Why is a "W" used as the first call letter for some radio stations?

Asked by Trance24 (3311

) July 2nd, 2010

Ok so me and the bf were wondering why there is a “W” in front of the radio stations. I did some googling and found it says the “W” is for everything East of the Mississippi, and a “K” for everything West. But I couldn’t find a legit sourceand was wondering if anyone could confirm. I thought it was weird they would use “W” for East of the Mississippi.

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CMaz (26308

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I dont think that really explains it… I mean it just says the east west thing like trance noted and that they are assigned those letters based on location with a few exceptions. But why the fuck K and W and what in the hell does it stand for/why do they need to even be assigned this call letter in the first place?

El_Cadejo (34610

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I is a unique designation for a transmitting station.
It is also embedded into the signal, as to determine the origin of such signal.

Think of it as a zip code.

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