offers a reminder to customers after top-selling U.S.-made products were removed from shelves. (Ethan Cairns / Canadian Press)
Russian nuclear icebreaker Arktika with call sign UKTY. Merchant and naval vessels are assigned call signs by their national licensing authorities. In the case of states such as Liberia or Panama, which are flags of convenience for ship registration, call signs for larger vessels consist of the national prefix plus three letters (for example, 3LXY, and sometimes followed by a number, e.g. 3LXY2).
Canadian Eagle Aviation: HAIDA Canada CFC Canadian Forces: CANFORCE Canada BZD Canadian Global Air Ambulance: BLIZZARD Canada ICAO Code and callsign no longer allocated CDN Canadian Helicopters: CANADIAN Canada TKR Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre: TANKER Canada ICAO Code and callsign no longer allocated XNC Canadian National ...